Background
Schafer, Richard Donald was born on February 25, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Edward J. and Ruth A. (Stone) Schafer.
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Concise study presents in a short space some of the important ideas and results in the theory of non-associative algebras, with particular emphasis on alternative and (commutative) Jordan algebras. Written as an introduction for graduate students and other mathematicians meeting the subject for the first time. "An important addition to the mathematical literature." — Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
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Schafer, Richard Donald was born on February 25, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Edward J. and Ruth A. (Stone) Schafer.
Bachelor, University Buffalo, 1938. Master of Arts, University Buffalo, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1942.
Instructor mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1945-1946; member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1946-1948; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1948-1953; professor, head Department, University Connecticut, Storrs, 1953-1959; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1988; deputy head department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1968; professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1988. Member Science Manpower Commission, Washington, 1959-1963.
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Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American Mathematics Society (associate secretary 1955-1958), Mathematics Association American (visiting lecturer 1957-1958, chairman Northeastern section 1971), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Alice E. Turner, September 8, 1942. Children: John Dickerson, Richard Stone.