Richard Earl Block

Background

Block, Richard Earl was born on March 8, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Sidney and Shirley (Zounis) Block.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1949; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1956.

Career

Instructor math, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1956-1958; postdoctoral research associate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1958-1959; Bateman fellow, assistant professor mathematics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1959-1964; associate professor math, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1968; professor mathematics, University of California, Riverside, since 1968; department chairman mathematics and computer science, University of California, Riverside, 1988-1989. Visiting research associate Yale University, 1967. Visiting professor Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1980-1981.

Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California,1961-1969. Faculty research lecturer Academic Senate University of California, Riverside, 1986. Principal investigator research grants National Science Foundation, since 1965.

Member Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1983.

Achievements

• Richard Earl Block has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, president Box Springs Mountains Conservation Association, 1973-1976. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.

Connections

Married Jane Catherine McMenamin, August 22, 1964. Children: Catherine Shirley, Charles Anthony.

Father:

Sidney Block

Mother:

Shirley (Zounis) Block

Spouse:

Jane Catherine McMenamin

child:

Charles Anthony Block

child:

Catherine Shirley Block