Background
Hildebrandt was born in Dover, Ohio, graduated from high school at age 14 and at age 17 in 1905 received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Illinois.
Hildebrandt was born in Dover, Ohio, graduated from high school at age 14 and at age 17 in 1905 received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Illinois.
As a graduate student at the University of Chicago he earned his master"s degree in 1906 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1910.
He became an instructor at the University of Michigan in 1909 and then a full professor in 1923, serving as chair of the mathematics department from 1934 until his retirement in 1957. His doctoral students include Ralph South. Phillips, C. East. Rickart and John V. Wehausen. He served two years, 1945 and 1946, as president of the American Mathematical Society.
The University of Michigan established in 1962 in his honor the T. H. Hildebrandt Research Instructorships, which were changed in 1974 to assistant professorships.
Hildebrandt, as an instructor at the University of Michigan, enrolled in the School of Music and earned a degree in music with a major in organization He died, aged 92, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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