Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus

Background

Malkus, Willem Van Rensselaer was born on November 19, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Hubert Paul and Alida Fitzhugh (Wright) Malkus.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Chicago, 1950.

Career

Assistant professor natural science, University of Chicago, 1950-1951; physical oceanographer, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1951-1960; professor geophysics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1967; professor geophysics and mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967-1969; professor applied mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1969.

Achievements

• Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Geophysical Union. Member National Academy Science.

Connections

Married Joanne Starr Simpson, 1948. Married Ulla Charlotte, December 28, 1964. Children: David S., StevenW., Karen E., Per N.

Father:

Hubert Paul Malkus

Mother:

Alida Fitzhugh (Wright) Malkus

Spouse:

Joanne Starr Simpson

Spouse:

Ulla Charlotte

child:

Karen E. Malkus

child:

Per N. Malkus

child:

StevenW. Malkus

child:

David S. Malkus