Background
Boothby, William Munger was born on April 1, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Florence (Munger) Boothby.
Boothby, William Munger was born on April 1, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Florence (Munger) Boothby.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1941; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1949.
Member faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1948-1959; fellow, American-Swiss Foundation for Science Exchange, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1950-1951; associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1959-1962; professor mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1962-1988; retired, Washington University, since 1988. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1961-1962, U. Geneva, Switzerland, 1965-1966. Professeur associe U. Strasbourg, France, 1971, 77.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American, London mathematics Societies, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth Robin, June 8, 1947. Children— Daniel, Thomas, Mark.