Murray H. Protter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Murray H. Protter

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1918

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-May-2008

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Murray Harold Protter (February 13, 1918 – May 1, 2008) was an American mathematician and educator, known for his contributions to the theory of partial differential equations, as well as his well-selling textbooks in Calculus.Protter earned a M.Sc.
in mathematics at University of Michigan (1937) and a Ph.D.
at Brown University on a thesis entitled "Generalized Spherical Harmonics" advised by Lipman Bers (1946).
During the World War II era, he studied the aeroelasticity and flutter of military air planes at the Vought aircraft company in Stratford, Connecticut (1943–45).
Since his graduation, he worked as assistant professor at Syracuse University (1947–51), was a researcher at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1951–53) and at University of California at Berkeley (1953–88) where he also was the chairman (1962–65).
He also was the Miller Research Professor (1959, 1967) and executive director of the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science (1981–83). He was the father of operations researcher Philip Protter. Protter developed self-paced learning of mathematics.
For American Mathematical Society he was a long-time member (1941–) serving as treasurer (1968–72) and editor of the book review column.

George Bergman (1943–)

	Alternative names	George M. Bergman
	Description	American university teacher
	Date of birth	22 July 1943
	Location of birth	Brooklyn
	Authority control	: Q16198978 VIAF: 36173960 ISNI: 0000 0001 1054 507X LCCN: n96003979 MGP: 32848 GND: 172970725 WorldCat