Robert S. Doran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Author, professor, mathemetician
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1937
Place of Birth: Winthrop, Iowa, United States
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Robert S. Doran
- Robert Stuart Doran (born December 21, 1937) is an American mathematician.
- He held the John William and Helen Stubbs Potter Professorship in mathematics at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1995 until his retirement in 2016.
- Doran served as chair of the TCU mathematics department for 21 years.
- He has also held visiting appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study.
- He was elected to the board of trustees of the Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study, serving as president of the organization for 10 years.
- He has been an editor for the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Cambridge University Press, a position he has held since 1988.
- Doran is known for his research-level books, his award-winning teaching, and for his solution to a long-standing open problem due to Irving Kaplansky on a symmetric *-algebra.
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