Richard Lashof, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Lashof

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2010

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, topologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Richard K.
Lashof (November 9, 1922 – February 4, 2010) was an American mathematician.
He contributed to the field of geometric and differential topology, working with Shiing-Shen Chern, Stephen Smale, among others.
Lashof is regarded as "the key figure in sustaining the Chicago Mathematics Department as an international center for research and the training of topologists" by Melvin Rothenberg.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lashof earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943, then served as a communications officer in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.
He earned his doctoral degree in mathematics from Columbia University in 1954, under supervision of Richard Vincent Kadison. His wife, Joyce Lashof, was awarded the Sedgwick Memorial Medal in 1995.

George Bergman (1943–)

	Alternative names	George M. Bergman
	Description	American university teacher
	Date of birth	22 July 1943
	Location of birth	Brooklyn
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