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Published as AuthorPublished as SubjectIrving Ezra Segal
Dates
September 18, 1918 – August 30, 1998
Authorized Form of Name
Segal, Irving Ezra
Additional Forms of Names
Segal, I. E. (Irving Ezra)
Segal, Irving
Sigal, Irving
Biography
Abstract
Irving Segal was Professor of Mathematics (1960-1989) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Other institutional affiliations include University of Chicago. His research interests include quantum mechanics.
Important Dates
September 18, 1918Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1937Obtained AB, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1940Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1941Instructor in Mathematics, Harvard University.
1941 – 1943Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1943 – 1945Soldier and Researcher, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army.
1945 – 1948Research Assistant, Institute for Advanced Study.
1948 – 1960Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1948-1953) and Associate Professor of Mathematics (1953-1960), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1953 – 1954Visiting Associate Professor, Columbia University.
1960 – 1998Professor of Mathematics (1960-1989) and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (1989-1998), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1965Visiting Professor, University of Paris.
1971 – 1972Visiting Professor, Lund University.
1973Member, National Academy of Sciences.
August 30, 1998Death, Lexington (Mass.).
Occupation
Mathematician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
Both employed at Princeton University.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.)
Researcher.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Visiting Associate Professor.
Harvard University. Department of Mathematics
Instructor in Mathematics.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Research Assistant.
Lunds universitet
Visiting Professor.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1937). Research Associate.
United States. Army
Soldier and Researcher, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Université de Paris
Visiting Professor.
University of Chicago. Department of Mathematics
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Associate Professor of Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained PhD (1940).
Resources
Published Resources
Author
Proceedings of the Summer Seminar, Boulder, Colorado, 1960. Mark Kac, editor.