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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsLouis N. Howard
Dates
March 12, 1929 – June 28, 2015
Authorized Form of Name
Howard, Louis N.
Additional Forms of Names
Howard, Louis Norberg
Biography
Abstract
Louis N. Howard was McKenzie Professor of Mathematics at Florida State University (1981-2015). Other institutional affiliations include Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. His research interests included mathematical physics and fluid dynamics.
Important Dates
March 12, 1929Birth, Chicago (Ill.).
1950Obtained AB, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore (Pa.).
1952Obtained MA, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1953Obtained PhD in Mathematical Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1954 – 1955Higgins Lecturer in Mathematics, Princeton University.
1955 – 1984Assistant Professor to Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1981 – 2015Professor of Mathematics (1981-1997); Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (1997-2015); and McKenzie Professor of Mathematics (2003-2015), Florida State University, Tallahassee (Fla.).
1997Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
June 28, 2015Death.
Occupation
Mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Carr-Howard, Maxwell
Daughter.
Howard, Alice G. S.
Wife. Divorced in 2000.
Howard, Astrid H.
Daughter.
Howard, Emily A.
Daughter.
Howard, Holly Bjorklund
Daughter.
Colleagues
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
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).
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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.
Institutions
Major Positions
Florida State University. Department of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; and McKenzie Professor of Mathematics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Assistant Professor to Professor of Mathematics.
Princeton University. Department of Mathematics
Higgins Lecturer in Mathematics.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained MA (1952) and PhD in Mathematical Physics (1953).
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1997 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Swarthmore College. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained AB (1950).