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Published as AuthorPublished as SubjectGeorge W. Mackey
Dates
February 1, 1916 – March 15, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Mackey, George W. (George Whitelaw), 1916-2006
Additional Forms of Names
Mackey, George Whitelaw, 1916-2006
Biography
Abstract
George W. Mackey was Landon T. Clay Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Harvard University (1943-2006). Other institutional affiliations include Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests included mathematical physics and functional analysis.
Important Dates
February 1, 1916Birth, St. Louis (Mo.).
1938Obtained BA, Rice Institute, Houston (Tex.).
1939Obtained AM, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1942Obtained PhD in Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1942 – 1943Instructor in Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology.
1943 – 2006Instructor in Mathematics (1943-1946); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (1946-1956); Professor of Mathematics (1956-1969); Chair, Department of Mathematics (1963-1966); Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics (1969-1985); and Landon T. Clay Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (1985-2006), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1962Member, National Academy of Sciences.
March 15, 2006Death, Belmont (Mass.).
Occupation
Mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Mackey, Alice Willard
Wife.
Mackey, Ann Sturges
Daughter.
Mackey, Dorothy Frances Allison
Mother.
Mackey, William
Brother.
Mackey, William Sturges
Father.
Wintz, Madge Mackey
Sister.
Advisors & Collaborators
Stone, Marshall H. (Marshall Harvey), 1903-1989
PhD advisor at Harvard University, "The Subspaces of the Conjugate of an Abstract Linear Space."
Colleagues
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Mathematics
Obtained AM (1939) and PhD in Mathematics (1942). Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor; Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Department of Mathematics; Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics; and Landon T. Clay Professor Emeritus of Mathematics.
Illinois Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Instructor in Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rice University
Obtained BA (1938).
Resources
Published Resources
Author
The mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics: a lecture-note volume / George Whitelaw Mackey.
Subject
George Mackey Boston Globe obituary.