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Published as SubjectFrank Spitzer
Dates
July 24, 1926 – February 1, 1992
Authorized Form of Name
Spitzer, Frank, 1926-
Additional Forms of Names
Spitzer, F. (Frank), 1926-
Spitzer, Frank (Frank Ludwig), 1926-
Spitzer, Frank, 1926-1992
Biography
Abstract
Frank Spitzer was Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University (1961-1992). Other institutional affiliations included University of Minnesota and California Institute of Technology. His research interests included probability, and he developed fluctuation theory, the potential theory of random walk, and part of the theory of interacting particle systems.
Important Dates
July 24, 1926Birth, Vienna (Austria).
1953Obtained PhD in Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1953 – 1958Instructor in Mathematics (1953-1955) and Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1955-1958), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1958 – 1961Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota.
1961 – 1992Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1981Member, National Academy of Sciences.
February 1, 1992Death.
Occupation
Probabilist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Probability and mathematical statistics
Relationships
People
Family
Spitzer, Jean Wallach
First Wife.
Spitzer, Karen
Daughter.
Spitzer, Timothy
Son.
Wald, Ingeborg
Second Wife.
Colleagues
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Cornell University.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Instructor in Mathematics and Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
Cornell University. Department of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics.
University of Minnesota. Department of Mathematics
Associate Professor of Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Michigan. Department of Mathematics
Obtained PhD (1953).
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
"Frank Ludvig Spitzer: 1926-1992", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences