Naum Krasner

Naum Krasner (21 February 1924 – 5 March 1999) was a Russian mathematician and economist.

Biography Born on 21 February 1924 in Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR. In 1941 he graduated from high school. In autumn 1941 he evacuated to Kuibyshev region, worked as a teacher in a rural school. A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh State University as a student in 1957 and, on graduating in 1961, joined the faculty there. In 1969 he became Methods of Operational Research Chair and, later, vice-dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.

Died on 5 March 1999 of lung cancer. Buried at the Kominternovsky cemetery in Voronezh.