About Samuel L. Greitzer
Lived 1905 – 1988 (aged 82). Samuel L. Greitzer was an American mathematician.
Samuel L. Greitzer (August 10, 1905 – February 22, 1988) was an American mathematician, the founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, and the publisher of the precollege mathematics journal Arbelos.
Biography Born in the Russian Empire, Greitzer moved to the United States in 1906, graduated from Stuyvesant High School, received his bachelor's degree in 1927 from City College of New York, and later earned a Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. He held academic positions at Yeshiva University, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. Samuel died on February 22, 1988, in Metuchen, New Jersey.
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Who was Samuel L. Greitzer?
American mathematician
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Samuel L. Greitzer was born on 10 August 1905.
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Samuel L. Greitzer died on 22 February 1988.
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Samuel L. Greitzer was a mathematician.
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