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BIOGRAPHY


Steve Smale


1930 Born July 15 at Flint, Michigan

1952 B.S., University of Michigan

1953 M.S., University of Michigan

1957 Ph.D., University of Michigan



1956--68 Instructor, University of Chicago

1958--60 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

1962 Visiting Professor, College de France, Paris (Spring)



1960--61 Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

1961--64 Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University

1964--94 Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

1995-- Professor of Mathematics in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley

1995-- Distinguished University Professor, City University of Hong Kong



1960--62 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

1966 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Fall)

1967--68 Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, Berkeley

1969--70 Visiting Member, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (Fall)

1972--73 Visiting Member, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (Fall)

1972--73 Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Orsay (Fall)

1974 Visiting Professor, Yale University (Fall)

1976 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro

1995-- Professor of Mathematics in the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley

1995-- Distinguished University Professor, City University of Hong Kong

1976 Visiting Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (May, June)

1976-- Professor without stipend, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

1979--80 Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, Berkeley

1987 Visiting Scientist, IBM Corporation, Yorktown Heights (Fall)

1987 Visiting Professor, Columbia University (Fall)

1988 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro

1994 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro


Steve Smale
Last update: April 1996