John West Addison Jr.

Born, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1930.

B.A., Princeton University, 1951.

M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1953.

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1955.

Instructor in Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1954-1956.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1957-1962.

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1960.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1968.

Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.

Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1956-1957.

Visiting Fellow, Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1956-1957.

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1956-1957.

Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1972.

Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-1989.