Person Gelfand; Izrael Moiseivich (1913 - 2009) Gelfand Izrael Moiseivich 1913 - 2009 Russian Male Okny, Ukraine 02 September 1913 1913 05/10/2009 20091005

Education: Showed early brilliance in mathematics, but expelled from school in his mid-teens and was unable to attend university as an undergraduate, as his father, who operated a mill and had an assistant, was designated a capitalist. At age 16 he went to Moscow, where he worked at odd jobs and attended lectures at Moscow State University. At 19 his talent was so obvious he was admitted directly to the university's graduate school. His doctorate was on abstract functions and linear operators in 1935 under Kolmogorov, and a higher doctoral degree in 1940. Career: Taught at Moscow State University and at the Steklov Mathematical Insititue. Ousted from both due to anti semitism, and instead worked at the Institute of Applied Mathematics. Elected toe the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1953 a s second tier corresponding member, full membership in 1984. Moved to the USA in the late 1980's, teaching at Harvard for a year and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before becoming a visiting professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. First wife Zorya Shapiro, mariage dissolved. 3 sons. Second wife Tatiana. Survivied by his second wife, their daughter, and two sons from his first wife, the third, Aleksandr,predeceased him. Foreign Member 21/04/1977 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 2 Sep 1913 - 5 October 2009 NA4175 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 27/11/2024 RS_NET\keithm Yes 53d392d9-2765-47f5-81cb-22973f53977d