Boas, Ralph P.

Ralph P. Boas (1912 1992), a well-known mathematical researcher, educator, author, editor, and translator, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1937. He was executive editor of Mathematical Reviews between 1945 and 1950, and spent the next three decades on the faculty at Northwestern University, retiring in 1980 as Henry S. Noyes Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. His activities with the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) included chairing the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, serving as MAA President (1973 1974), and editing The American Mathematical Month...