Biography:Yousef Alavi
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Yousef Alavi (March 19, 1928 – May 21, 2013)[1] was an Iranian born United States mathematician who specialized in combinatorics and graph theory. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in 1958.[2] He was a professor of mathematics at Western Michigan University from 1958 until his retirement in 1996;[3] he chaired the department from 1989 to 1992.[4] In 1987 he received the first Distinguished Service Award of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America due to his 30 years of service to the MAA; at that time, the Michigan House and Senate issued a special resolution honoring him.[5]
References
- ↑ "Yousef Alavi", Kalamazoo Gazette, May 23, 2013, http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo/obituary.aspx?pid=164943570.
- ↑ Yousef Alavi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Emeritus faculty , Western Michigan University mathematics department.
- ↑ History of the department, Western Michigan University mathematics department.
- ↑ Michigan Section's Award Recipients.
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