M. D. Donsker

Monroe David Donsker (1925—1991) was an American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at New York University (NYU). His research interest was in the field of probability theory.^[1]

Donsker was born in Burlington, Iowa. He received a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Minnesota in 1948.^[2] He became a professor at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1962, about a year before his frequent co-author S.R.S. Varadhan started working there. Before joining NYU, Donsker taught at Cornell and the University of Minnesota.

Donsker also served as chair of the Board of Foreign Scholarships, a U.S. government panel responsible for student exchange programs, after being appointed by presidents Ford and Carter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Monroe Donsker, 66, N.Y.U. Math Professor", New York Times, June 12, 1991, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6D8153DF931A25755C0A967958260&sec=&spon= .
^ M. D. Donsker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Name	Donsker, Monroe David
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Date of birth	1925
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Date of death	1991
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