Nathan Jacobson
Nathan Jacobson(October 5,1910-December 5,1999) was an American mathematician, who was born in Warsaw, Poland and went to America with his Jewish family in 1918. He was recognized as one of leading algebraists in the world and very famous for sixteen beautiful books including some accessible textbooks. He was graduated from the University of Alabama in 1930, and awarded a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton in 1934 for a thesis on the topic entitled Non-commutative polynomials and cyclic algebras under the advising of Joseph Wedderburn.
Before joining Yale University in 1947, Dr. Jacobson taught and did research at Bryn Mawr College(1935-1936), the University of Chicago(1936-1937), the University of North Carolina(1937-1943), and Johns Hopkins University(1943-1947). He remained at Yale until retired.
He was the member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as president of the American Mathematical Society from 1971 to 1973, and was vice-president of the International Mathematical Union from 1972 to 1974.