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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Robert Finn papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC1628
Physical Description:
2.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1948-2007
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
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information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc .
Language of Material:
English .
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examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Born in Buffalo, New York, Robert Finn obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in physics
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute and later his PhD in mathematics from Syracuse
University.
He completed his post-doctoral research at the Institutue for Advanced Study in 1953 and
from the Institute for Hydodynamics at the Univeristy of Maryland from 1953 to 1954. Later
that same year, he became an assistant professor at the University of Southern California
until finally beginning his preforssorship at Stanford University in 1959; later becoming
professor emeritus of mathematics.
He also earned two Guggenheim fellowships in 1958 and 1965, as well as becoming a
Fullbright Fellow in 1987. In 1994 he was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the
University of Leipzig. Throughout his career, he authored roughly 150 research papers and
edited several academic journals. His best known book is Equilibrium Capillary Surfaces;
published in 1986.
[identification of item], Robert Finn papers (SC1628). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Boxes 1 and 2 are restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mathematics.