Donald S. Passman: Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Ph.D. Harvard University, 1964
• M.A. Harvard University, 1961
• B.S. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1960
• Bronx High School of Science, 1956

Employment:

Academic Positions:

• University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2011-present
• University of Wisconsin, Richard Brauer Professor of Mathematics, 1995-2011
• University of Wisconsin, Professor of Mathematics, 1971-1995
• University of Wisconsin, Associate Professor, 1969-1971
• Yale University, Assistant Professor, 1966-1969
• U.C.L.A., Assistant Professor, 1964-1966

Visiting Positions:

• IDA/CCR, LaJolla, Mathematician, 2004
• University of Warwick, Visiting Fellow, 1976-1977
• U.C.L.A., Visiting Professor, 1972-1973
• IDA/CRD, Princeton, Mathematician, 1969-1970

Honors, Awards:

• Member of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, 2012
• Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished University Teaching, MAA, January 2000
• Award for Distinguished University Teaching, MAA Wisconsin, 1999
• Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998
• Houses Professorship, 1995-present
• Plenary speaker, Canadian Math Soc. summer meeting, Windsor Ontario, June 1989
• Main lecturer, CBMS Conference, Mankato State University, June 1985
• Invited speaker, American Math Society meeting, Washington D.C., October 1979
• Invited speaker, 29th British Mathematical Colloquium, University of Edinburgh, 1977
• Lester R. Ford Award for "What is a group ring?", 1976
• Romnes Faculty Fellowship, 1975-1980

Invited Addresses:

• Virtual keynote address, 14th Iranian International Group Theory Conference, Iran Univ. of Science and Technology, February 2022
• Virtual talk, Centenary Conference, Aligarh Muslim University, India, March 2021
• Virtual talk, Group Theory Conference, Ischia, Italy, December 2020
• Group Rings, Groups and Rings, in honor of Jairo Goncalves, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2-5, 2019
• AMS meeting in honor of Lance Small, UC Riverside, November 4-6, 2017
• Algebra Extravaganza in honor of Ellen Kirkman and Martin Lorenz, Temple University, July 24-28, 2017
• Algebra Conference in honor of Louis Rowen, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26-30, 2017
• Groups, Rings and the Yang-Baxter Equation, Spa, Belgium, June 19-23, 2017
• Groups, Rings and Group Rings Conference, Edmonton, July 11-15, 2011
• Midwest Ring Theory Conference in honor of John Beachy and Bill Blair, Northern Illinois, September, 2010
• Noncommutative Algebra Conference in honor of Mia Cohen, Sde-Boker, Israel, May 24-27, 2010
• Atlantic Algebra Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, March, 2010, announcement
• Conference on Character Theory of Finite Groups in honor of Marty Isaacs, (organizer), Valencia, June, 2009
• Algebraic Groups Conference in honor of A. E. Zalesskii, Milan, May, 2009
• Hopf Algebra meeting in honor of Susan Montgomery, U.S.C., February, 2009
• Conference on Noncommutative Rings in honor of S. K. Jain, Univ. of Ohio, June, 2008
• Conference on Noncommutative Rings, Alden-Biesen, Belgium, September 2-5, 2007
• Antalya Days in honor of Brian Hartley, Antalya, Turkey, May 23-27, 2007
• Conference on Non-Commutative Rings, Chennai, India, December 18-22, 2006
• Conference on Noncommutative Algebra in honor of Lance Small, UCSD, February 18-20, 2006
• IMMERSE talks, University of Nebraska, July 2005
• Conference on Algebra and Applications, Ohio University, March 2005
• AMS Special Session on Ring Theory, N. Carolina State, October 2003
• AMS Special Session on Infinite Groups, SUNY Binghamton, October 2003
• Ring Theory Conference, Univ. of Warwick, England, September 2003
• Around Group Rings, Jasper, Canada, February 2002
• Midwest Lie Theory Conference, DePaul University, October 2001
• Group Rings Conference, Bialystok, Poland, June 2001
• CMS Conference on Ring Theory, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 1999
• Groups and Group Algebra Meeting, Wisla, Poland, June 1998
• Kurosh Algebra Conference, Moscow, Russia, May 1998
• Ring Theory Conference, Trento, Italy, May 1997
• Group Algebra Meeting, Kananaskis, Canada, February 1997
• Ring Theory Conference, Miskolc, Hungary, July 1996
• Martindale Retirement Conference, U. C. Northridge, October 1995
• Aneis de Grupo, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1995
• Coloquio Brasileiro de Matematica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1995
• Algebra-Symposium, University of Essen, Essen, Germany, July 1995
• Escola de Algebra, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil, July 1994
• Contact Franco-Belge en Algebre VI, Diepenbeek, Belgium, June 1993
• CBMS Hopf Algebra Conference, DePaul Univ., August 1992
• LMS Symposium on Non-Commutative Rings, Durham, England, July 1992
• Bad Honef Conference, Germany, June 1990
• Azumaya Retirement Conference, Indiana Univ., May 1990
• Mid-Atlantic Algebra Conference, George Mason Univ., October 1989
• Microprogram on Noncommutative Rings, MSRI, July 1989
• Amitsur Retirement Conference, Bar Ilan Univ., Israel, January 1989
• Conference on Hopf Algebras, Beer Sheva, Israel, January 1989
• Midwest Ring Theory Conference, DeKalb, May 1988
• Midwest Ring Theory Seminar, Wayne State Univ., November 1987
• Special Session on Ring Theory, AMS meeting, Salt Lake City, 1987
• 77th Ontario Mathematics Meeting, Trent University, October 1986
• Oberwolfach Conference, Oberwolfach, Germany, April 1986
• "Algebra Day" at University of Ottawa, April 1985
• St. Andrews Colloquium, Edinburgh Math. Soc., July-August 1984
• Conference on Group Actions, Bowdoin, July 1984
• NATO Ring Theory Conference at Antwerp, August 1983
• Midwest Ring Theory Conference at Michigan State, October 1982
• Southern California Algebra Conference at U.C.L.A., January 1982
• Distinguished Lecturer Series, University of Southern California, January 1982
• Distinguished Lecturer Series, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1981
• Midwest Ring Theory Seminar at Northern Illinois, 1980
• Special Session on Infinite Groups, AMS meeting, Philadelphia, 1980
• Ohio Ring Theory Conference, April 1979
• Distinguished Lecturer Series at University of Texas at Austin, November, 1978
• Conference on Group Rings, University of Alberta, June 1978
• Conference on Group Algebras, University of Essen, May 1978
• Warwick Algebra Weekend, University of Warwick, April 1978
• AMS meeting, Special Session on Ring Theory, Columbus Ohio, March 1978
• Oberwolfach Conference, Oberwolfach,Germany, May 1977
• Scottish Algebra Seminar, April 1977
• Ring Theory Conference, Ohio University, April 1976
• Twelfth "Algebra Day" at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1975
• Applications of Ring Theory to Group Theory, AMS meeting, St. Louis, 1974
• Group Representations Symp., Instituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica, Rome, 1972
• Southern California Algebra Conference at Cal Tech, 1972
• Symposium on Algebra, University of Kentucky, May 1970
• Group Representations Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 1970

Colloquium Addresses:

• Cambridge University
• Oxford University
• Queen Mary College
• University of Leeds
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Stirling
• Bedford College London
• Royal Holloway University of London
• University of Sheffield
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of East Anglia
• University of Leicester
• University of Essen
• University of Antwerp
• Catholic University Leuvan
• University of Alberta
• University of Manitoba
• Memorial University Newfoundland
• Dalhousie University
• University of Waterloo
• University of Chicago
• Michigan State University
• Notre Dame University
• University of Illinois
• Northwestern University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Wisconsin-Parkside
• Texas A & M
• Texas Tech
• University of Texas-Austin
• University of Kentucky
• University of Cincinnati
• Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• California Institute of Technology
• Claremont College
• University of California-Los Angeles
• University of California-Irvine
• University of Southern California
• California State University-Los Angeles
• SUNY-Binghamton
• Ohio State University
• University of Liverpool
• Syracuse University
• McMaster University
• University of Mainz
• Wayne State University
• Beijing Normal University
• Peking University
• Hebei Normal University
• Jilin University
• Shanghai Normal University
• Vassar College
• Oberlin College
• Temple University
• University of Iowa
• Federal University Rio Grande do Sol
• University of Sao Paulo
• University of Brazilia
• University of Paris
• University of Palermo

Other Scientific Activities:

• Editor, Algebras and Representation Theory, 2001-2011
• Editor, Journal of Algebra and its Applications, 2001-2016
• Editor, Sao Paulo J. of Mathematical Sciences, 1995-2013
• Editor, Journal of Egyptian Math. Soc. 1994-2013
• Editor, Beitrage zur Algebra und Geometrie, 1993-2013
• Editor, Proceedings Edinburgh Math. Soc., 1992-1995
• Editor, International J. of Mathematics, Game Theory and Algebra, 1991-2013
• Represented CBMS at Formanek Conference, July 1990
• Member, Committee on NSA grants, 1990-1992
• Editor, Proceedings, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1989-1998
• Member, Council of AMS, 1984-1988
• Editor, Proceedings AMS, 1981-1988
• Editor, Communications in Algebra, 1976-1985
• Editor, Journal of Indian Math. Soc., 1986-2013
• AMS Special Session on "Group Rings", Washington D.C., October 1979
• Editor, Pitman Publishing Co., 1977
• Editor, Marcel Dekker Co., 1972-2005
• Reviewer for Math Reviews until 2017
• Referee for numerous journals

Ph.D. Students:

• Charles Hampton (1972)
• William Chin (1986)
• Declan Quinn (1986)
• Clem Jeske (1989)
• Charles Welsh (1990)
• Scott Lanning (1994)
• Will Temple (1994)
• Mark Wilson (1995)
• Stefan Catoiu (1997)
• Darren Parker (1998)
• Chia-Hsin Liu (1999)
• Antonio Behn (2000)
• Mustafa Elashiry (2010)