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An elderly David Mead stands in the foreground, with the crenellations of the Great Wall of China and several tourists walking behind him. In the distance, a cablecar hangs in front of trees.

In Memorium: David G. Mead

David G. Mead passed away on September 19, 2016, at the age of 94. 

 

He began study at Columbia University in New York, but delayed his degree with the start of World War II. He served as a sergeant in the US Army in the Pacific theater. When David returned after his honorable discharge in 1946, he earned his Ph.D. in 1959 with the dissertation Linear and Nonlinear Differential Polynomials. He met his wife, Alba Saba, while at Columbia, and began his teaching career there. 

Allan, grey haired and with glasses on, grins with his hands clasped in front of him, looking to someone off camera to the left.

In Memoriam: Allan Edelson

We are sad to report the passing of Professor Emeritus Allan Leonard Edelson on May 25, 2014 due to complications relating to Alzheimer's. 

Evelyn Silvia, long hair loose, with a light smile. She's wearing a name tag. Graduate students are caught passing in the hall behind her.

In Memoriam: Evelyn M. Silvia

  • by Angela Cheer, Jessica Utts, Cynthia Brandley

Evelyn Silvia, professor of mathematics at UC Davis, died peacefully in her sleep early in the morning of January 21, 2006, at Woodland Memorial Hospital, following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

She was born on February 8th, 1948 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1973 from Clark University. In 1973 she joined the faculty at UC Davis, where she spent her entire career as a professor of mathematics. She is survived by her husband Doyle Cutler, a professor emeritus of Mathematics at UC Davis.

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