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Craig Tracy, an older man with glasses sitting outdoors at a café, wearing a dark grey collared shirt, smiling softly.

In Memoriam: Craig Tracy

  • by Bruno Nachtergaele, Marianne Waage

We mourn the passing of our colleague Craig Tracy. 

 

Craig Tracy was an American mathematician known for his contributions to mathematical physics and probability theory. Born in 1945 in England to a British mother and an American father, Craig was raised on a farm in Missouri. After obtaining a B.Sc. in Physics from University of Missouri (1967), he studied at Stony Brook University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Physics with the thesis Spin-Spin Scale-Functions in the Ising and XY-Models (1973), advised by Barry M. McCoy. 

Craig Tracy stands outside on a cloudy day, on the top of a grassy hill. His hand is outstretched to a large rough boulder. An island floats in the ocean in the distance.

For Craig Tracy's Retirement

  • by Barry McCoy, Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University

Craig was my first graduate student. He has had an extremely productive and distinguished career. Over the decades since I first met Craig we have shared many adventures together. It is hard to believe that he is retiring.

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