Edward Wesler Packel (born July 23, 1941) is an American mathematician, game theorist, theoretical computer scientist, and expert on the use of Wolfram Mathematica in teaching mathematics.
[6] Packel was a visiting associate at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the academic year 1977–1978 and again in spring 1980.
He held appointments a visiting professor for the academic year 1989–1990 at Berkeley's Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), for the academic year 1996–1997 at Australia's University of Sydney, and in autumn 2003 at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
[7] In July 1980 Edward Packel married Kathryn Helen Dohrmann, whose father was a Lutheran pastor.
In 2001, Edward set a new record time in the mile run for Illinois runners in his age group.