Michael Golomb (May 3, 1909 in Munich – April 9, 2008) was an American mathematician and educator who was affiliated with Purdue University for over half a century.
He was a student of Erhard Schmidt and Adolf Hammerstein,[1] and received his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1933.
[2] After a short period in Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia, Michael Golomb arrived in the U.S. in 1939, when he turned to applied mathematics.
He taught mathematics [1] at Purdue University from 1942 until his retirement in 1975, at times holding joint appointment with the Schools of Engineering.
"[3] The exhibition was organized by the city of Berlin to coincide with the International Congress of Mathematicians there.