Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel born 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician who has dedicated his career to mathematics education.
Since 1980, he has served as the executive director of the award-winning non-profit organization "Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications",[1] working with teachers, students, and business people to create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real issues in our world.
While in attendance he worked with Howard Jerome Keisler, Michael D. Morley, and Stephen Kleene.
Garfunkel continued his work advocating for the improvement of mathematics in public school systems.
He coauthored the article "How to Fix Our Math Education"[2] with David Mumford, emeritus professor of mathematics at Brown University.