William Marvin Whyburn (12 November 1901 – 5 May 1972) was an American mathematician who worked on ordinary differential equations.
He attended Bethel School where he would study until he was 14, when he sat an entrance exam and was accepted into North Texas State College in 1916.
[2] While studying at North Texas State College (1918–1920) Whyburn taught at different schools in Denton County.
[2] Whyburn continued to study at the University of Texas for his Ph.D. under the supervision of his advisor Hyman Joseph Ettlinger.
Whyburn published two more papers in 1927 before spending the 1927/28 academic year at Harvard university as a National Research Fellow.
Ten years later Whyburn was made a full professor in 1938 as well as being the chairman for the Mathematics Department for a seven-year tenure beginning in 1937.
He supervised the Ph.D. of the following students: Leonard P. Burton, Albert Deal, Bertram Drucker, Garett Etgen, Paul Herwitz, Sandra Hilt, A. Keith Hinds, Nathaniel Macon, Edward J. Pellicciaro, Tullio Pignani, Clay Campbell Ross, David Showalter and Frank Stellard.