David A. Sánchez
David A. Sánchez | |||||||||
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| Born | David Alan Sánchez January 13, 1933 | ||||||||
| Education | B.S. (1955), Univ of New Mexico M.S. (1960), Univ of Michigan Ph.D. (1964), Univ of Michigan | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | differential equations, biomathematics | ||||||||
| Institutions | University of Chicago (1963-1965) University of Manchester (1965-1966) UCLA (1966-1970) Brown University (1970-1971) UCLA (1971-1973) U of Wisconsin (1973-1974) UCLA (1974-1977) Univ of Michigan (1977-1986) University of Wales (1982) Lehigh University (1986-1990) NSF (1990-1992) Los Alamos (1992-1993) Texas A&M (1993- ) | ||||||||
| Thesis | Calculus of Variations for Integrals Depending on a Convolution Product | ||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Lamberto Cesari | ||||||||
| Doctoral students | Richard A. Tapia | ||||||||
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David A. Sánchez (born January 13, 1933) is a Mexican-American university and research administrator, mathematician, educator, and author. He held the posts of provost at Lehigh University, assistant director for the National Science Foundation and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and assistant Chancellor for the Texas A&M University (TAMU) system; As a mathematician, his areas of focus include ordinary differential equations and biomathematics. He has been a researcher and professor at several universities, including the University of Wisconsin's Mathematics Research Lab, UCLA, and the University of New Mexico. He published his memoir, Don't Forget the Accent Mark: A Memoir, in 2011.