Hassler Whitney

Hassler Whitney
Whitney in April 1973
Born	(1907-03-23)March 23, 1907 New York City, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1989(1989-05-10) (aged 82) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University (BA, BM) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Algebraic topology Differential topology Graph theory Geometric measure theory Cohomology Matroid theory Singularity theory
Relatives	Dwight family
Awards	National Medal of Science (1976) Wolf Prize (1982) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1985)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University Institute for Advanced Study Princeton University National Science Foundation National Defense Research Committee
Thesis	The Coloring of Graphs (1932)
Doctoral advisor	George David Birkhoff
Doctoral students	R. Eliot Chamberlin James Eells Wilfred Kaplan Paul Olum Herbert Robbins

Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes and, geometric integration theory.