Benoît Mandelbrot
- Born: November 20, 1924 (Warsaw, Poland)
- Died: October 14, 2010 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1947: Diplôme d'Ingénieur, École Polytechnique
- 1948: MS, California Institute of Technology (Aeronautics)
- 1952: PhD, University of Paris (Mathematics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1957: National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Researcher
- 1957–1958: University of Lille, Maître de Conférences de Mathématiques Appliquées
- 1957–1958: École Polytechnique, Maître de Conférences d‘Analyse Mathématique
- 1958–1974: IBM, Researcher
- 1974–1993: IBM, IBM Fellow
- 1993–2010: IBM, IBM Fellow Emeritus
- 1999–2004: Yale University, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- 2005–2010: Yale University, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences
Other Positions
- 1950–1953: Philips Electronics, Engineer, Color Television Group
- 1953–1954: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1955–1957: University of Geneva, Instructor in Mathematics and Member of the Séminar Jean Piaget
- 1962–1963: Harvard University, Visiting Professor of Economics and Research Fellow in Psychology
- 1963–1964: Harvard University, Visiting Professor of Applied mathematics and Staff Member of the Joint Committee on Biomedical Computer Science
- 1966–1967: University of Paris, Guest Professor of Mathematics
- 1969–1978: National Bureau of Economics Research, Senior Staff Member
- 1984–1986: Harvard University, Visiting Professor of Mathematics
- 1995–1995: École Polytechnique, Academy of Sciences Professor
- 1999–1999: Cambridge University, G. C. Steward Visiting Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, and Member, Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1969–1972: Member, Committee on the Applications of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences
- 1987–1999: Abraham Robinson Adjunct Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Yale University
- 1988–2010: Fellow, Saybrook College
- 1993–1996: Member, Commission on Mathematical Physics, International Union on Pure and Applied Physics
- 1993–2010: President, Mandelbrot Foundation for Fractals
- 2005–2010: Battelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1982: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1987: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1993: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
- 2004: American Philosophical Society, Member
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Anthony Barcellos, "Interview with Benoit Mandelbrot," in Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews, ed. Donald J. Albers and G. L. Alexanderson (Boston: Birkhäuser: 1985), 205-226
