Stanislaw Ulam
- Born: April 3, 1909 (Lwow, Austria-Hungary)
- Died: May 13, 1984 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Education
- 1932: MA, Polytechnic Institute of Poland
- 1933: DSc, Polytechnic Institute of Poland
Major Positions
- 1936–1936: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1936–1939: Harvard University, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
- 1939–1940: Harvard University, Lecturer
- 1940–1941: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Instructor
- 1941–1943: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Assistant Professor
- 1943–1957: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Researcher
- 1957–1967: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Adviser
- 1965–1977: University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor of Mathematics
Other Positions
- 1945–1946: University of Southern California, Associate Professor
- 1951–1952: Harvard University, Visiting Lecturer
- 1956–1957: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor
- 1961–1962: University of Colorado, Boulder, Visiting Professor
- 1963–1963: University of California, San Diego, Visiting Professor
- 1968–1975: University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor of Biomathematics, Medical School
- 1974–1984: University of Florida, Graduate Research Professor
- 1979–1984: University of Colorado, Boulder, Visiting Professor of Biomathematics, Medical School
- 1980–1984: Rockefeller University, Visiting Professor, Neurosciences Institute
- 1982–1983: University of California, Davis, Visiting Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
Stanislaw M. Ulam, Adventures of a Mathematician (New York: Scribner, 1976)
Necia Grant Cooper, ed., From Cardinals to Chaos: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Stanislaw Ulam (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
Anthony Barcellos, "Interview with Stanislaw M. Ulam," in Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews, ed. Donald J. Albers and G. L. Alexanderson (Boston: Birkhäuser: 1985), 353-361
