<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-y-outer-wrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left-color:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(229,229,229)"><div id="gmail-y-column-wrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;float:left;min-height:500px;background-image:url("/sites/all/themes/fas/resources/images/background_reversed.gif");background-repeat:repeat-y;background-position:0% 0%;width:960px;background-color:rgb(250,250,232);height:auto"><div id="gmail-y-col2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:left;width:768px;display:inline"><div id="gmail-y-breadcrumb" style="margin:0px;padding:8px 15px 10px;border:0px;overflow:hidden;zoom:1"><ul id="gmail-breadcrumb" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:10px;line-height:1.2em;list-style-type:none"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 6px;border-width:0px 1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;line-height:1.2em;list-style-type:square;display:inline;color:rgb(119,119,119);float:left;background:none"><a href="http://math.yale.edu/" rel="nofollow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88);text-decoration-line:none">Department of Mathematics home</a></li><li class="gmail-breadcrumb-current" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 6px;border:none;line-height:1.2em;list-style-type:square;display:inline;color:rgb(119,119,119);float:left;background:none">In Memoriam: George Daniel Mostow 1923-2017</li></ul></div><div id="gmail-y-content" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;border:0px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:22px;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,51,102)">In Memoriam: George Daniel Mostow 1923-2017</h1><div class="gmail-node gmail-node-published gmail-node-type-department_news" id="gmail-node-217" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;clear:left"><div class="gmail-node-inner" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><div class="gmail-content" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em">The department is saddened by the death of George Daniel Mostow, Henry Ford II Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, on April 4, 2017. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em">Professor Mostow is well known for his groundbreaking work in Lie groups and geometry, most notably his famous Strong Rigidity Theorem. He came to Yale in 1961 and retired in 1998, after a distinguished career of research, teaching and service that included chairing the department from 1971 to 1974. He served as president of the American Mathematical Society in 1987-88. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the AMS Leroy Steele Prize in 1993 and the <a href="http://math.yale.edu/mostowfest" rel="nofollow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153);text-decoration-line:none">Wolf Prize in 2013</a>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em">He was the devoted husband of Sidnie Feit and the late Evelyn (Davidoff) Mostow, and beloved father of  Mark Mostow (Rika), Jack Mostow (Janet ), Carol Mostow (John Bowen), and Jonathan Mostow, and step-father to Paul Feit and Alexandra Feit (Bud Barber).</p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em">Funeral Services will be held at Congregation B'nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Rd., Woodbridge <strong>Thursday afternoon, April 6th</strong> at 2 PM, with Interment Services to follow at the B'nai Jacob Memorial Park, 200 Wintergreen Ave., New Haven.  Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06510 or to the Charity of One's Choice.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em">A Period of Mourning will be observed at Whitney Center South,  200 Leeder Hill Dr., Apt. 2412, Hamden on Thursday following the funeral services and on  Friday, 1p.m.-3:30p.m., Saturday, 6:30p.m.-8p.m., Sunday, 1p.m.-3p.m. Funeral Arrangements in care of Robert E. Shure Funeral Home, New haven.  To sign an on-line registry book or to leave a message of condolence, please visit: <a href="http://www.shurefuneralhome.com/" title="www.shurefuneralhome.com" rel="nofollow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153);text-decoration-line:none">www.shurefuneralhome.com</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div cl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