Alexander Robert Bednarek
Mathematician, educator
Born July 15, 1933, Buffalo (NY), U.S.; son of Alexander and Bertha (Wlodarz); married Rosemary (Andersen); children: Robert A., Andrew R., Thomas C., Eugene P.
Education: B.S., 1957, Albany, M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1961, Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY).
Career: senior mathematician, Goodyear Aerospace Corporation, 1961-62; assistant prof., Department of Mathematics, University of Akron (OH), 1962-63; assistant prof., 1963-66, associate prof., 1966-69, co-director, 1974-92, Center for Applied Mathematics, department chairman, 1969-86, prof., 1969 -, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Author: editor (with L. Cesari), Dynamical Systems, vol. I, 1977, vol. II, 1982, (with F. Ulam), Analogies Between Analogies, 1990; numerous scientifical articles in professional journals.
Member of: sponsor of numerous faculty exchanges with Polish mathematicians.
Honors: exchange professor in Warsaw (Poland), National Academy of Sciences, 1972; listed in Who's Who in America.
Served with: U.S. Army, 1952-54. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Language: English
Hobbies: music, golf.
Home: 530 NE 7th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996