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Karpinski, Louis Charles, Ph.D.
Professor, mathematician, carthographist. Born in Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1878; son of Henry and Mary (Engesser) Karpinski. Married Grace M. Woods of Lockport, N. Y.; children: Robert, Whitcomb, Mary, Louise, Ruth, Joseph Louis, Charles Edwin. Education: Graduated from State Normal and Training School, Oswego, N. Y., 1897; A.B., Cornell, 1901; Ph.D., Strassburg, 1903. Positions: Instructor of Math., Berea, 1898-1900; New York State Normal School, Oswego, 1903-04. In charge math. dept. Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, N. Y., 1905-07. Teachers College Fellow and University Extension, lecturer Columbia University, 1909-10. Michigan University, Asst. prof., 1910-1915; assoc. prof. 1915-18; prof., 1919. Member: Amer. Math. Soc.; Math. Association of America; A.A.A.S.; N.E.A.; Hist. Science Soc.; Bibl. Soc. of America; Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung; Comite Internat. d' Histoire des Sciences; mem. of Board; Scripta Mathematica; Cent. Ass'n Sci., and Math. Teachers; Mich Schoolmasters Club; Mich. Acad. Sci. Arts and Letters; Sigma Xi; Collaborator Archivo di Storia della Scienza; Republican; Congregationist. Author: "History and Pedagogy of Mathematics"; "History of Science and Carthography"; "The Hindu-Arabic Numerals," 1911; "Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of Al-Khowarizmi," 1915; "Unifled Mathematics," 1918; "History of Arithmetic," 1925; "The Arithmetic of Nicomachus," 1926; "Bibliography of Printed Maps of Mich.," 1804-80; with Atlas, 1931. Contributions to European and American educational journals. Home: 1315 Cambridge Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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