Raymond Louis Wilder

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1939–40:

WILDER, RAYMOND LOUIS:  Appointed for researches in the field of topology, particularly in the theory of locally connected spaces and of generalized manifolds; tenure, twelve months from September 1, 1940.

Born November 3, 1896, at Palmer, Massachusetts.  Education:  Brown University, Ph.B., 1920, M.S., 1921; University of Texas, Ph.D., 1923.

Instructor in Mathematics, 1921–24, University of Texas; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1924–26, Ohio State University; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1926–29, Associate Professor, 1929–35, Professor, 1935—, University of Michigan.

Publications:  Articles in Fundamenta Mathematicae, Proceedings of the International Mathematical Congress (Toronto, 1924), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, American Journal of Mathematics, Annals of Mathematics, Mathematische Annalen, American Mathematical Monthly, Duke Mathematical Journal, ÄŒasopis pro PÄ•stování Matematiky a Fysiky, Semicentennial Addresses of the American Mathematical Society.