Jack Schwartz of NYU dies at 79

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Peter Capek <capek () ieee org>
Date: March 4, 2009 7:26:08 AM EST
To: Dave Farber - IP <dave () farber net>
Subject: Jack Schwartz of NYU dies at 79

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/science/04schwartz.html
Jacob T. Schwartz, 79, Restless Scientist, Dies

By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: March 3, 2009
Jacob T. Schwartz, a mathematician and computer scientist who did  
seminal research in fields as diverse as molecular biology and  
robotics, died Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 79.


He died in his sleep of liver cancer, his wife, Diana, said. He was  
chairman of the computer science department at New York University,  
which he founded, from 1964 to 1980.

During a career that also included 42 years as a professor at the  
Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the university, Dr.  
Schwartz wrote more than a dozen books and more than 100 scientific  
papers and research reports. At his death Dr. Schwartz was actively  
working on research in both molecular biology and logic.

Throughout his life, Dr. Schwartz, who was known as Jack, moved from  
one scientific field to the next. He was not a dilettante, but  
mastered each field in turn and then made significant contributions.

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