| Lipman Bers Born: 22-May-1914
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: 29-Oct-1993
Location of death: New Rochelle, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Mathematician, Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Riemann surfaces Wife: Mary Kagan Bers
Daughter: Ruth Shapiro
Son: Victor
University: University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
University: PhD, University of Prague (1938)
Professor: Syracuse University (1945-51)
Professor: New York University (1951-64)
Professor: Columbia University (1964-82)
Scholar: City University of New York (1984)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Mathematical Society President (1975-77)
American Mathematical Society VP (1963-65)
American Philosophical Society
Finnish Academy of Sciences
International Defense Committee of Mathematicians
National Academy of Sciences Chair, Committee on Human Rights
National Committee on Mathematics Chairman (1977-81)
National Research Council Chairman, Division of Mathematical Sciences (1969-71)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1978
Stroke multiple
Latvian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Parkinson's
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