Luxemburg, W. A. J. (Wilhelmus Anthonius Josephus)

Scope and Contents An interview in three sessions, in June 2001, with Wilhelmus Anthonius Josephus (Wim) Luxemburg, professor of mathematics, emeritus, in the Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy. Dr. Luxemburg received his BA. from the University of Leiden (1950) and his doctorate from the Delft Institute of Technoloy (1955). He and his wife emigrated to Canada, first to Kingston and then to the University of Toronto as a postdoc with Israel Halperin. In 1958, he came to Caltech as an assistant...