ROY CHISHOLM

Personal information

Full Name:  John Stephen Roy Chisholm
Date and Place of Birth: 5 November 1926, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage to Monty Eriksen, 1 August 1953
Children:

·        Carol May, born 16 November 1958

·        David Stephen, born 12 December 1960

·        Alison Mary, born 15 December, 1963

Education

·        1934-1939 Preparatory school

·        1939-45 Highgate School, North London (Scholar, Head of School)

·        1945-1951 Christ's College, Cambridge University (Major Scholar)

o       1947 Wrangler , Part 2 Tripos

o       1948 Distinction, Part 3 Tripos

o       1952 Doctor of Philosophy

Academic Posts

·        1951-1954 Nuffield Research Fellow in Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow

·        1954 -1960 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University College, Cardiff

·        1960-1962 Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University College, Cardiff

·        1962-1965 Professor of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin

·        1962-1963 Research Associate, CERN, Geneva

·        1965-1966 Distinguished Visiting Professor , Texas A&M University

·        1965-1994 Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Kent

·        1994- Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Kent

Public Appointments

·        1960-1962 Secretary, Cardiff UC Association of University Teachers

·        1963-1965 Governor of Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies

·        1963-1965 Member of Irish OECD Commission on Teaching Mathematics to Engineers

·        1968-1981 Chairman of University of Kent Sport & Recreation Committee

·        1973-1976 Chairman of UKC School of Mathematics

·        1976-1979 Chairman of Conference of Professors of Applied Mathematics

·        1971-1980 Committee member of Mathematical Physics section of the Institute of Physics

·        1977-1980 Member of the Joint Mathematical Council

·        1982 Member of British Council Commission on Technical University of Lisbon

·        1995- Member of Editorial Committee of Advances in Applied Clifford Algebra

Membership and Fellowship

·        1962- Member of the Royal Irish Academy

·        1971-1985 Member of European Physical Society

·        1976- Fellow of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

·        1977- Member of International Association of Mathematical Physics

·        1981- Fellow of Institute of Physics

·        1985- Member of London Mathematical Society

·        1989-1994 Member of Conference of University Professors

·        1989-1994 Member of the Athenaeum

·        1995- Member of British Society for the History of Mathematics

·        2005 Chevalier de la Dive Bouteille de Gaillac

©            Roy Chisholm