Comments on: Paul Cohen, 1934-2007

By: turtlens

turtlens — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:45:13 +0000

The Ally McBeal Season 1 Episode Guide
has repeated entries for The Dancing Twins Eric & Steven Cohen.

Stanford News obituary of Paul Cohen mentions that Cohen is survived by three children, twins Eric and Steven of LA, and Charles of Boston.

By: Chris Hillman

Chris Hillman — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:39:41 +0000

Oops, I forgot to point out that Cohen and Elias Stein were on the same Math Team at SHS.

By: Chris Hillman

Chris Hillman — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:37:48 +0000

It’s certainly interesting that SHS has produced more leading mathematicians than most universities! The main article at Wikipedia seems to have been edited to remove the internal link to a page which I thoroughly redesigned, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stuyvesant_High_School_people which gives math pride of place but also lists some leading physicists, such as Rolf Landauer and Richard H. Price.

By: Jonathan Vos Post

Jonathan Vos Post — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:44:39 +0000

As a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, in the same class as Steven E. Koonin (1968), well after Paul Cohen and
* Joshua Lederberg (Class of 1941) - 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Robert Fogel (Class of 1944) - 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics
* Roald Hoffmann (Class of 1954) - 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Richard Axel (Class of 1963) - 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

but before Brian R. Greene and Lisa Randall (Class of 1980), I can assure you that Paul Cohen was held forth as an exemplar to all aspiring Mathematicians amongs us.

Listing of Notable Alumni in the field of Mathematics.

Bergman, George M.
Graduated: 1960

Cohen, Paul J.
Graduated: 1950

Elkies, Noam D.
Graduated: 1982

Harbater, David
Graduated: 1970

Hochster, Melvin
Graduated: 1960

Khazanov, Aleksandr
Graduated: 1995

Lax, Peter D.
Graduated: 1943

Stein, Elias M.
Graduated: 1949

Weichsel, Paul M.
Graduated: 1949

Zimmer, Robert J.
Graduated: 1964

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant_High_School

By: John Armstrong

John Armstrong — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:58:34 +0000

Brian: Saunders MacLane.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:00:37 +0000

He was a great american-born mathematician. The greatest? Has there ever been an american-born mathematician as great as Paul Cohen? RIP. He will be missed.

By: John Armstrong

John Armstrong — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:40:18 +0000

Nothing slips by you, Eric

By: Eric Jablow

Eric Jablow — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:16:09 +0000

John, I think Bebe Neuwirth was in “Cheers”.

By: John Armstrong

John Armstrong — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:50:16 +0000

If it’s true about the Ally McBeal thing, they wouldn’t be the first mathematician’s kids to act. Lee Neuwirth’s daughter was in one of those Law & Order series.