Shaul Reuven Foguel | |
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שאול פוגל | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine | December 5, 1931
Died | December 19, 2020 New York City, USA | (aged 89)
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University |
Known for | Studies in Spectral Operators and the Basis Problem |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Doctoral advisor | Nelson Dunford |
Shaul Reuven Foguel was an Israeli mathematician (Hebrew: שאול פוגל, December 5, 1931 - December 19, 2020). Shaul Foguel was born to one of the founding families of the City of Tel Aviv[1][2] and his mother Dora Malkin was a direct descendant of Saul Wahl.[3] He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his PhD in Mathematics from Yale University in 1958. He wrote his dissertation under Nelson Dunford on "Studies in Spectral Operators and the Basis Problem". Shaul Foguel was Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a supporter of the Israeli Left. He ran in the 1969 Knesset elections on the Peace List along with Gadi Yatziv, although it failed to win a seat. He spent his retirement in New York City, where his two sons, Professor Tuval Foguel of Adelphi University, and Sy Foguel, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies live.[4]