UC Santa Cruz Other Recent Work Title In the Beginning...and Beyond: Edward M. Landesman—Professor of Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zx9n3bt Authors Reti, Irene H. Landesman, Edward Publication Date 2016-04-12 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California In the Beginning...and Beyond: Edward M. Landesman— Professor of Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz Interviewed and Edited by Irene Reti Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz University Library 2016 This oral history is covered by a copyright agreement between Edward Landesman and the Regents of the University of California dated April 11, 2016. Under “fair use” standards, excerpts of up to six hundred words (per interview) may be quoted without the University Library’s permission as long as the materials are properly cited. Quotations of more than six hundred words require the written permission of the Head of Special Collections and Archives and a proper citation and may also require a fee. Under certain circumstances, not-for- profit users may be granted a waiver of the fee. For permission contact: Irene Reti
[email protected] or Regional History Project, McHenry Library, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. Phone: 831-459-2847. Contents Interview History 1 Early Life 6 Education at the University of California, Los Angeles 15 Interviewing for a Faculty Position at the University of California, Santa Cruz 20 UC Santa Cruz in the Early Days 23 Science in the Early Years of UC Santa Cruz