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THE INSTITUTE for ADVANCED STUDY Princeton, New Jersey First Term October 1, 1956 to December 21, 1956 THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY Princeton, New Jersey I ~TAFF AND MEMBERS LIST First Term October 1, 1956 to December 21, 1956 DFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Robert Oppenheimer Verna Hobson, Secretary to the Director Velma .A.. Mumper, Secretary LIBRARY Library §ervices Judith E. Sachs, Librarian Acquisitions, Administration - Judith E. Sachs Catalog - Hope D. Gibbons Reference, Interlibrary loans- Lily B. Agar - Anne B. Mansfield OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER General Services Minot C. Morgan, Jr., Gen. Mgr. Cafeteria - Phelan Dashiell, Chef Ruth Barnett, Assistant Financial Matters - Minot C. Morgan, Jr. Joan Petrozzini, Secretar,y - Catherine Higbee Fuld Hall Maintenance - Jeff Anderson, Supervisor Housing: Assignments - Ruth Barnett Housekeeping - Alice Rockafellow (1-3820-W) Immigration Matters - Ruth Barnett Mail - Jessie Slowen, Supervisor Purchasing - Ruth Barnett Telephones _ Katherine Lahey, Chief Operator Transportation - Jessie Slowen, Supervisor Night Telephone Connections 1-4400 - Office of the Director 1-4401 - Office of the Director Emergency calls 1-4404 - Office of Professor Montgomer,y, Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Barnett Minot Morgan - 1-3375 1-4408 - Office of Professors Cherniss, Ruth Barnett - 1-4865 Yang and the Physics Department Wesley Dauncey - 1_4249-R 1-0950 - Office of Miss Sachs and the School of Historical Studies 1-1250 - Office of Professors Lowe, Fire (PD) - 1-0040 Meritt and Thompson 1-1348 - Office of Professors Pais, Hospital - 1-1900 Veblen, and Whitney 1-3002 - Electronic Computer Project: Medical Group - 1-0725 Office of Dr. Bigelow and the ECP Shop Police: 1-5569 - ECP Machine Room Borough - 1-0040 1-5811 - Office of Professor Kennan Township - 1-3105 - 1 - SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS Permanent Members James W. Alexander Robert Oppenheimer (Professor) Arne Beurling (Professor) Abraham Pais (Professor) Julian H. Bigelow Atle Selberg (Professor) Freeman J. Dyson (Professor) Oswald Veblen (Professor Emeritus) Kurt Gedel (Professor) John von Neumann (Professor)'" Herman H. Goldstine Hassler Whitney (Professor) Deane Montgomery (Professor) Chen Ning Yang (Professor) Marston Morse (Professor) Members John W. Addison, Jr. Maurice H. Heins Donald S. Ornstein Michael F. Atiyah Melvin Henriksen C. D. PapakyriakOpoulos Louis Auslander Gerhard P. Hochschild Wolfgang Pauli. Maurice Auslander Kerson Huang Chaim Lo Pekeris Paul T. Bateman John Isbell Leo J. Postman" Morton E. Bitterman Prabahan K.'Kabir W. V. Quine Sidney A. Bludman Samuel Kaplan Fouad M. Ragab Niels Bohr'" Irving Kaplansky Robert B. Raphael Armand Borel'" Wilhelm Klingenberg Frank Rhodes Raoul Bott Shoshichi Kobayashi Alex Rosenberg Hans J. Bremermann Georg Kreisel Lee A.. Rubel S. T. Butler Sigekatu Kuroda Jean-Pierre Serre Kenneth M. Case Jacqueline Lelong Arnold S. Shapiro Geoffrey F. Chew Pierre Lelong Joseph R. Shoenfield Pierre E. Conner, Jr. Heinrich-W. Leopoldt Maurice Sion Richard B. Curtis Jean Leray Guilford L. Spencer John M. Danskin, Jr. Robert R. Lewis, Jr. Hiroshi Suura Jan de Boer Hans Lewy Tsuneo Tamagawa Jacob C. E. Dekker Ernest A. Michael Yasutaka Tanikawa Hubert Delange Hazelton Mirkil Tadao Tannaka S. Eldon Dyer Edwin E. Moise John G. Taylor Hubert W. Ellis G. Daniel Mostow Rene Thorn Gerald Feinberg Shigeo Nakano John Wermer Adolph W. Goodman John F. Nash, Jr. Eyvind H. Wichmann Hubert B. Griffiths J. Edward Nelson Sadayuki Yamamuro Karl W. Gruenberg Otto Neugebauer'" Lotfi A. Zadeh Ma~-Elizabeth Hamstrom Reinhard Oehme Daniel Zelinsky Assistants Albrecht Dold (Hassler Whitney) Leon Ehrenpreis (Arne Beurling) Alfred V. Froelicher (Oswald Veblen) Walter O. P. Roelcke (Atle Selberg) Secretarial Staff Elizabeth S. Gorman (John von Neumann Margaret Murray (Mathematics - Bldg. C) and Phys~es- Bldg. D) Joan H. Slotnick (Mathematics - Fuld) Jane L. Kane (Physics - Bldg. E) Caroline D. Underwood (School Secretary) *Not in residence - 3 - ELECTRONIC COMPUTER PROJECT John von Neumann, Director - on leave of absence Hans J. Maehly, Acting Director Helen Giolito, Secretary Member Julian H. Bigelow Engineering William T. Keefe, Jr., Chief Engineer Frank Fell, Engineering Assistant Fred Smartt, Jr., Machine Operator Lambert Rockafellow, Machinist Mathematics Staff Math~ticians Coders Pat Eberlein Sonja Bargmann Irving Rabinowitz Hedvig Selberg Bryant Tuckerman Barbara Weymann Dorothy Wheeler, IBM Operator and Purchasing Maintenance Anthony Manganella Albert Worthington - 4 - THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY Princeton, New Jersey DIRECTORY First Term October 1, 1956 to December 21, 1956 DEPI'. OFFICE HOME ADDRESS HOME PHONE Addison, John W., Jr. (M) Math. 1082 Princeton-Kingston Rd. 1-5428-J Agar, Lily B. (Mrs. WID. S.) Lib. 201 387 Mt. Lucas Road 1-0408-W ftkerstr~m, ftke (M) H. S. AIOl 41 Park Place Alexander, James W. (M) Math. 29 Cleveland Lane 1-0032 Alf~ldi, Andrew (M) H. S. 304 272 Mercer Street l-3888-W Anderson, Jeff (M) Mntnce. Fuld Princeton Junction Plainsboro 3-2740-R Armonia, Aristide (M) Janitor hId 283 Witherspoon street 1-2565-R Atiyah, ~ichael F. (M) Hath. 118 245 Nassau Street 1-1675-W Auslander, Louis (M) Math. 311 5-B Goodman Road 1-3279-M Auslander, ~~urice (M) Math. c206 43 Linden Lane l-1173-R Aydelotte, Frank Dir.Emer. A200 88 Battle Road 1-0185 Bahler, Janice H. S. B200 17 Greenview Avenue 1-l559-R lrgmann, Sonja (Mrs. V.) (M) E.C.P. 24 50 College Road 1-2436 Darnett, Ruth W. (Mrs.) Gen.Mgr. 110 12 Vandeventer Avenue 1-4865 Bateman, Paul T. (M) Math. ClIO South Olden Lane 1-4249-M Beurling, Arne (M) Math. CI02 Battle Road Circle Bigelow, Julian H. (M) E.C.P. 9 576 Mercer Road 1-4394 Bitterman, Morton E. (M) Math. D202 11-1/2 Newlin Road 1-0893 Blatt, Franz (M) H. S. 307 154 Mercer Street Bludman, Sidney A. (M) Math. E205 5-B Maxwell Lane Boas, George (Ill) H. S. DI08 82 Mountain Avenue l-1798-J Boone, Zada (Mrs. Letson) (M) Caf. Fuld 116 Leigh Avenue 1-2331 Bott, Raoul (M) Math. 314 5-A Goodman Road 1-5619-J Bowsky, William (M) H. s. D205 244 Nassau.Street 1-5469-J Bradford, George J. Caf. Fuld 5 N. Edwards Hall,Princ.Univ. Bremermann, Hans J. (M) Math. EIOI 359 Nassau street BUSINESS OFFICE Morgan, Minot C., Jr. (M) 110 36 Mercer street 1-3375 Higbee, catherine 104 29 Wiggins street 1-4316 Hullfish, Lucille 103 2 Maple Avenue, Plainsboro PL-3-2703-J Maxwell, Donna A. 103 37 William street 1-1016 Modzelewski, Sabina 104 701 Strawberr,y st. ,Trenton EX-4-7255 Petrozzini, Joan M. 110 18 Snowden Lane 1-1129-J Butler, S. T. (M*) Math. D201 36 Mercer Street 1-3375 ~) Married - Wife or husband in Princeton . ..'1*) Married - Wife or husband not in Princeton (l-1) * Married - Neither in Princeton - 5 - DEPT. OFFICE HOME ADDRESS HOME PHONE JAFETERIA Dashiell, Phelan (M) 12 Quarry Street 1-4970 Boone, Zada (Mrs. Letson) (M) 116 Leigh Avenue 1-2331 Bradford, George J. .5 N. Edwards Hal1,Princ.Univ. Eh1kes, Gertrude (Mrs. J.) Willow street 1-0392_W Hamer, Magda1ine (Mrs. wm.) (M) R.F.D. No.3 l-3955-M Sherwood, Phillip 16 Green street Stalcup, Beatrice (Mre. F. M.) (M) 14 Dye, Plainsboro PL-3-2738 Camps, William A. (M) H. s. 307 54 Maple Street l-1724-M Carroll, James Grounds 344 Oakland, Trenton EX-4-2688 Case, Kenneth M. (M) Math. E20l 284 Mercer Street 1-1549-J Cherniss, Harold F. (M) H. S. DI07 98 Battle Road 1-3363 Chew, Geoffrey F. (M) Hath. EI0.5 7-F Goodman Road Clement, Paul A. (M) H. S. B203 5-A Maxwell Lane l-1382-R Conner, Pierre E., Jr. Hath. cl06 298 Nassau Street 1-2386-w Crow, John H. S. DI04 42 Mercer Street 1-0973 Curtis, Richard B. (M) Ma:th. Dl02 34 Witherspoon Lane 1-1832-W Danskin, John M., Jr. Math. 309 c/o Miller, Laurel Rd.,Kingston Dashiell, Phelan (M) Ca!. Fuld 12 Quarr,y Street 1-4970 Dauncey, Dorothy (Mrs. W.) (M) H. S. BIOI South Olden Lane 1-4249-R Dauncey, i-les1ey (M) Shop South Olden Lane 1-4249-R de Boer, Jan (M) Math. D207 6-c Cook Road Dekker, Jacob C. E. (M) Math. 312 345 Nassau Street 1-4479-J Delange, Hubert (M*) Math. E21l 16 Linden Lane ,'Negri, Enrico (M) H. S. E204 50 Humbert Street 1-5800 DIRECTOR'S OFF~CE Oppenheimer, Robert (M) 108 97 Olden lane 1-2895 Hobson, Verna (Mrs. Wilder) (~) 107 94 Valley Road 1-4235-W Mumper, Velma A. 106 12 Vandeventer Avenue 1-5564-R Dold, Albrecht Nath. C210 36 Hercer Street 1-3375 Downey, Glanville (M) H. S. D2ll 7-C Goodman Road l-3279-W DUPLICATING ¥~CHINES Harris, John C., Jr. (M) Fuld 144 John Street 1-1133 Dyer, S. Eldon (M) J'fJath. C200 6-F Cook Road 1-1941-J Dyson, Freeman J. (M) lJI.ath. EI07 Battle Road Circle 1-0592-W Eberlein, Pat (Mrs. wm.) (M) E.C.P. 24 84 Deer Path 1-4842-R Ehlkes, Gertrude (Mrs. J.) Caf. Fuld Willow street 1-0392-W Ehrenpreis, Leon Hath. CIOl Washington Rd. ,Princeton Junction Ellis, Hubert W. (M) Math. E200 South Olden Lane 1-4024-M Federico, Benito (M) Grounds 222 Ewing Street 1-3088-W Feinberg, Gerald Hath. D102 11 Bank Street 1-2655 Fell, Frank E. (M) E.C.P. 25 413 Stuyvesant Ave.,Trenton EX-2-4238 Foltiny, Stephen (M) H. S. 303 8-B Cook Road 1-2565 Ford, Ruth (Yws.) Tea Room Fuld Box 528 1-5298 Frankl, Paul (N) H. S. 32 Wiggins street 1-3360 Freund, Gerald (M) H. S. E108 c/o Coletti, Rosedale Road 1-1478-W ~. 'oelicher, Alf'red V. (M) Hath•. 117 41 Park Place - 6 - ~ DEPT. OFFICE H()}1E ADDRESS HOME PHONE ~. ,~NERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE Morgan, Minot C., Jr. (M) 110 36 Mercer Street 1-3375 Barnett, Ruth W. (~~s.) 110 12 Vandeventer Avenue 1-4865 Petrozzini, Joan M.
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