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Woldemar Weyl

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Woldemar Anatol Weyl (1901 – July 30, 1975) was a German-born scientist.

Weyl taught at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute between 1932 and 1936, when he began traveling to the United States as a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University.[1] Due to the increasing influence of the Nazi Party, Weyl choose not to return to Germany and was offered full tenure at PSU in 1938.[1][2] In 1960, Weyl and mathematician Haskell Curry were appointed to the first two Evan Pugh Professorships at Penn State.[3] Weyl died in State College, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1975, aged 74.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dr. Woldemar Weyl, authority on glass". New York Times. August 4, 1975. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Woldemar Weyl, founder of modern glass science". Pennsylvania State University. November 19, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "Evan Pugh Professors". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved July 29, 2018.