Albert Alkins Mullin | |
Birth Date: | August 25, 1933 |
Birth Place: | Lynn, Massachusetts |
Death Date: | May 16th 2017 |
Death Place: | Huntsville, Alabama |
Occupation: | Engineer and Mathematician |
Spouse: | Lorraine Agacinski Mullin |
Parents: | LeRoy Allen Mullin, Alleyne Alkins Mullin |
Children: | David Albert Mullin, Edward LeRoy Mullin, Carolyn Mullin Kaplan, Dorothy Mullin Puckett |
Albert Mullin (August 25, 1933 - May 16, 2017) was an American engineer and Mathematician[1] who is best known for his postulation of the Euclid–Mullin sequence.[2]
Albert Mullin was born on August 25, 1933, to LeRoy Mullin and Alleyne Mullin in Lynn, Massachusetts. He earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1955. He went on to earn a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Illinois.[3]
Albert became a commissioned Army officer and served for a period of 38 years. He retired from the Army in 1993 having attained the rank of Colonel. He continued to serve as an army civilian with the Space and Strategic Command. During his time as an Army officer and continuing on through his death he was a periodic contributor to the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, the Journal of Symbolic Logic, and the Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic.[4]