Cecil C. Rousseau Explained

Cecil Clyde Rousseau, Jr. (January 13, 1938 Philadelphia - April 10, 2020 Memphis)[1] [2] was a mathematician and author who specialized in graph theory and combinatorics. He was a professor at The University of Memphis starting in 1970 until retiring in 2008, and was involved with USAMO in many capacities, including serving as chair.[3]

Rousseau received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1968 from Texas A&M University.

He has an Erdős number of 1, and is Erdős' 5th most common co-author, with 35 joint papers.[4] He also frequently collaborated with Memphis faculty Ralph Faudree and Dick Schelp.

In 2012, Rousseau received the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[5]

To his students and colleagues, he was known affectionately as C²R.

References

  1. Book: Rousseau, Cecil Clyde. American Men & Women of Science. 2003. 349. Thomson Gale. 9780787665296.
  2. Web site: Cecil Clyde Rousseau Jr. Obituary. Legacy.com Daily Memphian .
  3. Web site: Media Room :: World's Highest Mathematics Honor Goes to Retired U of M Professor :: University of Memphis . 2013-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130305171657/http://www.memphis.edu/mediaroom/releases/jun12/rousseau.htm . 2013-03-05 .
  4. Grossman, Jerry, Erdos0p, Version 2015, The Erdős Number Project, Oakland University, USA, July 14, 2015.
  5. Web site: Cecil C Rousseau.

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