Bonnie Averbach

Bonnie Averbach (née Rudolph; 1933 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematics and actuarial science educator who worked for many years on the faculty of Temple University and was known for her books in mathematics.

Life

Averbach was born in 1933,[1] and earned a master's degree in mathematics from Temple University in 1955, with the thesis "Definitions of the Lebesgue integral".[2] Around 1965, she returned to Temple University as a faculty member.[3] Originally affiliated with the Department of Mathematics, she changed her affiliation in 1987, to the Department of Risk Management and Insurance,[4] where for many years she directed Temple's actuarial science program. In 2007, Temple's Fox School of Business and Management gave her their lifetime achievement award.[3] She died on October 16, 2019.[5]

Books

Averbach's books include:

  • Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics (with Orin Chein, W. H. Freeman, 1980; reprinted by Dover, 2000)[6]
  • Mathematics with Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences (with Bernard Kolman and Howard Anton, 3rd ed., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988; 4th ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1992)[7]
  • Applied Finite Mathematics (with Bernard Kolman and Howard Anton, 5th ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1992)[8]

References
  1. Birth year from copyright page of Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics, Dover edition
  2. WorldCat catalogue entry for "Definitions of the Lebesgue integral", retrieved 2022-02-14. WorldCat lists it as a doctoral thesis, but the 1997–1998 Temple University Undergraduate Bulletin lists her as having only an M.A.
  3. "Bonnie Averbach: May 18, 2007", Temple Now, retrieved 2022-02-14
  4. "Change in faculty member's home department" (PDF), Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Temple University, p. 8, 12 May 1987, retrieved 2022-02-14
  5. Bonnie Averbach, Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks Funeral Home, retrieved 2022-02-14 – via Legacy.com
  6. Reviews of Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics:
    • Austin, Keith (March 1982), The Mathematical Gazette, 66 (435): 71–72, doi:10.2307/3617323, JSTOR 3617323{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Dees, Roberta L. (November 1981), The Arithmetic Teacher, 29 (3): 54–55, JSTOR 41190004{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • King, Richard H. (April 1981), The Mathematics Teacher, 74 (4): 301–302, JSTOR 27962454{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Klamkin, Murray S. (March 1983), The American Mathematical Monthly, 90 (3): 216–218, doi:10.2307/2975564, JSTOR 2975564{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Mortimer, Mike (January 1982), Mathematics in School, 11 (1): 35, JSTOR 30213691{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Wolfe, Hugh C. (May 1981), Physics Today, 34 (5): 84, Bibcode:1981PhT....34e..84A, doi:10.1063/1.2914582{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Review of Mathematics with Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences:
    • Buchman, Aaron (September 1988), The Mathematics Teacher, 81 (6): 495, JSTOR 27965902{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Spresser, Diane M. (January 1993), The Mathematics Teacher, 86 (1): 92, JSTOR 27968134{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. Review of Applied Finite Mathematics:
    • Wagman, Harriett (December 1992), The Mathematics Teacher, 85 (9): 763, JSTOR 27967923{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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