Howard L. Resnikoff

{{Short description|American mathematician (1937–2018)}}

Howard Leonard Resnikoff (May 13, 1937 – March 5, 2018) was an American mathematician and business executive.

Resnikoff was born in New York City on May 13, 1937. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley under the supervision of Ádám Korányi.{{cite news|title=Howard L. Resnikoff|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/howard-l-resnikoff|accessdate=May 19, 2018|publisher=Institute for Advanced Study}}{{MathGenealogy|id=32046|title=Howard L. Resnikoff}} Resnikoff began teaching at Rice University in 1967. He joined the University of California at Irvine faculty in 1975. Between 1979 and 1981, Resnikoff was director of the Division of Information Science and Technology at the National Science Foundation.{{cite book|last1=Resnikoff|first1=Howard L.|title=The Illusion of Reality|date=1989|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781461281153|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781461281153}} He became an associate vice president at Harvard University in 1981, serving until 1983. Resnikoff worked for Thinking Machines Corporation and founded Aware, Inc. after leaving Harvard, as well as FutureWave, Inc. He received thirteen patents for a variety of inventions,{{cite news|title=Patents by Inventor Howard L. Resnikoff|url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/howard-l-resnikoff|accessdate=May 19, 2018|publisher=Justia.com}} and in later life served on the board of governors of the Jacobs University Bremen and was president and chairman of the institution's Foundation of America.{{cite news|title=Howard L. Resnikoff|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=35855014&privcapId=35786744|accessdate=May 19, 2018|publisher=Bloomberg.com}}{{cite news|title=Howard L. Resnikoff|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=188984732|accessdate=May 19, 2018|work=Boston Globe|date=May 13, 2018}} Resnikoff's wife Joan is a painter and ceramic artist.{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Patricia|last2=Lyon|first2=David|title=A Lofty Marriage|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/15/personal-space/|accessdate=May 19, 2018|work=Boston Magazine|date=June 15, 2006}} He died on March 5, 2018.