Paul Sally
{{short description|American mathematician}}
{{Infobox scientist
|image = Paul Sally Austin 2008.jpg
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|caption = Paul Sally in 2008
|birth_name = Paul Joseph Sally, Jr.
|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|01|29}}
|birth_place = Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|30|1933|1|29}}
|death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|workplaces = University of Chicago
|alma_mater = Boston College (BS, MS)
Brandeis University (PhD)
|doctoral_advisor = Ray Kunze
|known_for = Mathematics education
|spouse = Judith D. Sally}}
Paul Joseph Sally, Jr. (January 29, 1933 – December 30, 2013) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago,
{{cite web|url=http://www.math.uchicago.edu/people/ |title=Department of Mathematics: People|access-date=2008-09-16|publisher=University of Chicago}} where he was the director of undergraduate studies for 30 years.
{{cite web|url=http://www.math.uchicago.edu/about|title=Department of Mathematics: About|access-date=2008-09-16 |publisher=University of Chicago}} His research areas were p-adic analysis and representation theory.{{cite journal|last=Golus|first=Carrie|date=May–June 2008|title=Sally marks the spot|journal=University of Chicago Magazine|volume=100|issue=4|url=http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0856/features/sally.shtml|access-date=2008-09-16}}
He created several programs to improve the preparation of school mathematics teachers, and was seen by many as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago."{{cite news|publisher=The Boston Globe|title=A life of unexpected twists takes her from farm to math department|access-date=2008-09-17|author=Billy Baker|newspaper=Boston.com|date =2008-04-28|url=http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/04/28/a_life_of_unexpected_twists_takes_her_from_farm_to_math_department}}
Life and education
Sally was born in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts on January 29, 1933.{{cite journal |date=September 2002|title=Biographies of Candidates|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|volume=49|issue=8|pages=970–81|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200208/bios02.pdf|access-date=2008-09-16}} He was a star basketball player at Boston College High School. He received his BS and MS degrees from Boston College in 1954 and 1956.
After a short career in Boston area high schools and at Boston College{{cite web|publisher=Boston College|title=Sally Award|access-date=2008-09-17|url=http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/math/ugprog/awards.html}} he entered the first class of mathematics graduate students at Brandeis in 1957 and earned his PhD in 1965. During his graduate career he married Judith D. Sally and had three children in three years. David, the oldest, is a Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College,{{cite web|url=http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/david-f-sally|title= Tuck School of Business Faculty Directory|publisher=Dartmouth College|access-date=2011-05-08}} Stephen is a partner at White & Case{{cite web|url=http://www.ropesgray.com/stephenmoeller-sally|title=White & Case Professional Directory|publisher=White & Case|access-date=2024-10-23}} (previously Ropes & Gray),{{cite web|url=https://www.whitecase.com/people/stephen-moeller-sally|title=Ropes & Gray Professional Directory|publisher=Ropes & Gray|access-date=2011-05-08}} and Paul, the youngest, is Superintendent at New Trier High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/person.aspx?id=3332|title=New Trier High School Staff Directory|publisher=New Trier High School|access-date=2011-05-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125230615/http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/person.aspx?id=3332|archive-date=2011-01-25}}
Sally was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1948.{{cite journal|last=Shaw|first=Susan|date=March 2004|title=Keeping Your Toes & Feet Healthy|journal=Diabetes Health|url=http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2004/03/01/3173.html|access-date=2008-09-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510104528/http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2004/03/01/3173.html|archive-date=2008-05-10}} The condition resulted in his use of an eye patch and two prosthetic legs,{{Cite web|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/paul-j-sally-jr-influential-mathematician-and-educator-1933-2013|title=Paul J. Sally, Jr., influential mathematician and educator, 1933 – 2013|date=2 January 2014 }} which caused him to be widely referred to as "Professor Pirate," and "The Math Pirate" around the University of Chicago campus.{{cite web|publisher=The Boston Globe|title=The powerhouse 'pirate' of the math classroom|access-date=2008-04-15|author=Billy Baker|date=2007-10-01|url=http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/10/01/the_powerhouse_pirate_of_the_math_classroom/}} He was known to detest cell phones in class and destroyed several over the years by inviting students to stomp on them or by throwing them out of a window.
Career
Sally joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1965 and taught there until his death. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1967–68, 1971–72, 1981–82, and 1983–84.{{cite web|url=https://www.math.ias.edu/people/past-alpha?letter=S |title=Past Members Alphabetical: S | IAS School of Mathematics |website=Math.ias.edu |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=2016-10-21}}
While at the IAS he collaborated with Joseph Shalika.{{cite journal | last1 = Sally Jr | first1 = P. J. | last2 = Shalika | first2 = J.A. | year = 1968 | title = Characters of the discrete series of representations of SL(2) over a local field | journal = Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. | volume = 61 | issue = 4| pages = 1231–1237 | pmid = 16591722 | pmc=225245 | doi=10.1073/pnas.61.4.1231| bibcode = 1968PNAS...61.1231S | doi-access = free }} In 1983, he became the first director of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, which is responsible for the Everyday Mathematics program (also called "Chicago math").
He founded Seminars for Elementary Specialists and Mathematics Educators (SESAME) in 1992. He co-founded the Young Scholars Program with Dr. Diane Herrmann in 1988, providing mathematical enrichment for gifted Chicago-area students in grades 7–12.{{cite journal|date=Winter 2004|title=Paul Sally Gives the Arnold Ross Lecture|journal=AMS Member Newsletter|page=4|url=https://www.ams.org/membership/membnewsltr-winter2004.pdf|publisher=American Mathematical Society|access-date=2008-09-16}}
Death
Sally died December 30, 2013, aged 80, from congestive heart failure, at the University of Chicago Hospital.{{cite news |last=Crane|first=Joy|date=2013-12-30|title=Paul Sally, influential math professor, dies at 80|url=http://chicagomaroon.com/2013/12/30/paul-sally-influential-math-professor-dies-at-80/ |newspaper=Chicago Maroon|access-date=2013-12-30}}[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=paul-sally&pid=168855049&fhid=3566 Paul Sally Jr. Obituary], Chicago Tribune, retrieved 2014-01-01.{{cite news|title=Chicago Tribune Obituary|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-obit-paul-sally-met-20140116,0,4755459.story|access-date=16 January 2014|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}
Awards
{{cite news |first=Diana |last=Steele |title=Amoco Teaching Award: Paul Sally |url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/950525/sally.shtml |work=University of Chicago Chronicle |date=1995-05-25 |access-date=2008-09-16 }}
{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Koppes |title=Sally says students need more than math 'appreciation' |url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030123/math.shtml |work=University of Chicago Chronicle |date=2003-01-23 |access-date=2008-09-16 }}
- American Mathematical Society Distinguished Service Award, 2000
- One of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America, 2002
{{cite conference|title=Mathematical Association of America: Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics|book-title=January 2002 Prizes and Awards|pages=36–40|publisher=Joint Mathematics Meetings|date=2002-01-07|location=San Diego, CA|url=https://www.ams.org/ams/2002-prizes.pdf|access-date=2008-09-16}}
Selected publications
- {{cite journal|author1=Sally, P.J. Jr.|author2=Shalika, J.A.|title=Characters of the discrete series of representations of SL(2) over a local field.|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=61|issue=4|pages=1231–1237|publisher=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.|date=1968|pmc=225245|pmid=16591722|doi=10.1073/pnas.61.4.1231|bibcode=1968PNAS...61.1231S|doi-access=free}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally|first=Judith|title=Trimathlon: A Workout Beyond the School Curriculum|publisher=AK Peters, Ltd|year=2003|isbn=978-1-56881-184-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally, Jr.|first=Paul J.|author2=Diane L. Herrmann|title=Number, Shape and Symmetry: an Introduction to Mathematics|publisher=Brooks Cole|location=Pacific Grove|year=2004|isbn=0-534-40539-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally, Jr.|first=Paul J.|author2=Diane L. Herrmann|title=Number Theory and Geometry for College Students|publisher=Brooks Cole|location=Pacific Grove|year=2005|isbn=0-534-40536-3}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally|first=Judith|title=Roots to Research: A Vertical Development of Mathematical Problems|publisher=American Mathematical Society|location=Providence, RI|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8218-4403-8}}{{cite journal|author=Holdener, Judy|title=Review: Roots to Research: A Vertical Development of Mathematical Problems by Judith Sally and Paul J. Sally, Jr.|journal=Amer. Math. Monthly|date=October 2009|volume=116|issue=8|pages=754–758|jstor=40391219|doi=10.4169/193009709X460921|s2cid=218545393}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally, Jr.|first=Paul J.|title=Tools of the Trade: Introduction to Advanced Mathematics|publisher=American Mathematical Society|location=Providence, RI|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8218-4634-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0mOzVTs2vmwC}}
- {{cite book|last=Sally, Jr.|first=Paul J.|title=Fundamentals of Mathematical Analysis|publisher=American Mathematical Society|location=Providence, RI|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8218-9141-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b05c370fLdsC}}
References
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External links
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- {{MathGenealogy|id=27224}}
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