David Eugene Smith

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found: Wikipedia, viewed May 18, 2015 (David Eugene Smith; born January 21, 1860, Cortland, New York; died July 29, 1944, New York City, New York; American mathematician, educator, and editor; attended Syracuse University, graduating in 1881 (Ph. D., 1887; LL.D., 1905); principal at the State Normal School in Brockport, New York (1898), and a professor of mathematics at Teachers College, Columbia University (1901) where he remained until his retirement in 1926; president of the Mathematical Association of America in 1920) {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eugene_Smith}