Michael John Potel: advisors and students

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Michael John Potel

Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1977

Wikidata names Robert Lovett Ashenhurst as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata and Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Robert Lovett Ashenhurst

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataRobert Lovett Ashenhurst
2 steps up
stated by WikidataHoward H. Aiken
3 steps up
stated by WikidataEmory Leon Chaffee
4 steps up
stated by WikidataG. W. Pierce

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1977 to 1985
University of Chicago
worked
1985 to 1992
Apple Inc.
worked
1992 to 1997
Taligent
worked
undated
University of Chicago
studied

Elsewhere2

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ102273172

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project88629

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102273172,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Michael John Potel: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102273172},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Michael John Potel: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102273172