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Lester John Senechal

Ph.D. Illinois Institute of Technology 1963born 1934

Wikidata names Edgar Lorch and Karl Menger as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Edgar Lorch
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Karl Menger

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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.

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stated by WikidataEdgar Lorchstated by WikidataKarl Menger
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stated by WikidataHans Hahnstated by WikidataJoseph Ritt
3 steps up
stated by WikidataEdward Kasnerstated by WikidataGustav von Escherich
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stated by WikidataCarl Friesachstated by WikidataDavid Hilbertstated by WikidataFelix Kleinstated by WikidataJohannes Frischauf

Education and career3

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1963 to 1965
University of Arizona
worked
1968 to 2004
Mount Holyoke College
worked
undated
Illinois Institute of Technology
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, translator, university teacher
fields: mathematics, geometry, numerical analysis, operations research, differential geometry, calculus of variations, combinatorics, translation from French, translation from Russian, publishing

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identity

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stated by WikidataVIAF56690761
stated by WikidataIdRef18068082X
stated by WikidataISNI0000000117646463

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stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project99561

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102298730,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Lester John Senechal: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102298730},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Lester John Senechal: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102298730