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Leo R. Sario
Born(1916-05-18)18 May 1916
Died15 August 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 93)
NationalityFinish
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral advisorRolf Nevanlinna
Doctoral studentsBurton Rodin
Abraham Silvers

Leo Reino Sario (18 May 1916 – 15 August 2009) was a Finnish-born mathematician who worked on complex analysis and Riemann surfaces.

After service as a Finnish artillery officer in the Winter War and World War II, he received his PhD in 1948 under Rolf Nevanlinna at the University of Helsinki.[3] Nevanlinna and Sario were founding members of the Academy of Finland, and there is a statue on the Academy grounds named after Sario.[1][2] Sario moved to the United States in 1950 and obtained temporary positions at the Institute for Advanced Study,[4] MIT, Stanford University, and Harvard University. In 1954 he became a professor at UCLA, remaining there until his retirement in 1986. He was the author or co-author of five major books on complex analysis and over 130 papers. He supervised 36 doctoral students, including Kōtarō Oikawa and Burton Rodin.[2] In 1957 he was awarded the Cross of the Commander of Finland's Order of Knighthood.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Otavan Iso tietosanakirja (Otavan Great Encyclopedia). Vol. vol. 7. Otava. 1966. p. 1078. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ a b c Leo Sario, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, In memoriam
  3. ^ Leo Sario at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ a b Sario, Leo Reino – Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Scholar