Keisler
Keisler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Howard Jerome Keisler (born 1936), American mathematician * Peter Keisler (born 1960), American lawyer * Randy Keisler (born 1976), American baseball pitcher See also Deborah Keisler born in 2008 * Kesler * Kiesler Kiesler is a surname. People with the surname include: * Brigitte Kiesler (1924–2013), German gymnast * Charles Kiesler (1934–2002), American psychologist and university administrator * Frederick John Kiesler (1890–1965), Austrian-American ...

Peter Keisler
Peter Douglas Keisler (born October 13, 1960) is an American lawyer whose 2006 nomination by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit became embroiled in partisan controversy. He is a partner at the firm of Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., and used to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Upon the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, until November 9, 2007, he was also the Acting Attorney General of the United States. Background Keisler was born in Hempstead, New York. A 1977 graduate from George W. Hewlett High School in Long Island, he went to Yale University both for undergraduate and law school. As an undergraduate, Keisler was the Chairman of the Party of the Right (Yale) and the Speaker of the Yale Political Union. He graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Yale College in 1981 and then entered Yale Law School. In 1982, he helped t ...
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Howard Jerome Keisler
Howard Jerome Keisler (born 3 December 1936) is an American mathematician, currently professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research has included model theory and non-standard analysis. His Ph.D. advisor was Alfred Tarski at Berkeley; his dissertation is ''Ultraproducts and Elementary Classes'' (1961). Following Abraham Robinson's work resolving what had long been thought to be inherent logical contradictions in the literal interpretation of Leibniz's notation that Leibniz himself had proposed, that is, interpreting "dx" as literally representing an infinitesimally small quantity, Keisler published '' Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach'', a first-year calculus textbook conceptually centered on the use of infinitesimals, rather than the epsilon, delta approach, for developing the calculus. He is also known for extending the Henkin construction (of Leon Henkin) to what are now called Henkin–Keisler models. He is also known for the Rudin–Ke ...
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Randy Keisler
Randy Dean Keisler (born February 24, 1976) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He attended Palmer High School in Palmer, Texas, and Louisiana State University. Career New York Yankees Keisler was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1998 MLB Draft out of LSU. He had previously been drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 40th round of the 1995 MLB Draft and the 57th round of the 1996 MLB Draft and the New York Mets in the 40th round of the 1997 MLB Draft but did not sign with either of those teams. He signed with the Yankees on June 2, 1998. He was selected as the Yankees Minor League player of the Year in 2000 when he was a combined 14-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 28 starts for Double-A Norwich and AAA Columbus. Keisler made his Major League debut with the Yankees on September 10, 2000, against the Boston Red Sox, starting and pitching five innings to earn the win while allowing only one earned run. He appeared in 3 more games for the Yankees in 20 ...
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Kesler
Kesler may refer to one of these people: * Charles R. Kesler, American academic * Gordon Kesler, Canadian politician * Hindrek Kesler (born 1958), Estonian architect * Jay Kesler, American academic * Reg Kesler (1919–2001), Canadian rodeo stock contractor * Ryan Kesler (born 1984), American professional ice hockey player * Stan Kesler (1928–2020), American musician, songwriter, and record producer See also * Lee–Kesler method * Keßler (other) * Kessler (other) * Kiesler Kiesler is a surname. People with the surname include: * Brigitte Kiesler (1924–2013), German gymnast * Charles Kiesler (1934–2002), American psychologist and university administrator * Frederick John Kiesler (1890–1965), Austrian-American ...