Tropp (surname)
Tropp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Barbara Tropp (1948–2001), American orientalist, chef, restaurateur, and food writer * Corey Tropp (born 1989), American ice hockey player *Joel Tropp (born 1977), American mathematician See also * Troop (surname) Troop is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alex Troop (born 1963), Canadian football player * Arthur Troop (1914–2000), British police officer * Bill Troop (born 20th century), American(?) author * Ian Troop (born 20th cen ...

Barbara Tropp
Barbara Tropp (1948-October 26, 2001) was an American orientalist, chef, restaurateur, and food writer. During her career, she operated China Moon restaurant in San Francisco and wrote cookbooks that popularized Chinese cuisine in America. China Moon's accompanying cookbook is credited with being one of the first fusion cuisine cookbooks. She was the 1989 recipient of the Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America James Beard Award. Tropp was called "the Julia Child of Chinese cooking." Early life and education Barbara Tropp was born in 1948 in Springfield, New Jersey. Both her parents were Jewish and podiatrists. She had one sibling, Nhumey. Tropp's family had little influence on her later culinary career. She described her mother's home cooking as "adequate". Her grandmother was German and cooked traditional German food. The majority of her exposure to Chinese food was the Friday night Chinese take out her family ate each week. Tropp described herself as an introvert growing up. ...
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Corey Tropp
Corey Tropp (born July 25, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He last played for the Vienna Capitals of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres, the latter of which drafted him in the third round, 89th overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Tropp played three seasons (2007–10) of college ice hockey at Michigan State University with the Michigan State Spartans in the CCHA at the NCAA Division I level. Tropp was honored for his outstanding college play when he was named to the CCHA Second All-Star Team in his final year. On November 4, 2011, Tropp made his NHL debut against the Calgary Flames. Tropp became one of just eight NHL players to wear the number 78. The other seven players were Pavol Demitra for the Ottawa Senators (1993–96), Benn Ferriero for the San Jose Sharks ...
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Joel Tropp
Joel Aaron Tropp (born July 1977 in Austin, Texas) is the Steele Family Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics in the Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department at the California Institute of Technology. He is known for work on sparse approximation, numerical linear algebra, and random matrix theory. Academic biography Tropp studied at the University of Texas, where he completed the BS degree in Mathematics and the BA degree in Plan II Honors in 1999 and the MS and PhD degrees in Computational & Applied Mathematics in 2001 and 2004.Joel A. Tropp, ''curriculum vitae''
Retrieved August 5, 2014 His dissertation was titled ''Topics in Sparse Approximation'', and his advisers were Inderjit Dhillon< ...
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