Leroy Frederick Meyers (June 30, 1927—November 8, 1995) was a

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Early life

Meyers was the son of Joseph Meyers and Lillian Meyers née Gershun. He grew up in

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, attending

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(graduated 1948) and later

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(Master's Degree in Mathematics: 1950;

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in Mathematics: 1953). He wrote his dissertation on "Certain Transformations of Hermitian Functionals" under advisor

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Professional life

Meyers was a Professor of

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from the fall of 1954 through 1995. From 1975–1985, he was deeply involved in ''

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'', serving as its Associate Editor and during that time also 6 years as Problems Editor.Footnote to the posthumously-published . He died November 8, 1995 in

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20th-century American mathematicians 1927 births 1995 deaths {{US-mathematician-stub