Orrin Frink Jr. (31 May 1901 – 4 March 1988). was an American mathematician who introduced

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s in 1954. Frink earned a doctorate from

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in 1926 or 1927 and worked on the faculty of

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for 41 years, 11 of them as department chair. His time at Penn State was interrupted by service as assistant chief engineer at the Special Projects Laboratory at

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during

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, and by two Fulbright fellowships to

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, Ireland in the 1960s.

Aline Huke Frink Aline Huke Frink (March 2, 1904 – March 14, 2000) was an American mathematician, and a professor on the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University from 1930 to 1969. Early life and education Aline Huke was born in Torrington, Connecticut ...

, his wife, was also a mathematician at Penn State. Their son, also named Orrin Frink, became a professor of

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frink Jr., Orrin 1901 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American mathematicians Columbia University alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty Scientists from New York City People from Kennebunkport, Maine Mathematicians from New York (state)

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