Leo Sario

Leo R. Sario
Born (1916-05-18)18 May 1916
Lieksa, Finland[1]
Died 15 August 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 93)
Santa Monica, California[2]
Nationality Finish
Alma mater University of Helsinki
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral advisor Rolf Nevanlinna
Doctoral students Burton Rodin
Abraham Silvers
Dennis Hada

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. 1 2 Otavan Iso tietosanakirja (Otavan Great Encyclopedia). vol. 7. Otava. 1966. p. 1078.
  2. 1 2 3 Leo Sario, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, In memoriam Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Leo Sario at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. 1 2 Sario, Leo Reino – Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Scholar


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