Donald-KAHN-Obituary

Donald W. KAHN

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Age 79 of Minneapolis, died January 16, 2015. Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota, and exceptionally talented musician, political strategist, photogragher, and raconteur. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, MN State Representative Phyllis Kahn; children Tamar...

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Just adding an update. In August 2022, while giving a lecture at the IMA, at the University of Minnesota, as part of a birthday conference in honor of Gunnar Carlsson, I mentioned Donald and said he would have been quite happy to see me talk there, especially at that conference. The talk should be in the IMA archives as it was recorded. Roy Joshua, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Donald helped me a lot when I first came to the University of Minnesota as a grad student in 1978. Realizing that
my interests were served by moving elsewhere, he was very helpful in me transferring to another University
more suited to my interests. Currently I am a tenured full professor at the Ohio State University and
I could not have done that without Donald's support and help, in those early years. Last I was at the IMA in 2006
I had stopped by Donald's office and...

Donald was a friend and mentor. I will miss him.