HARTLEY-ROGERS-Obituary

HARTLEY ROGERS Jr.

Winchester, Massachusetts

1926 - 2015

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Rogers, Hartley, Jr. Professor emeritus of mathematics at MIT, died in Waltham, Mass., on Friday, July 17. He was 89. Rogers joined the MIT mathematics faculty in 1956 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 1964. He retired from MIT in 2009.Along with mathematics, Rogers...

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So sorry to hear that Professor Rogers has passed away. He was a great teacher, and an inspirational figure. Condolences to his family...

With my granddaughter Sona

One of the best teachers I have ever encountered. After studying with him one felt, "There is no problem in recursive function theory I cannot solve" and it often turned out to be a good guess. My last memory of him is at CCNY in a meeting in honor of Emil Post where Hartley very kindly helped me find my jacket.

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Barbara

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.