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Dora Rose
November 9, 2009
Israel H. Rose, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Lehman College and longtime Hastings resident, died on October 30 at the age of 92 of complications of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Susan, his brother Nathan, his children Steve, Dora, and Eric, and his grandchildren Cambria, Ethan, Rebecca, Hannah, and Noah.
Dr. Rose was born in New Britain, Connecticut to Abraham Rose, who was born in Britain, and Dora Rose, who had emigrated from Minsk in present-day Belarus. He attended public schools in Connecticut and Brooklyn, New York, where he spent most of his youth. Dr. Rose received his B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1938, his M.A. from Brooklyn College in 1941, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1951. He went on to a successful 40 year career as an educator and author, teaching at Pennsylvania State University, Mt. Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts, Hunter College, Lehman College, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, and other institutions. He served as Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Hunter from 1966 – 68, and was a seminal figure in the founding of Lehman’s math department, serving as Chair from 1968 – 72 and again from 1980 – 82. In the spring of 1960, he served as visiting lecturer in high schools for the Mathematical Association of America. He wrote several textbooks of mathematics including A Modern Introduction to College Mathematics; Algebra: An Introduction to Finite Mathematics; Vectors and Analytic Geometry; and Elementary Functions: A Precalculus Primer. He was a longtime member of the Mathematics Association of America and served as chairman of the Metropolitan New York section from 1973 – 75.
Dr. Rose was a passionate devotee of pure mathematics, which he felt had tremendous innate beauty and significance – far more than any potential practical application of mathematical knowledge. He shared that passion with his students and saw instilling a love of mathematics as his most enduring legacy.
An avid traveler who spoke fluent French, Dr. Rose spent many summers and sabbatical years in Europe and India with his family. They traveled off the beaten path and settled in small towns where they would become part of the community. The Roses would occasionally find themselves swept up in local political turmoil. They were in Greece during the 1967 military coup and in India during the 1984 assassination of Indira Gandhi. Dr. Rose was a lover of fine food and wine wherever it could be found, from 3-starred Michelin restaurants to the student cafeteria at the University of Delhi. He was also a lifelong student of literature and music, assembling a library of several thousand volumes and recordings.
Of Jewish ancestry, Dr. Rose came to be deeply skeptical of organized religion and was an unapologetic atheist. Instead, he believed in human rights, social justice, and the power of enlightened rationality.
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