Peter Szüsz

1924 - 2008
Peter Szüsz, 83, of Glen, New Hampshire, died February 16, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts, of complications following heart surgery.

Born November 11, 1924 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, to Felix and Irma Szüsz, he grew up in Budapest, Hungary. A survivor of the Nazi labor camps during World War II, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Budapest and his D.Sci. from the Hungarian Academy of Science, where he was a research fellow from 1950 to 1965. He was a professor of mathematics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (now Stony Brook University) from 1966 until his retirement in 1994 and had seven Ph.D. students. His well received 1992 book written with Andrew M. Rockett on continued fractions was reviewed as "... an outstanding addition to the literature of mathematics." An accomplished violinist, he studied for many years with Isidore Cohen and enthusiastically played chamber music (as well as bridge and chess) with his many friends. His wife, Margarete, died in 2002 and he left no immediate survivors. His ashes were buried next to those of his wife on June 20, 2008 in the Glen Cemetery.

Donations in his memory for the support of young mathematicians beginning their professional careers may be sent to the American Mathematical Society, 201 Charles Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02904.

The Furber & White Funeral Home in North Conway was in charge of arrangements.