MANCILL, JULIAN DOSSY, 1904-1971
Biography:
Mathematician; university professor; inventor. Born January 21, 1904, Bradley Dam, Escambia County, Ala. Parents–Battle C. and Alice Clements Mancill. Married–Dora Mae Dalee, September 2, 1929. Children–three. Education– B.A., University of Alabama, 1926; M.A., 1927; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1934. Employed by University of Alabama, 1927-1966; director, Redstone Arsenal Graduate Institute, Huntsville, 1951-1954; head, Mathematics Department, University of Alabama, 1955-66. Recognized for his expository writing by the Mathematical Association of America. Died July 30, 1971.
Source:
Files at Alabama Public Library Service; obituary.
Publication(s):
Contemporary Mathematics. Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 1960.
Elementos de Mathematica Moderna. Buenos Aires; Kapelusz, 1969.
Introductory College Mathematics. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1958.
Joint_Publication(s):
Algebra Elemental Moderna. Habana; Editorial Selecta, 1955.
Basic College Algebra. Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 1962.
Modern Analytical Trigonometry. New York; Dodd Mead, 1960.
Modern College Algebra. Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 1960.
Editor:
Summer Institute for Teachers of Science and Mathematics; June 5-August 18, 1961 report. University, Ala.; The University, 1961.