Thomas W. Hungerford

Thomas W. Hungerford
Born(1936-03-21)March 21, 1936
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, 2014(2014-11-28) (aged 78)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross (BA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic topology
WorkplacesUniversity of Washington
Cleveland State University
St. Louis University
ThesisBockstein spectra (1963)
Saunders Mac Lane

Thomas William Hungerford (March 21, 1936 – November 28, 2014)[1] was an American mathematician who worked in algebra and mathematics education. He is the author or coauthor of several widely used[2] and widely cited[3] textbooks covering high-school to graduate-level mathematics. From 1963 until 1980, he taught at the University of Washington and then at Cleveland State University until 2003. From 2003–2014 he was at Saint Louis University. Hungerford had a special interest in promoting the use of technology to teach mathematics.

Early life and career

Hungerford was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1936. At age 16, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended St. Louis University High School and graduated as the valedictorian of his high school class.[1]

After high school, Hungerford enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in mathematics in 1958.[4] As an undergraduate at Holy Cross, he wrote a senior thesis on topological space.[4] He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1963 under the supervision of Saunders Mac Lane.[1] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Bockstein spectra".[5]

Throughout his career he wrote more than a dozen widely used mathematics textbooks, ranging from high school to graduate level.[1]

Bibliography

Graduate

  • 1974 Algebra (Graduate Texts in Mathematics #73). Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-90518-9

Undergraduate

  • 1997 Abstract Algebra: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. Cengage. ISBN 0-03-010559-5
  • 2005 Contemporary College Algebra and Trigonometry, 2nd Edition. Cengage. ISBN 0-534-46665-6
  • 2005 Contemporary College Algebra, 2nd Edition. Cengage. ISBN 0-534-46656-7
  • 2006 Contemporary Trigonometry. Cengage. ISBN 0-534-46638-9
  • 2009 Contemporary Precalculus, 5th Edition (with Douglas J. Shaw). Cengage. ISBN 0-495-55441-3
  • 2011 Mathematics with Applications, 10th Edition (with Margaret L. Lial and John P. Holcomb, Jr). Pearson. ISBN 0-321-64632-0
  • 2011 Finite Mathematics with Applications, 10th Edition (with Margaret L. Lial and John P. Holcomb, Jr). Pearson. ISBN 0-321-64554-5
  • 2013 Abstract Algebra: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, Cengage. ISBN 1-111-56962-2

High school

  • 2002 Precalculus: A Graphing Approach (with Irene Jovell and Betty Mayberry). Holt, Rinehart & Winston. ISBN 0-03-056511-1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Obituary for Thomas W. Hungerford". Collier's Funeral Home.
  2. ↑ Algebra (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) at goodreads
  3. ↑ Citations at docjax.net the document search engine
  4. 1 2 "The Class of 1958: Seniors". Purple Patcher. College of the Holy Cross. 1958. p. 77. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bockstein Spectra" (PhD Thesis). Proquest. November 14, 1963. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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