Theodore J. Rivlin (1926–2006)

In Memoriam Theodore J . Rivlin ( 1926 – 2006 )

It is, with heavy hearts, that we report that our friend and mentor, Theodore J. Rivlin, died on July 22, 2006, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, just weeks before his 80th birthday. He had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in his final years. Ted was an associate editor of Journal of Approximation Theory from its inception in 1968. Ted was born on September 11, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. He rec...

Theodore William Richards

Theodore Xenophon Barber.

Professor Theodore A . Burton

T. A. Burton (denoted by T. A. throughout this paper) was born on September 7, 1935 on a farm in Kansas, the fifth child of seven in the family. It was a peak of the Great Depression and when the dust storms wrecked havoc on the Mid-Western United States. Entire buildings were buried in the dust. The economy was so poor that farmers turned their livestock loose and left the area. At the age of ...

Infection Theodore Miclau

Musculoskeletal infection is a clinical problem with significant direct healthcare costs. The prevalence of infection after closed, elective surgery is frequently estimated to be less than 2%, but in severe injuries, posttraumatic infection rates have been reported as 10% or greater. Although clinical infections are found outside the realm of medical devices, it is clear that the enormous incre...