Yousef Alavi

Yousef Alavi
Born(1928-03-19)March 19, 1928
Ahvaz, Pahlavi Iran
DiedMay 21, 2013(2013-05-21) (aged 85)
Alma materMichigan State University (PhD, 1958)
Known forCombinatorics, graph theory
AwardsDistinguished Service Award, Michigan Section of the MAA (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWestern Michigan University

Yousef Alavi (March 19, 1928 – May 21, 2013) was an Iranian-American mathematician, based at Western Michigan University (WMU), who specialized in graph theory. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in 1958, and his career at WMU lasted until 1996. Alavi was a frequent collaborator with Don R. Lick and Jiuqiang Liu (both of Eastern Michigan University) as well as with Paul Erdős, and in 1987, the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) awarded him its first annual Distinguished Service Award.

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