Wolfgang Joseph Thron ’39

Wolf died of emphysema on Aug. 21, 2001, in Boulder, Colo., his home since 1954. He was professor of mathematics at the U. of Colorado until he retired as emeritus professor in 1985. A renowned mathematician, he was a member of the American Mathemat-ical Society, earned an award from the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters, and was honored with the U. of Colorado Medal. He was also an exquisite wood sculptor and avid art historian. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends. Wolf married Ann Lukach in 1953. Ann died in 1991 but their five children survive: three sons, Jonathan, Peter, and Rajinder, and two daughters, Penelope Thron-Weber and Karin, and five grandchildren. On several occasions, they all traveled as a family when Wolf took teaching assignments in Germany, the Philippines, and India.

To all his family who remember him as a generous man of intense integrity, loving and adventurous, we share their high regard and offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939