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Show Prof to Join Math Department Dr. Fletcher I. Gross was appointed ap-pointed as associate professor of mathematics recently by the Board of Regents. Gross, who has had his doctorate only three years, has made significant contributions con-tributions to areas of group theory, according to his colleagues colleag-ues and professors at the California Cali-fornia Institute of Technology. The theorist will join the University Uni-versity faculty on July 1, when he completes two years of teach ing at the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Clarence R. Wy-lie, Wy-lie, department chairman said that Gross will strengthen the graduate program in algebra. Gross is a member of the . American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of . America and Canadian Mathematical Mathe-matical Congress.. While teaching teach-ing in Canada he was awarded a National Research Council of .:, Canada Operating Grant for Re- : ; search. |