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Feb. 28 America youngest professor is a German. Wilfried Schmid, 26-year-old mathematician from Hamburg who has been living in the U, S, A. for ten years, has been appointed professor in ordinary of the Columbia University in New fork, as from July 1st, 1970 on. Thus he is the youngest professor in ordinary in this bigl'- -school and in this century. Wilfried Schmid - his father is a professor for old languages in the Bonn University former pupil of the Bonn Beethoven Grammar School came to America as an exchange student. He originally intended to return to Germany after 12 months, but altered his plan and had himself matriculated in the Princeton University of the US. State New Jersey for the Subjects mathematics and physics. Nov/ his big career began: in 19&4 he passed his first exam in this university; in t966 he passed the final exam in the University of California; in 1967 he took his doctor degree in the same university; in 1968 he became an unsalaried university lecturer in the New York Columbia University and this year he has reached his goal, namely the professorial chair in ordinary for mathematics in one of the best-known universities of the USA

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