Harold P BoasHarold P. Boas received his PhD from MIT in 1980. Between 1980 and 1984 he was J. F. Ritt Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University. Since 1984 he has been on the faculty at Texas A & M University. He has served as book-review editor f The American Mathematical Monthly (1998-1999) and as editor of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society (2001-2003). In 1995, he and his collaborator Emil J. Straube received the Stefan Bergman Prize from the American Mathematical Society for their research on the boundary regularity theory of the multidimensional inhomogeneous Cauchy-Riemann equations. The Mathematical Association of America has recognized him for an outstanding expository article with the Lester R. Ford Award (2007) and the Chauvenet Prize (2009). He received the Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence from Texas A & M University in 2009. He previously revised his father's A Primer of Real Functions (fourth edition, 1996). Read More Read Less