Abstract
I have had a good life (Ik heb een goed leven gehad) This quotation (in English and Dutch) was exactly how Tonny Springer, a famous mathematician from Utrecht in Holland and one of Robert Steinberg’s closest friends both personally and mathematically, wanted his life described after his death. It is also a perfect description of Robert Steinberg’s life. Robert Steinberg. Image courtesy of David Weisbart. Bob was born on 25 May 1922, in Soroki, Bessarabia, Romania (present day Soroca, Moldova) and came to settle in Canada with his parents when he was still very young. He was a student of Richard Brauer in Toronto, receiving his PhD in 1948, and he joined University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1948, where he stayed until the end. He had 12 PhD students complete their dissertations with him. He married Maria Alice nee Weber in 1952 and settled down in Pacific Palisades, a small suburban community of Los Angeles near the Pacific Ocean. They … [↵][1]1Email: vsv{at}math.ucla.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
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