"1909-05-03Z"^^ . "2008-04-09Z"^^ . "Golomb, Michael"@en . "American mathematician" . "1909Z"^^ . "2008Z"^^ . "Michael Golomb (May 3, 1909 in Munich \u2013 April 9, 2008) was an American mathematician and educator who was affiliated with Purdue University for over half a century. He was a student of Erhard Schmidt and Adolf Hammerstein, and received his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1933. However, as a Jew, he had to leave Germany shortly afterwards to avoid Nazi persecution. After a short period in Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia, Michael Golomb arrived in the U.S."@en .