Resolution in Memoriam:

The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University expresses its sorrow upon the death on September 27, 1979, of Geza Freud, Professor in the Department of Mathematics.

Professor Freud was born on January 4, 1922, in Budapest, Hungary. He qraduated from the Technical University of Budapest in 1950 with a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the Academy of Sciences, Hungary, in 1954. From 1952 until 1974, Professor Freud headed the Approximation Theory Group at the Mathematics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest. During this period, Professor Freud wrote over a hundred scientific works among them a book entitled, "Orthogonal Polynomials." For his efforts, Professor Freud was awarded several prizes.

Professor Freud taught at The Ohio State University from 1975 until his death in 1979. He had many graduate students and he played an important role in revitalizing classical analysis in the Department of Mathematics. Professor Freud was dedicated to excellence in teaching, service and research, and made an outstandinq impact on many of his pupils and colleagues.

On behalf of the University community, the Board of Trustees expresses to the family of Professor Freud its deepest sympathy. It was directed that this resolution be inscribed in the minutes of the Board of Trustees and that a copy be tendered to the family as a sincere expression of the Board's realization of the loss which the family and The Ohio State University have sustained.

The following obituary appeared in the Columbus Dispatch September 28, 1979.

FREUD

Geza Freud, age 57, of Northwood Ave., Thursday, Sept. 27, 1979, Professor, Mathematics Department, O.S.U. Survived by wife, Anne; daughters, Beata and Esther. Friends may call at the SOUTHWICK FUNERAL CHAPEL, 3100 N. High Street, Friday, 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass Saturday, 10 a.m. Holy Name Catholic Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave. Interment Union Cemetery. Prayers will be offered Friday, 8 p.m. at Southwick's.

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