Robert E. O’Malley, Jr., 1939-2020. (Photo courtesy of Katie Oliveras.)
It is with great sadness that we report that Robert E. O’Malley, Jr., who was president of SIAM from 1991 to 1992, passed away on December 31, 2020 at the age of 81. He was a world-renowned expert on singular perturbation problems, having written many impactful books and journal articles on the subject.
Bob was born on May 23, 1939 and grew up in Somersworth, NH. He began his higher education at the University of New Hampshire, where he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1960 and an M.S. in mathematics in 1961. Bob...