Jack E. McLaughlin
Jack Enloe McLaughlin (born August 17, 1923 in St. Maries , Idaho , † January 12, 2001 ) was an American mathematician who studied algebra .
McLaughlin studied at the University of Idaho (Bachelor 1944) and received his PhD in 1950 from Caltech with Robert Dilworth (Projectivities in relatively complemented lattices). From 1950 he was first as an instructor at the University of Michigan , where he was Associate Professor in 1958 and Professor in 1963. In 1994 he retired. He had had multiple sclerosis since the 1970s . In 1986 he received the Amoco Foundation Teaching Award for his teaching. A professorship at the university is named after him today.
McLaughlin dealt with finite groups, lattice theory, commutative algebra and group cohomology, among other things . Using the theory of rank 3 permutation groups by Donald G. Higman , a colleague at the University of Michigan, he constructed a sporadic group named after him in 1968 .
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| SURNAME | McLaughlin, Jack E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McLaughlin, Jack Enloe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Maries , Idaho |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2001 |