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Thomas J. Osler
File:Tom Osler at whiteboard 20201206.png
Osler at whiteboard in 2020
Born(1940-04-26)April 26, 1940
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 2023(2023-03-26) (aged 82)
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsRowan University

Thomas Joseph Osler (April 26, 1940 – March 26, 2023) was an American mathematician, national champion distance runner, and author.[1]

Early life and education

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Born in 1940 in Camden, New Jersey,[2] Osler was a graduate of Camden High School in 1957 and then studied physics at Drexel University, graduating in 1962.[3][4] He completed his PhD at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University,[5] in 1970. His dissertation, Leibniz Rule, the Chain Rule, and Taylor's Theorem for Fractional Derivatives, was supervised by Samuel Karp.[6]

Career

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Osler taught at Saint Joseph's University and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[7] before joining the mathematics department at Rowan University in New Jersey in 1972;[8] he was a full professor at Rowan University until his death.[5]

In mathematics, Osler is best known for his work on fractional calculus.[9][10][11] He also gave a series of product formulas for π that interpolate between the formula of Viète and that of Wallis.[12]

In 2009, the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America gave him their Distinguished Teaching Award.[13][14] A mathematics conference was held at Rowan University in honor of his 70th birthday in 2010.[7]

Running

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Osler won three national Amateur Athletic Union championships at 25 km (1965), 30 km and 50 mi (1967).[15][16] Osler won the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon, finishing the race in freezing-cold weather in a time of 2:34:07.[17]

File:Tom Osler at Fort Meade 50 mile track race (August 9 1975), later in race (solo profile shot).jpg
Osler during 50-mile track race at Fort Meade in 1975

Osler was involved in the creation of the Road Runners Club of America with Olympian Browning Ross; together they were elected as co-secretaries in 1959[18] and were among the four first official elected officers of the newly formed club.[19] He served on the Amateur Athletic Union Standards Committee in 1979.[20] He has been credited with helping to popularize the idea of walk breaks among US marathon runners.[2][4]

In 1980, Osler was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Hall of fame.[18][21]

Running publications

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Osler was the author of several books and booklets on running:

  • Guide to Long Distance Running (a 20-page booklet coauthored with Edward Dodd) was published in 1965 by the South Jersey Track Club.[22]
  • The Conditioning of Distance Runners (a 29-page booklet) was published in 1967 by the Long Distance Log.[2][4][22] It was reprinted in 1984–1985 in Runner's World magazine[23][24] and reprinted with a new foreword by Amby Burfoot in 2019.[25]
  • Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of your Running Questions (187 pages) was published by World Publications in 1978.[26]
  • Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge (299 pages, coauthored with Edward Dodd) was also published by World Publications, in 1979.[27]

Personal life and death

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Osler was a resident of Glassboro, New Jersey.[13]

Osler died on March 26, 2023, at the age of 82.[28]

References

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  16. ^ United States Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  17. ^ "Osler Captures Phila. Marathon", Asbury Park Press, December 27, 1965. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Philadelphia – Tom Osler of the South Jersey Track Club, 25-year-old New York University graduate student from Camden, N.J., scored an easy victory in the Ruthrauff Marathon race yesterday through Fairmount Park. Osier braved sub-freezing temperatures and stiff winds to cover the 26 miles, 385 yards in two hours, 34 minutes and seven seconds."
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