The Legacy of H. J. Ettlinger Project, established by the Educational Advancement Foundation, helps support research relating to the mathematician Hyman Joseph Ettlinger (1889-1986).
Ettlinger received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1920. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 1913, where he chaired the Department of Pure Mathematics for approximately 25 years. He retired in 1968.
Ettlinger was especially noted for his teaching. His research was in differential equations and the calculus of variations. He was associated with the University of Texas Defense Research Laboratory, where he worked on aerodynamics.
From the guide to the H. J. Ettlinger Legacy Collection 2009-341; 2010-004; 2010-014; 2010-022; 2010-046; 2010-104; 2010-119; 2010-173; 2010-174; 2010-193; 2010-262; 2010-276; 2011-004; 2011-014; 2012-083., 1958-2006, (Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
