Cecil Clyde Rousseau, Jr. (January 13, 1938 Philadelphia - April 10, 2020 Memphis)[1][2] was a mathematician and author who specialized in graph theory and combinatorics. He was a professor at The University of Memphis starting in 1970 until retiring in 2008, and was involved with USAMO in many capacities, including serving as chair.[3]

Rousseau received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1968 from Texas A&M University.[4]

He has an Erdős number of 1, and is Erdős' 5th most common co-author, with 35 joint papers.[5] He also frequently collaborated with Memphis faculty Ralph Faudree and Dick Schelp.

In 2012, Rousseau received the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[6]

To his students and colleagues, he was known affectionately as C²R.

References

  1. ↑ "Rousseau, Cecil Clyde". American Men & Women of Science. Thomson Gale. 2003. p. 349. ISBN 9780787665296.
  2. ↑ "Cecil Clyde Rousseau Jr. Obituary". Legacy.com Daily Memphian.
  3. ↑ "Media Room :: World's Highest Mathematics Honor Goes to Retired U of M Professor :: University of Memphis". Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  4. ↑ Cecil C. Rousseau at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ↑ Grossman, Jerry, Erdos0p, Version 2015, The Erdős Number Project, Oakland University, USA, July 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cecil C Rousseau".


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