Harry Kesten

Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten
	Harry Kesten at Cornell University, 1970
Born	Harry Kesten; November 19, 1931; Duisburg, Germany
Died	March 29, 2019 (aged 87); Ithaca, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University;
Known for	Van den Berg–Kesten inequality;
Spouse	Doraline Kesten
Children	1
Awards	Guggenheim Fellow (1972); Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1963); Brouwer Medal (1981); Wald Memorial Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1986); George Pólya Prize from the SIAM (1994); Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the AMS (2001); Member of National Academy of Sciences (1983); Correspondent Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.; Docteur Honoris Causa, Université Paris-Sud 11 (2007); Fellow, American Mathematical Society (2013).;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics; Probability; Mathematical analysis; Statistical mechanics; Geometric group theory;
Institutions	Cornell University; Hebrew University; Princeton University;
Thesis	Symmetric Random Walks on Groups (1958)
Doctoral advisor	Mark Kac;
Doctoral students	Maury Bramson

Harry Kesten (November 19, 1931 – March 29, 2019) was a Jewish American mathematician best known for his work in probability, most notably on random walks on groups and graphs, random matrices, branching processes, and percolation theory.

Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten at Cornell University, 1970
Born	Harry Kesten (1931-11-19)November 19, 1931 Duisburg, Germany
Died	March 29, 2019(2019-03-29) (aged 87) Ithaca, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University
Known for	Van den Berg–Kesten inequality
Spouse	Doraline Kesten
Children	1
Awards	Guggenheim Fellow (1972) Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1963) Brouwer Medal (1981) Wald Memorial Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1986) George Pólya Prize from the SIAM (1994) Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the AMS (2001) Member of National Academy of Sciences (1983) Correspondent Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Docteur Honoris Causa, Université Paris-Sud 11 (2007) Fellow, American Mathematical Society (2013).
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics Probability Mathematical analysis Statistical mechanics Geometric group theory
Institutions	Cornell University Hebrew University Princeton University
Thesis	Symmetric Random Walks on Groups (1958)
Doctoral advisor	Mark Kac
Doctoral students	Maury Bramson