Grosswald's death, the American Mathematical Society held a national meeting in his honor, and in 1991 a Festschrift was published in his honor: "A Tribute to Emil Grosswald: Number Theory and Related Analysis." Of his attitude towards mathematics, one of the volume's editors noted the following: "In Grosswald's world, mathematics is challenge demanding dedication and long hours of work; it is science combined with art, truth with beauty. It is passionate and eternal pursuit of excellence. It is humility in the face of a powerful and proud history. Above all, it is meaning, a reason to go on..." Another colleague wrote: "He seemed to know everything – indeed it seems to me he must always have known everything. He was supportive, enthusiastic, but also demanding ... The depth of his love for mathematics inspired us all to strive to do better." Grosswald died on April 11, 1989 in Narberth, Pennsylvania. Career Grosswald's first three scientific papers, written while he was in Cuba, were published under the pseudonym E. G. Garnea. He published articles in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. After receiving his PhD in 1950, Grosswald taught at the University of Pennsylvania until, towards the end of his life, he moved to Temple University to help build its graduate department in mathematics. He also held positions at the University of Saskatchewan (1950), Institute for Advanced Study (1951 and 1959), the Technion (1980–1981), Swarthmore College (1982), and the University of Paris (Institut Marie Curie). Grosswald completed some works of his teacher Hans Rademacher, who died in 1969. Rademacher had prepared notes for an Earle Raymond Hedrick Lecture in Boulder, Colorado in 1963 on Dedekind sums, but fell ill, and Grosswald gave the lecture for him. After Rademacher's death, Grosswald edited and completed the notes and published them in the Carus Mathematical Monographs series as Dedekind Sums. He also edited for publication Rademacher's posthumous textbook Topics in Analytic Number Theory. He published numerous other books and countless articles. Grosswald was elected to the Board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America for 1965–1968. Temple University's Mathematics Department annually sponsors the Emil Grosswald Memorial Lectures. Selected publications Notes Further reading A set of papers in honor of Grosswald; includes reminiscences, list of PhD students, and a list of papers and books. External links 20th-century American mathematicians Mathematical analysts Number theorists Scientists from Bucharest Romanian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to