unit was sent to Kiska Island in the Aleutian chain. In May 1944, May married Jacqueline Bromley. His career in the military was recounted on page 4 of Stars and Stripes (Mediterranean Rome) on March 3, 1945. In 1946 May submitted his thesis, Mathematical Theory of Employment for the Ph.D. He then received a teaching appointment at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. As a protest against the Vietnam War, in 1966 May signed a vow of tax resistance. He moved to Canada the same year. May is remembered for his Bibliography and Research Manual of the History of Mathematics (1973) published by University of Toronto Press. He made editorial contributions to the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. He managed the compilation of an index for the first 80 volumes of American Mathematical Monthly and wrote numerous book reviews. Philip Enros compiled a bibliography of May’s writings that was published in 1984. References Further reading Albert C. Lewis (2004) "Kenneth O. May and Information Retrieval in Mathematics", Historia Mathematica 31(2): 186–95 External links A Brief History of the Kenneth O. May Prize in the History of Mathematics Book in honour of May and his Prize 1915 births 1977 deaths 20th-century American mathematicians American tax resisters American historians of mathematics 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers