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Gleason's theorem in quantum logic and the Greenwood–Gleason graph, an important example in Ramsey theory, are named for him.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"4 November 1921","date":"1921-11-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Fresno","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43301"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"17 October 2008","date":"2008-10-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Cambridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49111"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"mathematician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170790"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"cryptographer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15442776"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Yale University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49112","start":"1938","end":"1942"},{"text":"Theodore Roosevelt High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781995","end":"1938"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Jean Berko Gleason","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3350253"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1981–1982)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1981","end":"1982"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52382875","date":"1956"},{"text":"Putnam Fellow","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99486391","date":"1940"},{"text":"Gung and Hu Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115004605","date":"1996"},{"text":"Newcomb Cleveland Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7017608","date":"1952"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_M._Gleason","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504857"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Andrew M. 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