Music,
Mathematics, Psychology, and Peace are among the academic expertise of
Professor Emeritus Anatol Rapoport, University of Toronto, who, at 88,
still teaches a course in the Psychology Department on his long-standing
interest in "game theory." Born, Lozovaya, Russia, 1911, Professor Rapoport
earned diplomas in piano, composition and conducting at Vienna Hochschule
für aMusik, 1934, before moving to the U.S.A. to obtain his S.M.,
1940, and Ph.D., Mathematics, 1941, University of Chicago. Captain, U.S.
Air Force during World War II, between 1947 and 1954, Professor Rapoport
taught Mathematics, University of Chicago, was Fellow, Stanford University
Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1954-55, before becoming Professor
of Mathematics and Senior in Research Mathematics, Mental Health Research
Institute, University of Michigan, 1955-70. Professor of Mathematics and
Psychology, University of Toronto, 1970-80, and, since 1984, Professor
of Peace Studies, same institution, his long interest in Peace studies
led to his election as President, Canadian Peace Research & Education
Association, 1972-1975, and President, Science for Peace, 1984-86. Dr.
Rapoport has been a visiting or guest professor throughout his professional
career at such institutions as University of Warsaw; Vienna Institute for
Advanced Studies; Technical University of Denmark; Wissenschaftszentrum
Berlin; University of Hiroshima, and Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.
He is the author of more than 300 articles. In 1976 he received the Lenz
International Peace Research Prize and holds honorary degrees from the
Universities of Western Michigan, Toronto, Royal Military College, and
the University of Bern, Switzerland. [Photo, courtesy Dr. Anatol Rapoport]