Kenneth Appel grew up in Queens, New York, and was the son of a Jewish couple, Irwin Appel and Lillian Sender Appel.
10 Facts About Kenneth Appel
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Kenneth Appel worked as an actuary for a brief time and then served in the US Army for two years at Fort Benning, Georgia, and in Baumholder, Germany.
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The couple moved to Princeton, New Jersey, where Kenneth Appel worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses from 1959 to 1961.
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Kenneth Appel died in Dover, New Hampshire, on April 19,2013, after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer in October 2012.
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Kenneth Appel was the treasurer of the Strafford County Democratic Committee.
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Kenneth Appel was a lifelong stamp collector, a player of the game of Go and a baker of bread.
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Kenneth Appel was a member of the Dover school board from 2010 until his death.
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Kenneth Appel received his bachelor's degree from Queens College in 1953.
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In 1993 Kenneth Appel moved to New Hampshire as chairman of the Mathematics Department at the University of New Hampshire.
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Kenneth Appel is known for his work in topology, the branch of mathematics that explores certain properties of geometric figures.