12 Facts About Roy Kerr

Roy Kerr was born into a dysfunctional family, and his mother was forced to leave when he was three.

Roy Kerr was accepted to St Andrew's College, a private school, as his father had served under a former headmaster.

In 1962, Roy Kerr joined Alfred Schild and his Relativity Group at the University of Texas at Austin.

Roy Kerr presented to the Symposium his solution to the Einstein field equations.

In 1971, Roy Kerr returned to the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Roy Kerr retired from his position as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Canterbury in 1993 after having been there for twenty-two years, including ten years as the head of the Mathematics department.

In 2008 Roy Kerr was appointed to the Yevgeny Lifshitz ICRANet Chair in Pescara, Italy.

Roy Kerr contributed an "Afterword" of two and a half pages.

In 2012, it was announced that Roy Kerr would be honoured by the Albert Einstein Society in Switzerland with the 2013 Albert Einstein Medal.

Roy Kerr is the first New Zealander to receive the prestigious award.

Roy Kerr was a notable bridge player representing New Zealand internationally in the mid-1970s.

Roy Kerr was co-author of the Symmetric Relay System, a bidding system in contract bridge.