The City College of New YorkCCNY
Department of Mathematics
Division of Science

Dr. Jesse Douglas

Photograph of Jesse Douglas

Jesse Douglas won the Belden Medal in his first year at City College. He then continued to win the Fields Medal in 1936. In 1930, he was honored for solving the problem of Plateau, which was an open problem proposed by Joseph-Louis Lagrange in 1760. Jesse Douglas became a full professor at City College in 1955.

He graduated with honors from City College (1916) and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University (1920).

The City College of New YorkCUNY
Instagram iconFacebook iconLinkedIn iconYouTube icon
© The City College of New York. All rights reserved.