Reese Prosser

Who was Reese Prosser?

Reese Trego Prosser was an American mathematician.

He studied at Harvard University and University of California at Berkeley under John L. Kelley, while working as numerical analyst at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. He then joined Duke University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked at Lincoln Laboratory, among others contributing an early study on routing in packet switching computer networks, before becoming associate professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College and professor. After a brief stay at Harvard University, he was at University of California until his retirement.

Prosser was also a cellist and sailing devotee. The mathematics department at Dartmouth College opened the Prosser Memorial Lectures in 2002.