Bob: I've added a description of his dissertation, so use this if you haven't already sent the other out. I thought it might be interesting to find out about Osher Doctorow. Something called "Nupedia" lists him as one of its "very distinguished and active scholars, and all-around interesting people" to be found among its Editors and Peer Reviewers. Nupedia tells us: Osher Doctorow (PR) -- Ph.D. (1982 UCLA). Consultant in mathematics and physics mostly since 1973, Doctorow Consultants, Culver City, California. M.A. Mathematics (USC 1969), M.A. Anthropology (University of London 1961). Over 150 papers presented and publications, about 40 of which abstracted at Instititute for Logic at University of Vienna on the internet, plus (in addition to the 150 or so above) about 40 book reviews on math and physics mostly, at Amazon.com. Taught university mathematics five years; Staff Research Assistant (statistics) UCLA six years; Mathematician U.S. Defense Department 2-1/4 years in artificial satellites (Sustained Superior Performance Award in Mathematics 1984); Statistician at private research institute one year; High School/Middle school mathematics teacher two years. Member Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), UCLA Alumni Association (lifetime). Married 30+ years to Dr. Marleen Josie Doctorow (psychologist), one son, Eric. PsycINFO tells us: Author Doctorow, Osher. Institution U California, Los Angeles. Title Modeling cognitive growth by the linear system of linked differential equations (LSDE). Source Dissertation Abstracts International. Vol 43(10-A), Apr 1983, 3267. Key Phrase Identifiers linear system of differential equations, model of cognitive growth in reading & mathematics & language arts, 3rd graders, 4-5 yr longitudinal study Following the Nupedia lead we find that the "Abstract Service for Mathematical Logic" of the Institute for Logic at the University of Vienna lists abstracts for 45 journal publications for Doctorow, Osher. The journals in question turn out to be: 20 Doctorow Consultants Technical Report 5 Philosophy of Education Proceedings 3 HOPOS-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU (History of Philosophy of Science) 3 Humanist Discussion Group, Center for Computing Group in Humanities, 3 Submitted for publication 2 MCRIT-L (Intl. Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making) 2 Sociology and Social Research Vol. 48 Number 2 pp. 233-234 1 American Anthropologist, April 1963 1 Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Newsletter 1 Orbis Scientiae Global Foundation Quanum Gravity Conference 17.12.1999 1 Policy Sciences 14 (1981), 31-47 1 Semigroups Archives 1 Socioeconomic Planning Sicences, 15(3), 1981 1 TCC 2000 Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference -- 45 Read the abstracts at www.logic.univie.ac.at/cgi-bin/abstract (where you can also find 13 abstracts by Cyrus F. Nourani).