Shreeram S. Abhyankar

Date of Death: November 2, 2012

Prof. Shreeram S. Abhyankar, of West Lafayette passed away Friday November 2, 2012, while doing his beloved math sitting at his desk at home, in the company of his beloved wife Yvonne.
He was born July 22, 1930, in Ujjain, India to Shankar and Uma Tamhankar Abhyankar. On June 5, 1958 he married Yvonne Kraft Abhyankar in New York City. Shreeram was a Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University, where he joined the faculty in 1963. He was passionate about math, history, and spending time with his family and friends. Surviving along with his wife Yvonne, are his son Hari S Abhyankar, wife Deepali, and daughter Kashi A. Behrstock, husband Jason, and grandchildren Maya, Kaia, Kira and Ela. Also surviving are his siblings Shridhar, Shrinivas, Pushpa Abhyankar, and Balu. He also leaves behind a legacy of students who became part of his global family of mathematicians residing worldwide and whom he visited throughout his life.
Funeral Service at 10:00 AM Thursday at Soller-Baker West Lafayette Chapel, 1184 Sagamore Parkway West, West Lafayette.

Soller-Baker Funeral Homes, Inc.

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Dear Yvonne, Kashi and Hari,

Khouloud and I would like to express our deepest sympathy
for the loss of Ram.

We will always remember him as a great friend and as a great
mathematician.

With sympathy,
Abdallah Assi

My thoughts go out to Professor Abhyankar&s family and loved ones. He is the giant on whose shoulders the next generation of mathematicians will stand on.

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.