# Auslander, Curtis, Serre

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**Created:** [14 September 2026 11:20 UTC](https://fdlist.math.uni-bielefeld.de/t/auslander-curtis-serre/383 "2026-09-14T11:20:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 September 2026 11:20 UTC](https://fdlist.math.uni-bielefeld.de/t/auslander-curtis-serre/383/1 "2026-09-14T11:20:35Z")

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Please let me share a short note about three pioneers of our subject, all born in 1926 (in alphabetical order):

Maurice Auslander (born 3 August, 1926) had his 100th birthday a few weeks ago.

Charles Curtis (born 13 October, 1926) passed away a few moths ago on 3 May. He is known for his contributions to modular representations of finite groups, in particular his two volume text book with Irving Reiner, but also a nice book on the early history of the subject. He lectured at the ICRA 1979 in Ottawa. See also [Charles W. Curtis '47 - Bowdoin College Obituaries](https://obituaries.bowdoin.edu/charles-w-curtis-47/)

Jean-Pierre Serre (born 15 September 1926) will be celebrated tomorrow.

Henning Krause

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**Post date:** [19 September 2026 13:25 UTC](https://fdlist.math.uni-bielefeld.de/t/auslander-curtis-serre/383/2 "2026-09-19T13:25:06Z")

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Karin Erdmann kindly reminded me about James Alexander “Sandy” Green (born 26 February, 1926).

Henning