Phillip Griffith

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Phillip Alan Griffith (born December 29, 1940) is a mathematician and professor emeritus at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who works on commutative algebra and ring theory. He received his PhD from the University of Houston in 1968. [1] Griffith is the editor-in-chief of the Illinois Journal of Mathematics [1] In 1971, Griffith received a Sloan Fellowship. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "Phillip Griffith". Department of Mathematics. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  2. "Faculty Honors". Mathematics. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2012.