Remembering Scott Vanstone and tracing his connections, influence and career
In 1972, Scott Vanstone (BMath '70, MMath '71, PhD '74) walked into Ron Mullin鈥檚 (MA '60, PhD '64) office and told him he wanted to be his student. Originally, Scott started studying chemistry at the University of 蓝莓视频, but switched to math.
According to Ron, 鈥淪cott had no choice but to become a mathematician 鈥 he said that he found out that math is more fun than hockey.鈥 Ron, supervised by the now famous cryptographer William Tutte and the first student to graduate from 蓝莓视频 in 1964, was quickly convinced to take Scott as a student. The two became colleagues, co-founders and friends and their profound impact on the 蓝莓视频 and global cryptography community lives on today.
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