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LouisLeithold
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LouisLeithold(SanFrancisco,UnitedStates,16November
1924LosAngeles,29April2005)wasanAmerican
mathematicianandteacher.HeisbestknownforauthoringThe
Calculus,aclassictextbookaboutcalculusthatchangedthe
teachingmethodsforcalculusinworldhighschoolsand
universities.[1]Knownas"alegendinAPcalculuscircles,"
LeitholdwasthementorofJaimeEscalante,theLosAngeles
highschoolteacherwhosestoryisthesubjectofthe1988movie
StandandDeliver.[2]

Biography

LouisLeithold
Born

November16,1924
SanFrancisco

Died

April29,2005(aged80)
LosAngeles

Residence

UnitedStates

Nationality

American

Fields

mathematics(calculus)

Institutions

MalibuHighSchool

Knownfor
TheCalculus
Leitholdattainedmaster'sanddoctoratedegreesfromthe
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Hewentontoteachat
Influenced
JaimeEscalante
[1]
PhoenixCollege(Arizona) (whichhasamathscholarshipin
hisname[3]),CaliforniaStateUniversity,LosAngeles,theUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,Pepperdine
University,andTheOpenUniversity(UK).[4]In1968,LeitholdpublishedTheCalculus,a"blockbusterbest
seller"whichsimplifiedtheteachingofcalculus.[5]

Atage72,afterhisretirement[4]fromPepperdine,[6]hebeganteachingcalculusatMalibuHighSchool,inMalibu,
California,drillinghisstudentsfortheAdvancedPlacementCalculus,andachievingconsiderablesuccess.[4]He
regularlyassignedtwohoursofhomeworkpernight,andhadtwotrainingsessionsathisownhousethatran
SaturdaysorSundaysfrom9AMto4PMbeforetheAPtest.[7]Histeachingmethodswerepraisedfortheir
liveliness,andhisloveforthetopicwaswellknown.[5]Healsotaughtworkshopsforcalculusteachers.[7][8]One
ofthepeopleheinfluencedwasJaimeEscalante,whotaughtmathtominoritystudentsatGarfieldHighSchoolin
EastLosAngeles.Escalante'ssubsequentsuccessasateacherisportrayedinthe1988filmStandandDeliver.[4]
Leitholddiedofnaturalcausestheweekbeforehisclass(whichhehadbeen"relentlesslydrilling"foreight
months[4])wastotaketheAPexam[4]hisstudentswentontoreceivetopscores.[8]Amemorialservicewasheld
inGlendale,andascholarshipestablishedinhisname.[6]

References
1."LouisLeithold".BritannicaBookoftheYear,2006.Retrieved6February2011.
2."LouisLeithold,80:Legendarycalculusteacherwrotewidelyusedtextbook".LosAngelesTimes.9May2005.Retrieved
7February2011.
3."GraduateswithHonors".ArgusPress.20May1980.Retrieved7February2011.
4.AssociatedPress(10May2005)."LouisLeithold,anInnovatorintheTeachingofCalculus,Diesat80".TheNewYork
Times.Retrieved7February2011.
5.Siegel,Robert(9May2005)."LateAuthor,TeacherDemystifiedCalculusforThousands".NPR.Retrieved7February
2011.
6."NewsBriefs".TheMalibuTimes.11May2005.Retrieved7February2011.
7.Woo,Elaine(8May2005)."HisMathTextWastheStandard,HisTouchinClassExceptional".LosAngelesTimes.
Retrieved8February2011.
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8.Woo,Elaine(18September2005)."Obituaries:FittingTributetoMathTeacherLateinstructorLouisLeithold'sstudents
receivetopscoresonAPcalculusexam".LosAngelesTimes.Retrieved7February2011.

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