Richard M. Pollack

Richard M. Pollack (January 25, 1935 – September 18, 2018) was an American geometer. He spent most of his career at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He was Professor Emeritus at the university till his death. In 1986 he and Jacob E. Goodman were the founding co-editors-in-chief of the journal Discrete & Computational Geometry (Springer-Verlag). He was born in New York City.

Pollack died on September 18, 2018 in New York City at the age of 83.