Françoise Aron Ulam

Born|

Françoise Aron

(1918-03-08)March 8, 1918

Paris, France

Died| April 30, 2011(2011-04-30) (aged 93)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Spouse| Stanislaw Ulam
Children| Claire Anne Weiner (née Ulam)
External image

Claire Ulam at MANIAC panel, 1955 Science Photo Library C024/0659

Françoise Aron Ulam (March 8, 1918, in Paris, France -- April 30, 2011) was the wife of Polish-American mathematician, Stanislaw Ulam, member of the Manhattan Project.

## Biography[edit]

In 1938, she came to the United States as an exchange student. She studied at Mills College and Mount Holyoke College, earning Master's degree in comparative literature.[1]

In 1939 she met Stanislaw Ulam and married him in 1941. She followed Stanislaw's involvement in the Manhattan Project in Santa Fe and Los Alamos.[1]

In Los Alamos, Francoise, while not being a member of the Project staff, became part of the international community of scientists and mathematicians.[1] She devoted herself to creating a home and raising a daughter, Claire.

She was granted American citizenship in 1945.[1]

Both Françoise and Stanislaw lost family members in the Holocaust.[1]

In 1984, when her husband died, Françoise arranged for Santa Fe Institute to receive Stanislaw Ulam's library.

in 1998 she published her memoirs, De Paris à Los Alamos: Une odyssée franco-américaine [From Paris to Los Alamos: A Franco-American Odyssey].[2]

She is the grandmother of Rebecca Weiner, New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism.[3]

On April 30, 2011, Françoise died at the El Castillo retirement community in Santa Fe. Françoise was buried in Paris.[4][5]

## Books[edit]

* (co-editor) Analogies Between Analogies: The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and his Los Alamos Collaborators (Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences) , 1990, ISBN 978-0520052901
* De Paris a Los Alamos, Une odyssée franco-americaine (French Edition), 1998, ISBN 978-2738459626 \- memoir

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Françoise (Aron) Ulam
2. ^ De Paris à Los Alamos: Une odyssée franco-américaine
3. ^ Cramer, Maria (13 August 2023). "N.Y.P.D.'s New Intelligence Chief Takes Reins of Secretive Unit". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
4. ^ "In memoriam: Francoise Ulam | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
5. ^ "Francoise Ulam's Obituary on Santa Fe New Mexican". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2018-03-15.

## External links[edit]

* Interview with the Los Alamos Historical Society

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