Martin S. Hanna

Mr. Hanna died Friday, July 19, 2002, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community of pancreatic cancer. He had lived in Lawrence since 1963.

He was born Aug. 8, 1932, in Detroit, the son of Jay Eaton and Doreen (Potter) Hanna. He received his A.B. in 1953 from Harvard College, his master’s degree in mathematics in 1959 from New York University and his doctorate in mathematics in 1963 from the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Hanna served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955 in Korea.

He was an associate professor in mathematics at Kansas University since 1969. He joined KU as an assistant professor in 1963, and previously had been an early computer programmer and program planner at IBM and Service Bureau Corp., New York City.

He received the Best Paper Award along with Ted Chang for Volume 16, 1990 of “Computers and Geosciences.” He was an adviser to students and served on numerous committees, including doctoral committees in engineering, physics and geology. He was a member of various math societies as well as the American Association of University Professors and National Coalition Against Misuse of Pesticides.

He married Penny Hamilton in 1960. They later divorced.

Survivors include a companion, Jeanne Hetherington, Lawrence; a daughter, Wendy Hanna Cohen, Hudson, Mass.; two sons, John H., Chelmsford, Mass., and Stephen R., Bedford, Mass.; a brother, Graham H., Don Mills, Ontario, Canada; two sisters, Elizabeth Hanna, Goodyear, Ariz., and Louise Hanna Townsend, Canaan, Maine; and five grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to the Martin S. Hanna Memorial Fund designated for the KU mathematics department or to Hospice Care of Douglas County, sent in care of the mortuary.