Michel Balinski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel Balinski

Swiss-born Polish mathematician

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1933

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2019

Profession: mathematician, political scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Michel Louis Balinski (born Michal Ludwik Balinski; October 6, 1933 – February 4, 2019) was an applied mathematician, economist, operations research analyst and political scientist.
As a Polish-American, educated in the United States, he lived and worked primarily in the United States and France.
He was known for his work in optimisation (combinatorial, linear, nonlinear), convex polyhedra, stable matching, and the theory and practice of electoral systems, jury decision, and social choice.
He was Directeur de Recherche de classe exceptionnelle (emeritus) of the C.N.R.S.
at the École Polytechnique (Paris).
He was awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize by INFORMS in 2013. Michel Louis Balinski died in Bayonne, France.
He maintained an active involvement in research and public appearances, his last public engagement took place in January 2019.