The Natal regional economy 1910–1960 in historical perspective

Reuben Louis Rosenberg (1909–1986) and the Stein-Rosenberg theorem

“…Finally, I can recommend him strongly also on personal grounds, as a man of pleasant personality who would be likely to prove persona grata to his colleagues and pupils, and as one who can be relied on to carry out his teaching duties with every care and attention. See [60,61] for the establishment and the history of NUC.…”

“…He was Stein's best friend at the university. In Pure and Applied Mathematics, there will be a doubling of pre-war student numbers in 1946, with 12 students majoring in Pure Mathematics in 1948, but there were never more than three members of staff to teach the two branches of the discipline, Stein, Rosenberg, and John (Jack) R. H. Coutts (M.Sc., London), who taught Mathematics before assuming the chair of Physics in 1948 [60].…”

“…Since, for some years, he was warden of the Men's Residence, or "Lord Warden" as he called himself with ironic reference to the Lady Warden on campus. When he donated a cup to be presented annually to the best student actor in a University Dramatic Society production, it was appropriately engraved "The Lord Warden's Trophy" [60]. In a letter to Larry Goldberg (husband of Reuben's great niece, Jillian Goldberg, née Zausmer), Milton Hirschfield (Reuben's nephew) wrote (in March 2009):…”