- Born 19 April 1928, New York NY
- Died 10 June 2009, Ames IA
- AB Hunter College 1949
- AM Harvard University (Radcliffe College) 1951
- PhD 1958, Harvard University (Radcliffe College)
- Adviser: none specified by Pour-El
- Dissertation: Computable functions
- Primary employer: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities