Haskell Brooks Curry Born September 12, 1900 (1900-09-12) Millis, Massachusetts Died September 1, 1982(1982-09-01) (aged 81) State College, Pennsylvania Nationality American Fields Mathematics Logic Institutions Penn State Universiteit van Amsterdam Alma mater Harvard University Doctoral advisor David Hilbert Doctoral students Maarten Bunder Edward Cogan Bruce Lercher Hilbert Levitz Kenneth Lowen Luis Sanchis Jonathan Seldin Known for Combinatory logic Curry–Howard correspondence Curry's paradox Influences Alfred North Whitehead Bertrand Russell Moses Schönfinkel