Thomas William Tucker (born July 15, 1945) is a retiredMathematics Faculty and Staff, retrieved 2026-06-03. American mathematician, a Charles Hetherington Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at Colgate University,Faculty web page, retrieved 2014-10-29. and an expert in the area of topological graph theory.J. L. Gross and T. W. Tucker, Topological Graph Theory, Wiley Interscience, 1987
Tucker did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1967, and obtained his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 1971, under the supervision of Edward Martin Brown.
Tucker's father, Albert W. Tucker, was also a professional mathematician, and his brother, Alan Tucker, and son, Thomas J. Tucker, are also professional mathematicians.
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