Lillian Oppenheimer

Lillian Oppenheimer

Lillian Rose Vorhaus Kruskal Oppenheimer (born October 24, 1898 in New York City, died 1992) was an American origami pioneer. [ [http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/ori_in_usa.htm David Lister on Lillian Oppenheimer and Her Friends ] ] She popularized origami in the West starting in the 1950s, and is credited [ [http://www.paperfolding.com/history/partone/ Two Miscellaneous Collections of Jottings on the History of Origami: Part One ] ] with popularizing the Japanese term "origami" in English-speaking circles, which gradually supplanted the literal translation "paper folding" that had been used earlier. In the 1960s she co-wrote several popular books on origami with Shari Lewis.

Oppenheimer is the mother of William, Martin, and Joseph Kruskal, all of whom are prominent mathematicians.

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* [http://www.origami-usa.org/gfx/Lillian.jpgPhoto of Lillian Oppenheimer]
* [http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/pix/temko_opp.jpgPhoto of Florence Temko and Lillian Oppenheimer]


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