Arlington M. Fink received his B.A. (1956) of Mathematics from Wartburg College. He went on to receive his M.A. (1958) as well as his Ph.D. (1960) in Mathematics from Iowa State University.



Fink was employed as a Graduate Assistant (1957-1959) at Iowa State University and a research associate (1960) at Princeton University. Fink was an Instructor of Mathematics (1960-1962) at the University of Virginia and an Assistant Professor (1962-1966) of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska. The University of Nebraska promoted him to Associate Professor (1966-1967) of Mathematics prior to his leaving for a position at Iowa State University as an Associate Professor (1967-1971) of Mathematics. Fink was soon promoted to Professor (1971-2003) of Mathematics, and he became Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University in 2003.



Fink’s research interests include analysis, ordinary differential equations, inequalities, and almost periodic functions. He belongs to several professional societies including the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and Women in Mathematics. Fink received several honors and awards, among these are the Distinguished Service to Iowa Section MAA (1991) and the Citation for Distinguished Service to ISU from College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1993).