Hong-Yeop Song, Ph.D. University of Southern California 1991, USA,  Advisor: Solomon W. Golomb

Solomon Wolf Golomb, Ph.D. Harvard University 1957, USA,  Advisor: David Widder

David Vernon Widder, Ph.D. Harvard University 1924, USA,  Advisor: George Birkhoff

George David Birkhoff, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1907, USA,  Advisor: E. H. Moore

E. H. (Eliakim Hastings) Moore, Ph.D. Yale University 1885, USA,  Advisor: H. A. Newton

H. A. (Hubert Anson) Newton, B.S. Yale University 1850, USA,  Advisor: Michel Chasles

Michel Chasles, Ph.D. Ecole Polytechnique 1814, France,  Advisor: Simeon Poisson

Simeon Denis Poisson, France,  Advisor: Joseph Lagrange

Joseph Louis Lagrange, France, Advisor: Leonhard Paul Euler (1707 – 1783)

(Dr. Dave levermore's page in University of Maryland describes Lagrangian lineage in detail)