Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I whānau a Rudin ki tētahi whānau Hurai i Austria i te tau 1921. I rere rātau ki Wīwī i muri i te Anschluss i te tau 1938. I te wā o France
I tukuna ki Tiamana i te tau 1940, ka rere a Rudin ki Ingarangi ka mahi i te Royal Navy mo te toenga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i muri mai ka wehe atu ia ki te United States. I whiwhi ia i tana B.A. i te 1947 me te Ph.D. i te 1949 mai i te Whare Wananga o Duke. I muri i tana Ph.D., he kaiwhakaako ia mo te C.L.E. Moore i MIT. I whakaako poto ia i te Whare Waananga o Rochester i mua i tana noho hei kaiwhakaako i te Whare Waananga o Wisconsin i Madison i noho ai ia mo nga tau 32. Ko ana hiahia rangahau mai i te tātaritanga harmonic ki te tātaritanga matatini.