Deletion of Frank Grosshans

Comment: He is certainly highly established within his field (algebraic groups and invariant theory), has done some important work on Hilbert's fourteenth problem and, of course, wrote a few well regarded books. But I would like to see a broad and systematic discussion of notability vs academic merit and the criteria for inclusion into Wikipedia take place. I have recently raised this issue at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panos Papasoglu which, unfortunately, was improperly closed before anyone had a chance to respond. In brief, absent secondary sources (prize citations, festschrifts and anniversary articles, interviews), it seems doubtful to me that scientific merit alone justifies the creation of a biographical article. Let us not forget that |Wikipedia is not "Who is who in mathematics
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: Either meets or is close to meeting  criterion #1 (significant impact in scholarly discipline, broadly construed). Citation impact http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_sauthors=%22Frank+Grosshans%22 indicates a certain degree of notability
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)