2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141008This paper describes the work of Jesse Douglas on the Plateau problem, work for which he was awarded a Fields Medal in 1936, and considers the contributions Tibor Rado made in the 1930s.8 pages. Paper is accepted for publication in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society fr April 2008History and OverviewDifferential Geometry01A60text