2008 Prizes and Awards
Below are pictures taken at the Joint Prize Session of many of the prize and award recipients. The January 2008 Prizes and Awards booklet includes all the citations, biographical notes, and responses.
Hirosi Ooguri with David Eisenbud
AMS Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics
and Physics
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Cumrun Vafa with David Eisenbud
AMS Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics
and Physics |
Not pictured: Eisenbud Prize winner Andrew Strominger.
Brian Conrey and AMS President James Glimm
AMS Levi L. Conant Prize |
Avi Wigderson with James Glimm
AMS Levi L. Conant Prize
|
Not pictured: Conant Prize winners Shlomo Hoory and Nathan Linial.
Alberto Bressan with James Glimm
AMS Bôcher Memorial Prize |
Carlos Kenig with James Glimm
AMS Bôcher Memorial Prize
|
Not pictured: Bôcher Prize winner Charles Fefferman.
Alison Miller and AWM President Cathy Kessel
AWM Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman |
Harriet S. Pollatsek with Cathy Kessel
AWM Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education
|
Not pictured: Association for Women in Mathematics Schafer Prize winner Galyna Dobrovolska.
Annalisa Crannell and MAA President Joe Gallian
MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics |
Kenneth I. Gross with Joe Gallian
MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
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James Morrow with Joe Gallian
MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics |
Andrew Granville with Joe Gallian
MAA Chauvenet Prize
|
Nathan Kaplan
AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Oustanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate |
Carl Bialik with James Glimm
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communication
Award |
Manjul Bhargava with James Glimm
AMS Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory
|
Enrico Bombieri with James Glimm
AMS Joseph L. Doob Prize |
George Lusztig with James Glimm
AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement |
Not pictured AMS Doob Prize winner Walter Gubler and Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition winner Neil Trudinger.
Endre Szemerédi with James Glimm
AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution
to Research |
Herbert Kasube with Joe Gallian
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service, Illinois Section
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Donald E. Bennett , with Joe Gallian
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service,
Kentucky Section |
Victor Gummersheimer with Joe Gallian
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service,
Missouri Section |
Leonard F. Klosinski with Joe Gallian
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service,
Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii Section
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H. Joseph Straight with Joe Gallian
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service,
Seaway Section |
Andrew Matchett
MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service,
Wisconsin Section |
William Dunham
MAA Beckenbach Book Prize
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Lida K. Barrett with Joe Gallian
MAA Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics
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Neil J.A. Sloane with Joe Gallian
MAA David P. Robbins Prize
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Post-ceremony pictures:
More highlights of the 2008 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
