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Angel Pineda, a professor of mathematics at Manhattan College, will receive the 2024 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service. Professor Pineda is honored "in recognition of his tireless work at the grassroots level supporting mathematicians living in challenged, resource-poor environments around the world and of the impact his example has had on national and international scientific organizations," according to the citation, which highlights his work in Cambodia.

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Rodrigo Bañuelos, a professor of mathematics at Purdue University, will receive the 2022 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service. The honor recognizes his exceptional service to the profession, his extensive educational and professional mentoring, and his prolific activities that have advanced diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the mathematical sciences community.

Award announcement as seen in the news release.

The 2020 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service is awarded to David Eisenbud, professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley and director of the Mathematical Research Institute (MSRI), for his exceptional leadership and outreach efforts while director of MSRI, president of the AMS, and director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the Simons Foundation.

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Sixteenth award: to Sylvain Cappell for his remarkable mentoring of talented young mathematicians, his dedication to protecting human rights, and his extraordinary involvement in outreach.

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Fifteenth award: to Aloysius "Loek" Helminck for "his dynamic and public-spirited leadership of the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University, and for his work, both in his department and at the national level, to increase the diversity of the mathematical research community."

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Fourteenth award: to Philip Kutzko for his leadership of a national effort to increase the number of doctoral degrees in the mathematical sciences earned by students from underrepresented groups.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Thirteenth award: to William McCallum for his energetic and effective efforts in promoting improvements to mathematics education.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Twelfth award: to Carlos Castillo-Chavez for having a major impact with his efforts and activities in improving the representation in the broad mathematical sciences of the nation's traditionally underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Eleventh award: to Herbert Clemens for his superb research in complex algebraic geometry, his continuing efforts in education, and his seminal role in the founding and continuation of the Park City/IAS Mathematics Institute.

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Tenth award: to Roger Howe for his multifaceted contributions to mathematics and to mathematics education.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Ninth award: to Richard A. Tapia for inspiring and teaching thousands of people (from elementary school students to senior citizens) to study and appreciate the mathematical sciences.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Eighth award: to Margaret H. Wright for notable contributions to the federal government and the scientific community, and for encouraging women and minority students.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Seventh award: to Paul J. Sally, Jr. for the quality of his research, for his service to the [American Mathematical] Society as Trustee, but more importantly for his many efforts in improvement of mathematics education for the nation's youth and especially for members of minority and underrepresented groups and for his longitudinal mentoring of students, in particular the mathematics majors at Chicago.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Sixth award: to Kenneth C. Millett for his work devoted to underrepresented minority students in the mathematical sciences. Professor Millett founded the University of California, Santa Barbara Achievement Program and directed the mathematics component of the Summer Academic Research Internship and the Summer Institute in Mathematics and Science at UCSB.

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Fourth award: to Donald J. Lewis for his many contributions to mathematical education, mathematics policy, and mathematical research and administration during a career that has spanned several decades.

Award announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS.

Third award: to Isadore M. Singer in recognition of his outstanding contributions to his profession, to science more broadly, and to the public good by bringing the best of mathematics and his own insights to bear on the activities of the National Academy of Sciences; on committees of the National Research Council, including the two so-called David Committees on the health of the mathematical sciences, and the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; on the President's Science Advisory Council; on decisions of Congress, through testimony concerning the support of mathematics and mathematical research; and on a host of critical situations over many years in which his wisdom and intervention helped gain a hearing for the problems of his community and the contributions it makes to the nation.

Second award: to Harvey B. Keynes for his multifaceted efforts to revitalize mathematics education, especially for young people.

First award: to Kenneth M. Hoffman for his outstanding leadership in establishing channels of communication between the mathematical community and makers of public policy as well as the general public.