Fourteen Math Department Faculty Honored by AMS

Fourteen standing faculty members from the Department of Mathematics have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society for 2013, the program's initial year. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication and utilization of mathematics.

Honorees from Penn include Eugenio Calabi, Dennis DeTurck, Ron Donagi, Peter J. Freyd, Murray Gerstenhaber, James Haglund, David Harbater, Richard V. Kadison, Jerry L. Kazdan, Alexandre Kirillov, Albert Nijenhuis, Robin Pemantle, Florian Pop and Robert T. Powers, all faculty in the Department of Mathematics in the School of Arts and Sciences. Also included are Lawrence Shepp, Professor of Statistics at Penn's Wharton School, and Jim Stasheff, a long-time visiting professor in the math department.

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