Born
December 19, 1937, New York, New York
Education
1959, Ph.D., Princeton University
Positions Held
- 1958-59 Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
- 1959-62 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
- 1962-65 Assistant Professor, Harvard University
- 1965-69 Associate Professor, Harvard University
- 1969-82 Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
- 1982-1998 William Petschek Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
- 1998-Gerhard Gade University Professor, Harvard University
Prizes and Honors
- 1965 Veblen Prize, American Mathematical Society
- 1978 Elected Member of the American Academy of Sciences
- 1982 Cole Prize, American Mathematical Society
- 1982 Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Chauvenet Prize, Mathematical Association of America
- 1999 Steele Prize, American Mathematical Society
- 2001 Elected member American Philosophical Society
- 2004 Honorary degree from Colby College
- 2013 2011 National Medal of Science
- 2016 Honorary degree from the University of Waterloo
- 2022 Chern Medal awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the Chern Medal Foundation