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2018Contributors FROM THE AMS SECRETARY 2018 Contributors Dear AMS Members and Friends, I am filled with gratitude for your remarkable generosity in supporting math- ematics; the year 2018 was very special. We began to build The Next Generation Fund (NextGen), a permanent endowment to support early career mathematicians. A generous benefactor sparked this initiative by offering to match up to $1.5 million in gifts and pledges. Many of you are responding with enthusiasm to this fundraising challenge. In doing so, you are creating an enduring resource that will impact hundreds of emerging mathematicians every year at formative moments in their professional lives. Thank you! As part of this endeavor, we introduced the Maryam Mirzakhani Fund for The Next Generation. This is a special named fund within the NextGen endowment supporting the same goals and activities as NextGen. Your donations to this fund honor Professor Mirzakhani’s memory by helping the rising mathematicians of today and tomorrow. Our donors continue to advance our strategic priorities in creative ways. Philippe Photo courtesy of Laurie DeWitt/Pure Light Images Photo courtesy Tondeur gave a significant boost to the BIG Math Network, helping to connect Catherine A. Roberts aspiring mathematical scientists with career opportunities in business, industry, AMS Executive Director and government. The Mary P. Dolciani Halloran Foundation funded a new AMS prize to recognize faculty members from non-doctoral mathematics departments for their active research programs and distinguished records of scholarship. I want to acknowledge everyone who is making a legacy gift to the AMS through their estate. Your thoughtful vision will help shape mathematics well into the fu- ture. The AMS received bequests last year from the estates of Eugene and Katherine Toll, and James and Bettie Hannan, providing vital unrestricted support to AMS programs and services. The following list includes several first time donors. We welcome you with deep appreciation for your kindness. We also celebrate our many long-time supporters who have donated to the AMS for ten years, twenty years, and longer! Your dedi- cation fuels our mission to advance research and create connections. You may notice our 2018 Contributors report now features an expanded Thomas S. Fiske Society list, and a special section for the Campaign for The Next Generation identifying people who made gifts and pledges to the campaign as of December 31, 2018. Every person on the 2018 Contributors list, including those who prefer to be anonymous, helps make wonderful things happen in our mathematics community, both locally and globally. On behalf of all the people and programs benefiting from your selfless generosity, I offer you my deepest thanks. Catherine A. Roberts Executive Director 928 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 66, NUMBER 6 AMS Contributors FROM THE AMS SECRETARY Thomas S. Fiske Society Members of the Thomas S. Fiske Society create a personal legacy supporting mathematics by naming the AMS in their will, retirement plan, or other gift vehicle. The AMS celebrates the following people for their thoughtful vision. Italics indicates deceased. Anonymous (4) anna cueni and Yanguang Charles Li David M. Sward Walter Augenstein loki der quaeler Zhaorong Liu B. A. and M. Lynn Taylor Richard A. and Robert J. Daverman Joseph S. Mamelak Edmond and Melanie L. Baum Peter L. Duren Timothy E. McMahon Nancy Tomastik Shirley and Gerald Bergum Ramesh A. Gangolli Eve Menger Steven H. Weintraub Robert L. Bryant and Rosalind J. Guaraldo Fredric Menger Susan Schwartz Wildstrom Reymundo A. Garcia Robert T. Kocembo Charles E. Parker II Ralph Cohen and Carole B. Lacampagne Moshe Rosenfeld Susan Million Rachel Blodgett Adams Sidney Glusman Cathleen S. Morawetz Arthur Sard Roy L. Adler James F. and Kiiti Morita Paul T. and Alfred Aeppli Bettie C. Hannan Charles C. Morris Barbara Schaefer Kathleen Baxter Robert Henderson Sidney Neuman Henry Schaerf Barbara Beechler Geneva Barrett Hutchinson Carroll Vincent Newsom Maynard Shelley Israel Berstein Jeffrey S. Joel Christos D. Rubin Smulin Ernest William Brown Solomon A. Joffe Papakyriakopolous Leroy P. Steele Richard M. Cohn Joseph Kist Mary K. Peabody Eugene Toll Levi L. Conant Rada G. Laha Franklin P. Peterson Waldemar J. and Edward Davis Ralph Mansfield Marion Reilly Barbara Trjitzinsky Thomas Dietmair Trevor J. McMinn James G. Renno, Jr. Sally Whiteman Carl Faith Helen Abbot Merrill Joseph Fels Ritt James V. Whittaker Ky and Yu-Fen Fan Josephine M. Mitchell and T. Benny Rushing James K. Whittemore Isidore Fleischer Lowell I. Schoenfeld Theda and William Salkind In Tribute The following friends, colleagues, and family members are being specially honored by commemorative gifts. The AMS is pleased to be the steward of donors’ generosity in their name. Gifts made in honor of the following individuals: Krishna Siddhanta Athreya by Jayadev S. Athreya Harold & Betty Reiter by David Jacob Wildstrom Bill Barker by Emma J. Chiapetta William Sawin by Stephen F. Sawin Bill Barker by Catherine A. Roberts James L. Silver by Thomas Barr Bill Barker by Victoria Stoneman Andrew J. Simoson by Thomas Barr Jim Bray by Mira Levine Emil Vulpe by Sophie Vulpe Morton Harris by Anonymous Maria Vulpe by Sophie Vulpe Sigurdur Helgason by William H. Barker Tongtong Wang by Erica Busillo Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian by Joan P. Hutchinson Daniel Waterman by Sanford and Theda Perlman John N. McDonald by Niles White Glenn F. Webb by Thomas Barr Nikhil Patel by Anonymous JUNE/JULY 2019 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 929 AMS Contributors FROM THE AMS SECRETARY Gifts made in memory of the following individuals: Vladimir Arnold by Anonymous Virginia C. Lagarias by Anonymous Glynn E. Behmen Sr. Family by Glynn E. Behmen Joseph Lehner by Zheindl Lehner Harvey Cohn by Herman Chernoff Cecil E. Leith by Mary Louise Leith H. Hope Daly by Ellen H. Heiser Vincent O. McBrien by Joseph W. Paciorek Clifford J. Earle by Elizabeth Earle Karl Menger by Fredric Menger Hilda Geiringer von Mises by The Stephen and Nancy Ogden by John Patrick Ogden Margaret Gill Family Foundation Eugene A. Pflumm by Mollie Pflumm Kenneth I. Gross by Thomas Pietraho and Jennifer Taback Gian-Carlo Rota by Anonymous Bertram S. Kabak by Dee Dee Shantell Chavers Paul J. Sally, Jr. by Judith D. Sally Herbert M. Kamowitz by Elaine Kamowitz Tsungming Tu by Loring W. Tu James M. Kister by Jane E. Kister Robert C. Warner by David Colella Robert T. Kocembo, Sr. by Robert T. Kocembo, Jr. Stephen Wildstrom by Susan Schwartz Wildstrom Bertram Kostant by Ann Kostant David Zitarelli by Matt & Cindy Tessler The following friends, colleagues, and family members paid tribute to Kay Magaard (1962–2018): Anonymous (5) Simon M. Goodwin Guy Poirier Val Carlone Frank Himstedt Terrie Romano Sheila Cressman Edward and Stephanie Laws Anne Safranyos Sarah Divall Rebecca Lockhart and Gordan Savin Donna Edwards Mahetem Gessese Simon and Sanama Gabriele Franz Bernadette Lupul Angela Spreng and Daniel E. Frohardt Caitlin MacCallum friends at Ontario Meinolf Geck Adolf G. Mader office in Munich Rachelle Geddes Lorenz and Ursula Magaard Carla Tsambourlianos David Gluck Daniel K. Nakano Robert Wolfe Photo courtesy Oberwolfach. Photo courtesy Kay Magaard Gifts made in memory of esteemed mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017): Anonymous (7) David B. Leep Jayadev S. Athreya Walter Markowitch, Jr. Leonard John Borucki Hee Oh Ralph Cohen and Hemant Pendharkar Susan Million Eric Todd Quinto and Robert J. Currier Judith Anne Larsen Ingrid Daubechies Shrisha Rao Shanna Dobson Joseph Rosenblatt and Mohamed Elhamdadi Gay Miller Erica Flapan and Linda Preiss Rothschild Francis Bonahon Daniel Ruberman Carolyn S. Gordon Carla D. Savage Robert Andrew Grossman Freydoon Shahidi Rosalind J. Guaraldo Siavash H. Sohrab Ellen H. Heiser Alexander Vauth Nancy Hoffman David Vogan Joan P. Hutchinson Sophie Vulpe Masanori Itai Niles White Photo courtesy Stanford University Jane E. Kister George V. Woodrow III Maryam Mirzakhani Jacques Lafontaine Alexander Wright Gregory F. Lawler Anton Zorich 930 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 66, NUMBER 6 AMS Contributors FROM THE AMS SECRETARY Campaign for The Next Generation The following people made gifts or pledges to support The Next Generation Fund, a new endowment supporting early career mathematicians, as of December 31, 2018. Anonymous (19) Erica Flapan and David B. Leep Karen Saxe and Peter Webb William Abikoff Francis Bonahon Jim Lewis Richard Schoen James Arthur Sergey Fomin John Locker Freydoon Shahidi Jayadev S. Athreya Solomon Friedberg Robin Marek and Brooke E. Shipley Adrian David Banner William Fulton David Beutel Susan and Joseph Silverman William H. Barker James and Adele Glimm Walter Markowitch, Jr. Norton and Irene Starr Hyman Bass William M. Goldman Math for America Ronald and Sharon Stern Frances B. Bauer Carolyn S. Gordon James Maxwell Victoria Stoneman Bonnie Berger and Matthew A. Grayson William McCallum Margaret W. Taft Tom Leighton Mark L. and Donald and Mary McClure Jean E. Taylor George Berzsenyi Kathryn Kert Green M. Susan Montgomery Loring W. Tu Tom and Nancy Blythe Robert Andrew Grossman Paul and Linda Muhly Alice Staveley and Ravi Vakil Brian D. Boe Rosalind J. Guaraldo Zbigniew Nitecki Anthony Varilly-Alvarado Leonard John Borucki Alfred W. Hales M. Frank Norman Alexander Vauth David Bressoud Jane Hawkins and Hee Oh David Vogan John Brillhart Michael Taylor Ken Ono Karen Vogtmann and William J. Browning William R. Hearst III Matthew Papanikolas and John Smillie Ruth Charney and Ellen H. Heiser Katherine Veneman Sophie Vulpe Stephen Cecchetti Sigurdur Helgason Hemant Pendharkar Judy and Mark Walker Dee Dee Shantell Chavers Nancy Hoffman Thomas Pietraho and Tongtong Wang Herman Chernoff Tara Holm and Jennifer Taback Steven H. Weintraub Emma J. Chiappetta Timothy Riley Jill C. Pipher Niles White Ralph Cohen and John M. Hosack Eric Todd Quinto and David Jacob Wildstrom Susan Million Paul D. and Bonnie Humke Judith Anne Larsen Susan Schwartz Wildstrom John B.
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