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American Mathematical Society—Contributions, Volume 50 American Mathematical Society—Contributions Dear Friends and Colleagues, During 2002 your contributions helped the Society and our profession in many ways. I thank each of you for your generous support. The Young Scholars program supports summer high school workshops for our most talented students, who represent the future of our profession. We used the Program Development Fund and our Epsilon Fund for the program in its initial phases. Now we are building an endowment for the program—the Epsilon Fund—and we hope to reach our goal of two million dollars over the next few years. Young scholars programs really work; supporting them is important. The Centennial Fellowships continue to play a key role for outstanding young mathematicians at the formative stages of their careers, from three to twelve years beyond the degree. The fellowships are entirely funded by contributions, which are partially matched by income from the Society's investments. And we use contributions to the General Fund to support all of our activities— employment services, public awareness, outreach in Washington, and our publications. Your contributions make a difference. Your generosity allows the Society to establish and maintain the kinds of programs mentioned above. Again, thank you for your support. John H. Ewing Thomas S. Fiske Society The Executive Committee and Board of Trustees have established the Thomas S. Fiske Society to honor those who have made provisions for the AMS in their estate plans. For further information contact the Development Office at 800-321-4AMS, or [email protected]. Roy L. Adler Ky Fan Yanguang Li Moshe Rosenfeld Kathleen Baxter Isidor Fleischer Joseph S. Mamelak William and Theda Salkind Shirley and Gerald Bergum Ramesh Gangolli Ralph Mansfield Henry M. Schaerf Shirley Cashwell Rosalind Guaraldo Trevor McGinn B. A. Taylor Carl Faith Jeffrey Joel Cathleen Synge Morawetz Steven H. Weintraub Bequests Received Lowell I. Schoenfeld and Josephine M. Mitchell 584 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 50, NUMBER 5 AMS Contributions Annual Gifts to the AMS The officers and staff of the Society acknowledge with gratitude the following donors whose contributions were re- ceived during the 2002 calendar year. * The names of donors who have given for three years consecutively are marked with an asterisk. Donors whose contributions total $1,000 or more annually are recognized with their names affixed to a plaque in the lobby of the Society's headquarters in Providence. Gifts in Memory and Gifts in Honor The American Mathematical Society welcomes gifts made in memory or honor of members of the mathematical com- munity or others. Unless directed toward a special fund or program, such gifts are used to support the general mission of the Society. Donors of Memorial and In Honor Gifts, and those remembered, are listed in Notices of the American Mathematical Society and thus become part of the permanent archive of the Society. Memorials Gifts in memory of the following individuals were received during 2002: Gifts in Honor of Maurice Auslander Gifts in honor of the following individuals were received during 2002: Garrett Birkhoff and Marshall Stone Marjorie Heckel Beaty Solomon Hurwitz Placido Cicala Thomas Allen Murphy M. D. Curtis Irving Reiner Joseph Kohn Donald C. Spencer Louis Nirenberg AMS Epsilon Fund PRESIDENT’S Dmitri Avenirovich Shiro Goto * Stephen B. Maurer * John F. Wilkinson Arkhanguelski * Ronald A. Gove James W. Maxwell * Alfred B. Willcox ASSOCIATES * Richard A. Askey E. L. Griffin Jr. Robert F. McNaughton Jr. * Scott A. Wolpert (Gifts of $5,000 and above) Donald G. Babbitt * Mary-Elizabeth Hamstrom D. D. Miller T. C. Wu * William Bogstad and * Donald H. 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