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American Mathematical Society—Contributions American Mathematical Society—Contributions Dear Friends and Colleagues, The American Mathematical Society works in many ways to foster a vibrant environment for mathema- ticians. Programs and services that directly improve scholarship and professional life have substantial impact. You, our members and friends, make this work possible through your generosity. The Society celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2013, and in concordance, many of you directed your philanthropic resources toward the AMS. Your donations promoted excellence in research via the Centennial Fellowship and other prizes and awards; they ensured that young mathematicians participated in camps that fed their eagerness for mathematics; they supported graduate students as they took crucial steps early in their careers and they enabled access to MathSciNet across the globe, assisting mathematicians in developing countries. On behalf of all these beneficiaries and those working to support these programs, I thank you. The Society’s work was lifted by substantial individual gifts this year. D. Andrew Beal increased the prize related to the Beal Conjecture to $1 million dollars; the spendable income funds the Paul Erdo˝s Memorial Lecture and other key AMS programs. The Epsilon Fund was aided by Adrian Banner with roy- alties from his book sales, as well as by Thomas Savage. Aurellia Sobczyk made a gift in memory of her husband, Andrew. Cathleen Synge Morawetz and Herbert Morawetz bolstered the Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry. The AMS received a legacy gift from the late mathematician Kathleen Baxter. The Society also recognizes Robert and Maria Steinberg’s longtime support of the AMS, and we acknowledge with sadness the passing of Maria in 2013. Every donor builds connections between legacies of scholars and mathematical thought. By giving, you are indelibly connected to the field, its history, its future and to members of the mathematical com- munity everywhere. Passion for mathematics drives us to do great things. Thank you for your gifts that make so much possible. Donald E. McClure Executive Director Thomas S. Fiske Society Members of the Thomas S. Fiske Society uphold the future of mathematics by including the American Mathematical Society in their estate plans. The following Fiske Society members have created a personal legacy in support of the mathematical sciences by naming the AMS in their will, retirement plan, or other gift planning vehicle. Anonymous (3) Carl Faith Trevor J. McMinn B. A. and M. Lynn Taylor Walter O. Augenstein Isidore Fleischer Cathleen S. Morawetz Yury Volin Kathleen Baxter Ramesh A. Gangolli Albert Nijenhuis Eugene Toll Shirley and Gerald Bergum Rosalind J. Guaraldo Franklin P. Peterson Steven H. Weintraub Shirley Cashwell Yanguang Charles Li Moshe Rosenfeld Peter L. Duren Joseph S. Mamelak Margaret W. Taft 544 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 61, NUMBER 5 AMS Contributions In Tribute The following friends, colleagues and family members are all being specially honored by a donation in support of math- ematics. These gifts are a tangible homage to those who have passed on, and a way to honor people still living. The AMS is pleased to list the commemorated individuals and the 2013 tribute donors who made these gifts possible. Gifts were made in memory of the following individuals: Arnold Ross by Charles W. Misner Maurice Auslander by Bernice L. Auslander Paul Sally Jr. by Jeffrey D. Adler Salah Baouendi by Linda Preiss Rothschild Harold N. Shapiro by Alexandra Shlapentokh W. J. Blok by Don L. Pigozzi Jeremy Frank Shapiro by Francisco J. Jauffred Former AMS Production Staff by Victoria Ancona Andrew Sobczyk by Aurellia Sobczyk Arthur Greenspoon by Chris Abrams Kathryn B. Toll by Eugene Toll Arthur Greenspoon by Graeme Fairweather Arthur Greenspoon by Donald E. McClure Arthur Greenspoon by Jihye Sofia Seo Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals: Arthur Greenspoon by Irina F. Sivergina Mike Breen, Annette Emerson and the AMS Public Awareness Arthur Greenspoon by B. A. and M. Lynn Taylor Office by Stephen and Susan Wildstrom Robert T. Kocembo Sr. by Robert T. Kocembo Jr. and Morton E. Harris by George Glauberman Wendy E. Zielinski Vivian Healey and Wade Hindes by Daniel L. Goroff Nelson Mandela by Maleafisha Stephen Joseph Tladi James W. Maxwell by Adalaide Morris Edwin and Martha Marek by Robin Marek and David Beutel Donald E. McClure by Anonymous Vincent O. McBrien by Joseph W. Paciorek Peter Ori by Mark Lares Eugene Pflumm by Mollie Pflumm Marcie Rathke by Nathaniel Eldredge Marjorie Place Cummings by Ellen H. Heiser Carla D. Savage by Robert T. Kocembo Jr. and Wendy E. Zielinski AMS Donors The people and businesses listed below made one or more gifts to the AMS between January 1–December 31, 2013. On behalf of all those who benefit from this generosity, the AMS extends its thanks to everyone who chose to support mathematics and the AMS during the past year. Donors who have contributed $1,000 or more in one year are further acknowledged on the AMS Donor Wall of Honor at the Society’s Headquarters. We are pleased to recognize each donor in the following listing. PRESIDENT’S ASSOCIATES David B. Massey Michael R. Douglas Brian Abrahamson Math for America Loyal Durand Chris Abrams ASSOCIATES (Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999) James W. Maxwell Richard L. Gantos Jeffrey D. Adler Anonymous (3) (Gifts of $5,000 and above) Donald E. McClure Frank D. Grosshans Roy L. Adler 2013 AMS Staff Anonymous (2) M. Susan Montgomery Audrey Cole Hand Stephanie B. Alexander Walter O. Augenstein Anonymous Fund of Jacques Neveu Maria Margaret Klawe Bernard C. Anderson Edward D. Baker the Toledo Community Walter V. Petryshyn R. Royce Kneece, Jr. Frank W. Anderson Foundation Foundation Samuel Murray Rankin III Robert V. Kohn Stuart S. Antman Joan and Joseph Birman Tom M. Apostol Peter J. Riemer Gary J. Kurowski Richard F. Arenstorf Foundation Adrian D. Banner Andrew M. and Cecil E. Leith Martin A. Arkowitz Robert L. Bryant and Kathleen Baxter Kathryn S. Rockett Harold Levine Manfred K. Armbrust Reymundo A. Garcia D. Andrew Beal Charitable Gift Fund George Lusztig Richard A. Askey Roger Chalkley Elwyn and Jennifer Abdulalim A. Shabazz Robin Marek and William R. Ballard John B. Conway Norton and Irene Starr Berlekamp Fund David Beutel Theodore J. Barth Robert J. Daverman Ronald J. and William Craig Microsoft Steven R. Bell Jean E. de Valpine Sharon M. Stern Edward D. Davis M. Frank Norman Georgia Benkart Peter Der Karen Vogtmann and Elsevier Tadao Oda Alan E. Berger Loki der Quaeler John Smillie Christopher Bernhardt Mark L. and Emily Riley and John H. Ewing Stephen and Theodore Simon David S. Berry Kathryn Kert Green Ronald and Susan Wildstrom Linda Preiss Rothschild George Berzsenyi Sigurdur Helgason Fan Chung Graham Scott A. Wolpert Marie D. Rutenbergs Richard L. Bishop Phyllis and Donald Kahn Elizabeth Grossman and Richard M. Schoen David E. Blair Philanthropic Fund Joshua Boorstein SPONSORS Norman E. Sexauer Steven E. Blasberg Harry Lucas Jr. Carl E. Harrell (Gifts of $500–$999) Keith Paul Smith Leonard John Borucki Cathleen Synge and William R. Hearst III Anonymous (3) Joel H. Spencer Aldridge K. Bousfield Herbert Morawetz John M. Hosack Ian Agol Murray Marvin Stokely III John S. Bradley Savage Charitable William H. Jaco Otto B. Bekken Evelyn K. Wantland Louis R. Bragg Fund of the Community Richard V. Kadison Michael A. Breen Manuel P. Berriozabal Steven H. Weintraub Foundation of Broward James E. Keisler David M. Bressoud Henrik Bresinsky Jay A. Wood Aurellia Sobczyk Greg Kuperberg and Edgar H. Brown Jr Jerald S. and Tsu C. Wu Robert and Rena J. Zieve Arielle Brodkey Lawrence G. Brown Maria W. Steinberg Nosup Kwak Karl E. Byleen Richard K. Brown Eugene Toll George F. Leger Concordia C. Chen PATRONS James E. Burke Klaus Tschira Albert and Lenore J. Cowen and (Gifts of $100–$499) Charles Allen Butler Foundation Dorothy Marden William Bogstad Anonymous (60) Robert Lawrence Byrom MAY 2014 NOTICES OF THE AMS 545 AMS Contributions Rotraut G. Cahill Jack E. Graver James M. and James M. Osterburg Stuart A. Seligson James R. Case William L. Green Jane E. Kister Joseph W. Paciorek George H. Senge Alfred S. Cavaretta Jr Phillip A. Griffith Julia F. Knight Walter R. Parry Jihye Sofia Seo Robert G. Cawley Karlheinz U. Groechenig George H. Knightly Henry J. Passerini Freydoon Shahidi Nathaniel Chafee Seymour Haber Ronald J. Knill Donald S. Passman T. Shintani Pak Soong Chee George F. Haddix Kurt Siegfried Kolbig Charles M. Patton Alexandra Shlapentokh Herman Chernoff Ruth M. Hailperin Antoni A. Kosinski Marek J. Patyra Stefan Shrier Richard C. Churchill Richard M. Hain Ralph M. Krause Herbert A. Perkins Allan J. Silberger Stuart Citrin Heini Halberstam Hsu-Tung Ku Alexander Perlin William M. Singer Wil Clarke David R. Hale Jeanne LaDuke William G. Pertusi Dev P. Sinha Daniel I. A. Cohen David Harbater Jean Pierre Lafon John W Petro Irina F. Sivergina Paul Dana Cole Evans M. Harrell II Kee Y. Lam Pfizer Foundation John R. Smart Carl E. Langenhop Mollie Pflumm Richard A. Smith Michel L. Lapidus Don L. Pigozzi Louis Solomon Support of the AMS is Gregory F. Lawler Aleksey Popelyukhin Steven Robert Spencer support to the com- J. Larry Lehman Martin E. Price Ram P. Srivastav munity of mathematics: Gerald M. Leibowitz Paul H. Rabinowitz Olaf P. Stackelberg mathematics research, Joan R. Leitzel Eric Todd Quinto and Ivar Stakgold Manoel Jose M. S. Lemos Judith Anne Larsen Peter Stanek education, and public H. W. Lenstra James V. Ralston Lee James Stanley awareness. Mathematics Edward L. Lever Kulumani M. Richard P. Stanley has been good to us and, Paul Levy Rangaswamy Russell Lynn Stead through the AMS, we can D. J. Lewis Salvatore Rao Clarence F. Stephens give back to our community.
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