2014 Annual Report from the President

2014 ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Colleagues, Looking forward while paying attention to the past is a healthy practice both for an individual and for a scientific society. We are optimistic about the future for the American Mathematical Society and the mathematics community, in part because of the good work done by the Society, its members, and the mathematics community in 2014. These pages offer a glimpse into some of that good work. To provide that glimpse, we've adopted a new approach to a portion of the 2014 Annual Report. Here you'll read profiles of eight individuals who volunteer and help the AMS set policy, participate in our many programs, or make generous contributions. These people and others like them, through their energetic work

Photo by Bryce Vickmark by BrycePhoto Vickmark and enthusiastic generosity, make it possible for us to look forward with confi- David A. Vogan, Jr. dence. Massachusetts Institute of Technology AMS President, 2013–2014 This year is the 75th anniversary of Mathematical Reviews, exemplifying the leadership the Society has shown in mathematics publishing for years as well as the transition we are making to new formats. Mathematical Reviews began as long rows of orange volumes in academic libraries everywhere (whose weight was perhaps largely responsible for the outstanding upper body strength of AMS members over fifty). Now it has become the digital MathSciNet, with data on more than three million publications (and responsible in its turn for the powerful index fingers of our younger colleagues). I have thoroughly enjoyed my two-year term as president of the AMS, which has now come to a close. I look forward to continued work with our new president, Robert L. Bryant, and with the Society. We hope you enjoy this review of 2014, which provides a peek into the past year and what it promises for the future. Sincerely,

David A. Vogan, Jr. AMS President, 2013-2014

Maintaining Excellence in Mathematical Sciences Research

Advancing the Mathematics Profession

Supporting Mathematics Education at All Levels

Fostering Awareness and Appreciation of Mathematics

Cover image: “Schmidt Arrangement of the Eisenstein Integers,” by Katherine E. Stange, created with Sage Mathematics Software. INTRODUCTION

The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematics research and scholarship, American Mathematical Society and serves the national and international community through Headquarters 201 Charles Street its meetings, publications, advocacy, and other programs. Providence, RI 02904-2294 USA

The Society’s offices in Providence, Ann Arbor, and Tel.: 401-455-4000 Washington, DC employ 206 people. There are over 28,000 Fax: 401-331-3842 individual members and 580 institutions worldwide that Email: [email protected] benefit from membership in the Society. Mathematical Reviews 416 Fourth Street Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4820 USA Tel.: 734-996-5250 TABLE OF CONTENTS Fax: 734-996-2916 Email: [email protected]

From the President...... inside cover

Introduction...... page 1 American Mathematical Society Government Relations Report of the AMS...... page 2 1527 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036-1358 USA Financial Review...... page 8 Tel.: 202-588-1100 Fax: 202-588-1853 AMS Prizes and Awards...... page 12 Email: [email protected]

Contributions...... page 14

Facts & Figures

• 450 mathematicians are volunteer leaders and committee members

• 16,900 volunteers review publications for Math Reviews

• 200 staff members in RI, DC and MI provide day-today membership, program and publishing services

• 13 mathematicians at various stages of their careers volunteer to write for the Feature Column and AMS Blogs

• 19 mathematicians serve as Editor and Associate Editors of Notices of the AMS

• 4 Associate Secretaries organize the scientific program for 8 AMS Sectional meetings each year

• Over 28,000 AMS members worldwide are actively involved in the Society in some way

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In 2014 the AMS continued to serve its members, the global mathematics community, students and the general public by furthering their lifelong learning, scholarship and careers, and by extending the appreciation and understanding of mathematical sciences. Of course the Society would not exist without its members, volunteers and staff who main- tain, enhance, publicize and use the many Photo by John Abromowski, Brown University Abromowski, by John Photo programs and services that fulfill our mission. Donald E. McClure AMS Executive Director

Furthering Lifelong Learning and Achievement Muchela Arthur by Photo Wandera Ogana, Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya. AMS AMS Publications member since 2005.

Members and the global mathematics community “MathSciNet has been useful to a number of students in locating expect high-quality, peer-reviewed publications—and publications in a particular subject, journal or by a particular the Society delivers MathSciNet and highly respected author. In more recent years there has been increasing use of research journals and books. MathSciNet to determine the impact of staff publications, through the number of citations. In 2014 Mathematical Reviews executive editor Graeme Fairweather retired, and Edward Dunne, previously a In addition to laying a strong background in pure mathematics, senior editor in the AMS Book Program, moved into which is vital to understanding all other mathematics areas, the that position. Ed led a celebration at the 2015 Joint University of Nairobi’s School of Mathematics hopes to become a Mathematics Meetings to kick off the 75th anniversary centre of excellence for the study and research in areas of math- of Mathematical Reviews (MR). He reintroduced several ematics which address problems in, for example, energy, health, past executive editors− Gerald Janusz, Donald Babbitt, finance, communication, technology, water resources, and help to Jane Kister, Kevin Clancy, and Graeme Fairweather− contribute to development and alleviate poverty.” who oversaw the explosive growth of MR and played key roles in the transition from print to the online database, now known by all as MathSciNet. With over 2.1 million items including 1.8 million reviews in the database, MathSciNet is a critical tool for research, and the AMS is committed to making it available worldwide at special subscription rates for institutions in developing countries and through innovative consortium pricing.

The AMS launched two Gold Open Access (OA) journals in 2014: Proceedings of the AMS, Series B, and Transactions of the AMS, Series B. The open access journals provide the mathematics community with a Gold OA option within the family of AMS journals. The AMS OA model is innovative, ensuring editorial decision- making is entirely independent of business concerns. Once a paper is accepted for publication, an author may choose to publish the paper in OA form through payment of reasonable article processing charges (APC). Articles in Conformal Geometry and Dynamics and Representation Theory are also Gold OA, with no article processing charges applicable. The AMS encourages authors of papers in all of its journals to post their final peer-reviewed manuscript on their personal web page,

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on their institution’s noncommercial repository, and on arXiv.org. This serves the need for researchers to make their work available, pre-publication.

Behind the scenes, AMS and MathJax Consortium staff developed the infrastructure for creating digital-ready eJournal and eBook output from LaTeX source. The chal- lenging work of rendering mathematics on the web (for both authors and readers) continues, as does the unsung work of the many mathematicians who serve on editorial boards. I—speaking on behalf of the mathematical community—thank them all.

Two AMS books published in 2014 received noteworthy awards: Hilbert's Fifth Problem and Related Topics by Photo courtesy DepartmentMIT of Photo Mathematics of Terence Tao received a prestigious American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE George Lusztig, Abdun-Nur Professor of Mathematics, Award) for the best book published in mathematics in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He established the AMS 2014. Really Big Numbers, by Richard E. Schwartz, the Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory, the first awarding of which will Society’s first book for children (“of all ages”), received be in January 2016. AMS member since 1978. an inaugural Mathical: Books for Kids from Tots to “I have a particular affinity (and great admiration) for Chevalley Teens award for books published in 2014. These books since his work on semisimple groups over algebraically closed fields are among the broad array of monographs, texts, and and finite fields provided a foundation for my own work. In addi- collected works across many fields of mathematics tion Chevalley has a connection to AMS (as a winner of the Cole published by the AMS and its co-publication partners. Prize) which makes it even more appropriate to have an AMS prize The AMS also undertook the scanning or rekeying of honoring him.” several renowned book series in 2014 for release as digital books in 2015. Meetings & Conferences

Mathematicians continue to attend meetings and conferences in person—to learn, advance their careers, meet colleagues, and recognize recipients of AMS prizes and awards. While AMS staff handle the complicated logistics, AMS secretaries and organizers of special sessions and panels manage the scientific programs of AMS meetings. Special thanks go to AMS Secretary Carla Savage and Associate Secretaries Georgia Benkart, Brian D. Boe, Michel L. Lapidus and Steven H. Weintraub and the many organizers, speakers and panelists who contribute their time, leadership and expertise. Photo by Bonnyby Fleming Photo The Joint Mathematics Meetings, Sectional Meetings and the Mathematical Research Communities draw positive Christine Berkesch Zamaere, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. AMS feedback and suggestions, providing incentive for us to member since 2005. continue offering this important component of professional interaction and development. “AMS sectional meetings provide a great opportunity to share and learn mathematics. The smaller size of special sessions facilitates James H. Simons, Chairman, Simons Foundation, gave the networking among experts, which is especially useful for early Einstein Public Lecture, “Mathematics, Common Sense, career mathematicians such as myself. I am grateful for the travel and Good Luck” at the sectional meeting at San Francisco grant I received to attend one of these meetings. Besides giving a State University in the fall. About 300 people filled the talk, I was able to further my research program thanks to results room to hear him talk about his career in mathematics, discussed in my special session.” finance, and philanthropy. Some of the audience members were recipients of AMS-Simons Travel Grants, supported

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by the AMS and the Simons Foundation, and they came up and spoke with him afterwards. It was nice to see the philanthropist and his beneficiaries connect in person and so warmly. The Mathematics Research Communities (MRCs), held for the seventh year at Snowbird Resort in Utah, drew 120 early-career mathematicians for the intense week- long sessions in their specialized area of research, guided by senior researchers (week one: Michael Gekhtman, Mark Gross, Gregg Musiker, David Speyer, Gordana Todorov; week two: Carina Curto, Jesus A. De Loera, Christine Heitsch, Michael Orrison, Francis Edward Su; week three: Siu-Hung Ng, Eric C. Rowell, Zhenghan courtesy Oberwolfachof Photo Wang, and Aaron Clauset, David Kempe, Mason A. Wei Ho, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Porter). By the end of 2014, the MRCs had served over University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. AMS member since 2004. 800 early-career mathematicians. “As a young postdoc, I was fortunate enough to participate in "The MRC is an extremely unique conference. It is the one of the early MRC programs. At that stage in my career, it was only conference/workshop I am aware of where the incredibly useful to be exposed to — and more importantly, attendees get the chance to work on a specific research to become a part of — serious research that was tangentially topic with new collaborators, and with the specific related to my previous work. Because the program had gathered intent of solving open problems. Even more amazing: so many other early-career mathematicians in related fields, we that this goal was reached and all teams emerged with were all able to learn from one another as well. I think most of the new results." What could be more gratifying—to the participants are still in touch, and many have collaborated since participant, fellow collaborators, session organizers, and the program! AMS—than this response to the experience? We can all Because of my wonderful experience as a participant, I returned hope that one day this person will publish, teach, and be as an organizer several years later. It was very rewarding to work a mentor, organizer and member of the AMS commu- with the students and postdocs in small groups, and the organizers nity to pass along this enthusiasm to the generation that are delighted that quite a few of the groups still have ongoing follows. collaborations.”

Furthering Careers

Members and the broader mathematical community also look to the AMS to provide crucial services—employment services, career information, and other opportunities—to advance and get involved.

MathJobs.org and the Employment Center at the Joint Mathematics Meetings remain valued by both employers and job seekers, especially for academic employment. By the end of 2014 MathJobs was serving over 8000 job applicants and 650 employers, including some international employers who began accepting job applications through the system in July 2014. The AMS also gathers Monika Kiss, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Saint Leo data on the profession in annual surveys regarding faculty University, Saint Leo, Florida. AMS member since 2014. recruitment, hiring and salaries, course enrollments, degrees awarded, and the demographics of new Ph.D. “MathJobs, the online employment tool, is a great resource to recipients along with their employment status. These identify potential candidates prior to the meeting. It was very easy survey reports are vital for the mathematical sciences to navigate and also convenient to schedule the interviews. The community in gaining support for programs, in under- Employment Center has been a wonderful program that we at Saint standing how one’s department compares to peers, and Leo University used the last few years. The physical space provided in providing reliable information about employment at the conference sites was well organized and spacious. The AMS patterns and higher education in mathematics, applied staff was always incredibly professional, friendly and very helpful.” mathematics and statistics.

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In 2014 the AMS created “Awards, Fellowships & Other Opportunities” on ams.org where users can search, browse, share and post calls for fellowship and grant applications, prize and award nominations, and meeting and workshop proposals in the mathematical sciences. We hope that organizations worldwide will post their opportunities and that individuals will use this centralized source of calls to advance their work and careers.

The “AMS for Students” page, also released in 2014, offers news and information for high school and undergraduate students in mathematics. Students can explore math programs outside the classroom, find out about graduate school, competitions, where math is used in careers, and more. Over the course of the year, about 2,000 people attended Who Wants to Be a Mathematician games (and more saw the national game via webcast) to cheer Philip T. Gressman, Professor, Department of on some of the nation’s most talented high school math Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. students. I’m pleased to report that as of 2014 year-end AMS member since 2001. there were 30 AMS Graduate Student Chapters, and the “It was an honor to represent the AMS at the Coalition for number continues to grow. AMS programs are encour- National Science Funding (CNSF) exhibition. I learned a aging the “pipeline” of students pursuing mathematics. tremendous amount about the vital work that the AMS is doing in Washington DC and had a chance to speak with nearly a dozen different representatives and their staff people about Extending the Appreciation and Understanding the importance of federal mathematics research funding. of the Mathematical Sciences For the most part, I found them to be very receptive of that message and excited to hear about the progress being made. Mathematicians want to feel represented and math- I came away with a renewed sense of the importance of ematics to be respected. The AMS Washington DC Office communication between the mathematics community at large and Public Awareness Office, as well as many in the and our representatives in Washington, and I would encourage profession, are key in promoting awareness of news and everyone to seek out ways to promote such communication.” information about mathematics and mathematicians—to our own community as well as to scientists in other fields, students, decision-makers, the media, and the broader public.

Over 280 attendees and eight Members of Congress came to the 2014 Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Exhibition & Reception on Capitol Hill, where Robert Ghrist presented his work on "Topological Sensor Networks." Almost every day department faculty at high schools, colleges and universities request free posters to inspire their students: “Women Doing Mathematics,” “What Can I Do with a Math Degree?,” “Math Research, It’s Knot What You Think,” among others, and Math- ematical Moments, the series of over 110 posters on the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology and human culture.

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Mathematicians and others the world over visit ams.org and follow AMS on social media to see and share information. The Visual Insight Blog by John Baez and the Mathematical Imagery site managed by the AMS Public Awareness Office present the beauty of mathematics in ways that many can better “see,” and the Blog on Math Blogs by Evelyn Lamb and Anna Haensch covers conver- sations about mathematics, math and the arts, education, applied mathematics, and other popular or offbeat topics that can enlighten everyone. “Hee Oh to Receive 2015 AMS Satter Prize,” a news release; “How to Make a 3D Print,” by David Austin; “Why Do We Expect Lots of Twin Primes?,” by Bill Casselman; “Magical Mathematics - A Tribute to Martin Gardner,” by Joe Malkevitch; and Tony Phillips’ take on Math in the Media are examples of some

much-visited pages on ams.org in 2014. Microsoft with permission from Used

Several mathematicians volunteered to be interviewed Kristin Lauter, Senior Leadership Team, XCG Xtreme for podcast on ams.org: Edward Witten talked about Computing Group Lab, Microsoft Research. AMS member math and physics; Colin Adams talked about knot since 1993. theory; Meredith Greer talked about the math involved in designing roller coasters. Other mathematicians wrote “I chose to serve on the AMS Council and on the Committee on Science Policy in order to represent the interests of professional op-eds to reach a wide audience: "Don't Teach Math, mathematicians. The Committee on Science Policy meets in Coach It," by Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times, Washington annually to argue on behalf of Congressional support July 24, 2014; "Math can-do: Column," by Kathy Liu Sun, and approval for funding of research in basic science. Interfacing USA Today, July 9, 2014; "Mathematics is the engine that with government and funding agencies is important work and creates," by Pamela Clute, The Desert Sun, June 20, 2014; enables mathematicians to understand and connect with the base and "Have patience on imperfect Common Core," by John of support for our research. I have found it rewarding to represent Ewing, USA Today, May 21, 2014. the AMS in meetings with Congressional offices and to articulate the need for support for basic research in mathematics and the Many mathematicians serve on AMS policy committees importance of mathematics as a fundamental scientific discipline.” or otherwise try to “make a difference” for the good of the broader mathematics community—by advocating for funding and better math education, promoting awareness of mathematics, encouraging diversity in the profession, being a committed member of the AMS. The mathematical community benefits from the labors of those too many to mention here who serve on the committees on Science Policy, Publications, Education, Meetings & Conferences, and Profession, lead the annual Department Chairs Workshop, guide Congressional visits, and write for the On Teaching and Learning Mathematics or eMen- toring Network in the Mathematical Sciences blogs, for instance.

Again, we are grateful for the contributions of these engaged mathematicians who are such good communica- tors. How fruitless and dull it would be for all if these and others in the community didn’t participate, inform and advocate in so many ways.

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Issues and Outlook

The AMS remains robust in all ways: we are financially healthy, flexible and forward-looking, while addressing the ongoing challenges and opportunities of publishing trends, mathematics education at all levels, what it means to be a member of a professional society, and advocacy for federal funding of research. In 2014 we accomplished much more than can fit in this report. We initiated strategic planning for Mathematical Reviews and for the Society as a membership organization. We organized the standing-room-only Conversation on Nonacademic Employment session at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. We underwent preparations for expanded digital publishing. We hired T. Christine Stevens as Associate

Executive Director of the Meetings & Professional courtesyPhoto of UC Merced Services Division and Eriko Hironaka as Acquisitions Editor in the AMS Book Program, and Robert L. Bryant, Juan Meza, Dean, School of Natural Sciences, University Duke University, moved into the role of AMS President- of California, Merced. AMS member since 1991. elect. “I am always delighted to serve on joint committees. Not only Through its members, volunteers, leaders, staff, donors do I learn about the fascinating research going on in other and partner organizations, the AMS is poised to continue fields, but I'm learning it from some of the leading experts in furthering the careers of individual mathematicians and the field who also happen to be committee members. furthering the understanding of mathematics and its Some of the most exciting research these days is at the inter- importance. face between different fields. And not just between math and other scientific disciplines, but also between different areas of math. Working with the committees one can see just how vibrant mathematics has become in the last 10-20 years, with applications throughout the entire spectrum of science. And while researchers in many of the physical sciences have long recognized the utility of mathematics, it now plays a major role in many other areas such as biology, social sciences (through big data), and even the humanities. My only regret is not having enough time to delve more deeply into all of these areas.

What is definitely clear from working on these committees is that mathematics is and will remain an exciting and wonderful opportunity for our next generation of mathematicians.”

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Financial Review

The American Mathematical Society had a positive net operating margin of approximately $1.8 million in 2014. With these operating results, the Society has experienced a positive net income for more than two decades. The Society’s unrestricted net assets increased by $8.7 million primarily due to a 10.2% return on the long-term investments.

In 2014, the Society’s revenues increased by $1.6 million over 2013 revenues. The largest revenue increase is attributable to publishing operations, which experienced a 4% gain in revenues over 2013. This gain was due to modest subscription price increases and increased sales of electronic book backlists and subscriptions. An increase in unrestricted contributions, grant revenues, and operating portfolio investment income also contributed significantly to the bottom line. The pie chart below shows the breakdown of the Society’s revenues by percentage.

Expenses increased between 2013 and 2014 by about $1,000,000 or 3.8%. The American Mathematical Society has excellent budgetary controls over spending, ensuring that expenditures remain at appropriate levels.

The largest expense increase was related to personnel costs, which were up by 3%. The personnel expenses were mostly affected by modest salary raises and the addition of a small number of staff that were strategically added to departments. The contracted services expense increased by about $325,000. Much of these additional costs was related to strategic initiatives designed to improve the Society’s publishing technology and digitize the book backlist of the publishing program.

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ANNUAL REPORT, 2014 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 11 AMS Prize and Award Winners

The following prizes and awards were given at the 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings.

Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Levi L. Conant Prize Achievement Jeffrey Lagarias and Victor Kac Chuanming Zong

for his groundbreaking contributions to Lie for their article, "Mysteries in Theory and its applications to Mathematics and Packing Regular Tetrahedra," which Photo: Bryce Photo: Vickmark Mathematical Physics. appeared in Notices of the AMS, Volume 59, No. 11 (2012), 1540- Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical 1549. Exposition Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Robert Lazarsfeld Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate Student for his books Positivity in Algebraic Geometry I and II, published in 2004. Levent Alpoge

for several contributions in the fields of number theory, Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal probability, and combinatorics. Contribution to Research Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics Rostislav Grigorchuk Hee Oh

for his influential paper "Degrees of growth for her fundamental contributions to the fields of of finitely generated groups and the theory of dynamics on homogeneous spaces, discrete subgroups of invariant means," which appeared in Russian in Lie groups, and applications to number theory. 1984 in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya Matematicheskaya and in English translation a year later. George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize Mathematics Umberto Bottazzini

Emmanuel Candès for his many works in the history of mathematics, notably on the rise of modern mathematics in Italy and for his work on compressed sensing that has on analysis in the 19th and early 20th centuries. revolutionized signal processing and medical imaging and his related work on computational Bottazzini Vieri Photo: harmonic analysis, statistics and scientific computing. JPBM Communications Award 2015 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra Nate Silver Peter Scholze Through his articles for major media, his blog FiveThirtyEight.com, and his book The Signal and the for his work on perfectoid spaces which has led Noise, he has provided a great public service by showing to a solution of an important special case of the how sound quantitative methods can greatly increase weight-monodromy conjecture of Deligne. KeeAllen ESPN/ Images Photo: understanding of significant societal issues. Photo: George Photo: Bergman

12 Award for Impact on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics – 2014 Paul Sally, Jr.

for his work with teachers and students at the precollege level, which began in the 1960s and continued unabated until the day of his death.

Photo: Jason Smith; Courtesy of University of Chicago.

Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department – 2014 Williams College Department of Mathematics and Statistics

for its wide-ranging accomplishments and for being an inspiration to mathematics departments around the nation.

Photo: 2013 SMALL participants by Cesar E. Silva.

Mathematics Programs That Make a Difference Award – 2014 Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program for Women

for its successful efforts to encourage women to pursue doctoral work by helping them prepare for the rigors of graduate school and for building a thriving network of successful women in the field.

Photo: SMP community members (spanning 16 years), courtesy of Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program. Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics

for its significant efforts to encourage underrepresented minorities and women to continue in the study of mathematics.

Photo: Participants in RUSIS 2012, courtesy of Javier Rojo.

AMS Epsilon Fund 2014 Awards

AMS chose 22 summer math programs to receive Epsilon grants in 2014: All Girls/All Math; Camp Euclid; Canada/USA MathCamp; Governor's Institutes of Vermont: Mathematical Sciences; KSU Mathcircle Summer Enrichment Program; MathILy; MathPath; Mathworks Honors Summer Math Camp; Michigan Math and Science Scholars Summer Program; New York Math Circle High School Summer Program; PROMYS; PROTaSM (Puerto Rico Opportunities for Talented Students in Mathematics); Research Science Institute; Ross Mathematics Program; SMaRT

Photo: Students in the Epsilon-funded PROMYS held at Boston University. (Summer Mathematics Research Training Camp); Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC); Summer Program for Applied Rationality and Cognition; Summer Program in Mathematical Problem Solving; UMTYMP Summer Program; We Do Math; Williams College Math Camp (WCMC); Young Scholars Program.

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Dear AMS Members and Friends,

Our mathematics community is an exciting one. Dedication to mathematics moves the field ahead each day, and we all contribute in many ways. This Contributors Report acknowledges everyone who donated to the American Mathematical Society in 2014. Your gifts to the AMS allowed us to continue offering vital programs and services that address the needs of our wide-reaching and growing community.

The people and organizations listed here made gifts in 2014 that helped great things to happen, across all levels of scholarship. Budding young minds attended Epsilon-supported math camps where they learned new ideas; undergraduates received crucial financial assistance via Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky awards; graduate students deepened their studies with the help of AMS Graduate Student Chapters and the Graduate Student Travel Grant Program; early-career scholars collaborated within Mathematics Research Communities. Prizes were awarded to some of our most esteemed peers, and around the globe, mathematicians with limited resources were able to access research, thanks to the MathSciNet for Developing Countries program.

The mathematics of tomorrow develops from all our efforts today. Each and every gift helps mathematics advance and the Society is honored to be the steward of your generosity.

I extend my sincere gratitude to you for your support.

Donald E. McClure Executive Director

Thomas S. Fiske Society

Members1” 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 (2) Carl Faith Cathleen S. Morawetz B. A. and M. Lynn Taylor Walter O. Augenstein Isidore Fleischer Albert Nijenhuis Eugene Toll Kathleen Baxter Ramesh A. Gangolli Charles E. Parker II Edmond and Nancy Shirley and S Gerald. FISK BergumE Rosalind J. Guaraldo Franklin P. Peterson Tomastik AS SO Shirley Cashwell C Yanguang Charles Li Moshe Rosenfeld Steven H. Weintraub M I PeterO L. Duren E Joseph S. Mamelak Margaret W. Taft James V. Whittaker H T Y T

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Tribute Gifts The following friends, colleagues and family members are all being specially honored by a donation in support of mathematics. These gifts are a tangible homage to those who have passed on, or a way to honor people still living. The AMS is pleased to list the commemorated individuals and the 2014 donors who made these gifts possible.

Gifts were made in memory of the following individuals:

Maurice Auslander by Bernice L. Auslander Walter Baily by Adam Ginensky Salah Baouendi by Linda Preiss Rothschild Harvey Cohn by Michael Engber Lillian Feldman by Jacob Engelhardt Former AMS Production Staff by Victoria Ancona R. H. Fox by Lee P. Neuwirth Father Martin Hanhauser by Anonymous James E. Jamison by Richard J. Fleming Lucia Krompart by Karen L. Collins Cecil Lease by Matt Mundy Joseph Lehner by Zheindl Lehner Vincent O. McBrien by Joseph W. Paciorek Walter Mientka by Susan and Stephen Wildstrom Michael Moody by Francis Edward Su J. Keith Oddson by John C. Fay N. Tenney Peck by Emily Mann Peck Eugene Pflumm by Mollie Pflumm Arnold Ross by Paul P. Pollack Paul Sally by Ellen Heiser Jeremy Frank Shapiro by Francisco J. Jauffred Kathryn B. Toll by Eugene Toll Tsungming Tu by Loring W. Tu

Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals:

William Carroll by Stephen Van de Wetering Charles R. Diminnie by David Diminnie Morton E. Harris by Anonymous Mathematical Reviews judges at Moody’s Mega Math Challenge by SIAM Nikhil Patel by Anonymous Susan Wildstrom by Howard and Susan Weiss Richard Vitale by Malcolm and Avis Goldenberg, Ellen McKenna, Jean Vitale, Miriam Vitale and Rob Walzer, and Loretta Vitale Saks Gifts were made to the campaign for the Arnold Ross Lectures Endowed Fund in memory of Arnold Ross and Paul Sally by the following individuals:

Anonymous (7) Richard Greechie David M. Malon Jeffrey D. Adler David Harbater Donald E. McClure Ben Ahmed Andrew William Harrell Kanji Namba Tom M. Apostol Garry D. Hart Umberto Neri Walter O. Augenstein Bill Hassinger Jr. Monica Nevins Richard A. Baum Samuel S. Holland Jr. Annegret Paul Robert E. and William H. Jaco Raymond Rolwing Sylvia T. Bozeman Eugene C. Johnsen Judith D. Sally John D. Brillhart Kenneth David Johnson David A. Sanchez Robert S. Doran Barbara L. Keyfitz Freydoon Shahidi Hosly Dufour Ju-lee Kim David A. Vogan Jr. Gerald B. Folland Ronald J. Knill Joel L. Weiner Milton Alfred Glass Cathy E. Kriloff Noriko Yui Abraham Goetz Joan R. Leitzel Gaoyong Zhang Martin Golubitsky Maryanthe Malliaris

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Donors to the AMS The people and businesses listed below made gifts to the AMS between January 1–December 31, 2014. On behalf of all those who benefit from this generosity, the AMS extends its thanks to everyone who chose to support mathematics through 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 Rena J. Zieve David B. Massey David M. Bressoud Adam Ginensky (Gifts of $5,000 and above) George F. Leger Robert W. McKelvey Frank R. Brown Jr. Richard P. Goblirsch Zheindl Lehner Timothy E. McMahon W. Dale Brownawell Samuel Goldberg Anonymous (3) Albert and Microsoft Daniel M. Burns Jr. J. K. Goldhaber Tom M. Apostol Dorothy Marden Paul P. Pollack Charles Allen Butler Martin Golubitsky Adrian D. Banner Math for America Eric M. Rains Thomas R. Butts Jack E. Graver The Estate of James W. Maxwell Peter J. Riemer L. Lorne Campbell Robert Louis Griess Jr. Kathleen Baxter Donald E. McClure Linda Preiss Rothschild Corrado Cardarelli Phillip A. Griffith William J. Browning M. Susan Montgomery Marie D. Rutenbergs Bettye Anne Case Seymour Haber The Savage Charitable Jacques Neveu Norman E. Sexauer Alfred S. Cavaretta Jr. Peter Hagis Jr. Fund of the Community Emily Mann Peck Freydoon Shahidi Jagdish Chandra Mark Haiman Foundation of Broward Walter V. Petryshyn Lance W. Small Denis Charles Richard M. Hain William Craig Penelope Pina Keith Paul Smith Ronald J. Chase C. P. Harakis Donald W. and Loki der Quaeler Society for Industrial and Scott G. Chastain David Harbater Phyllis Kahn Samuel Murray Rankin III Applied Mathematics Pak Soong Chee Andrew William Harrell Harry Lucas Jr. Andrew M. and Joel H. Spencer Herman Chernoff Garry D. Hart George Lusztig Kathryn S. Rockett David A. Vogan Jr. Paul Robert Chernoff Adam O’Neill Eugene Toll Judith D. Sally Tammy King Walsh Richard C. Churchill Hausknecht ASSOCIATES Norton and Irene Starr Steven H. Weintraub Wil Clarke Ellen H. Heiser (Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999) Ronald J. and Heinz Wolfgang Wissner Donald L. Cohn Diane L. Herrmann and Sharon M. Stern Jay A. Wood Susan Jane Colley Andy Carter Anonymous (4) T. Christine Stevens George V. Woodrow III Bruce P. Conrad Gerald A. Heuer Anonymous Fund of Francis Edward Su Tsu C. Wu Arthur H. Copeland Jr. Gloria C. Hewitt the Toledo Community Terence Chi-Shen Tao Douglas L. Costa William R. Hintzman Foundation Loring W. Tu PATRONS Carl C. Cowen Peter David Hislop Jeffrey D. Adler Karen Uhlenbeck (Gifts of $100 to $499) Everett C. Dade Jonathan P. E. Hodgson Walter O. Augenstein Susan Schwartz Anonymous (66) James N. Damon Hartmut Hoft Joan and Joseph Birman Wildstrom and William W. Adams Jan W. Dash Samuel S. Holland Jr. Peter B. Bjorklund Stephen Wildstrom Roy L. Adler Paul L. Davis Roger H. Homer John D. Brillhart Daniel S. Alexander Guy M. De Primo R. T. Hoobler Robert L. Bryant and SPONSORS John S. Alin Ronald W. DeGray Henry C. Howard Reymundo A. Garcia (Gifts of $500 to $999) Stuart S. Antman Klaus Deimling Tiao-Tiao Hsu Nathaniel Chafee Anonymous (4) Kyle T. Antonevich Michael E. Detlefsen James G. Huard Roger Chalkley Manuel P. Berriozabal Richard A. Askey Charles R. Diminnie Joseph A. Hughes Ruth M. Charney Henrik Bresinsky Joel Avrin David Diminnie George W. Hukle John B. Conway Karl E. Byleen Christopher L. Barrett Robert S. Doran Thomas W. Hungerford Robert J. Daverman James C. Cantrell Theodore J. Barth Michael R. Douglas Hubert L. Hunzeker Jean E. de Valpine Peter Der Hyman Bass Peter L. Duren Felice Iavernaro John H. Ewing Earl F. Ecklund Jr. Peter H. Baxendale John W. Duskin Jr. I. Martin Isaacs Ronald and Richard L. Gantos Steven R. Bell Clifford J. Earle William Araujo Jacques Fan Chung Graham Frank D. Grosshans Wolfgang Bell IV Elmer Eisner Herve M. Jacquet Elizabeth Grossman and Audrey Cole Hand David P. Bellamy John C. Fay Francisco J. Jauffred Joshua Boorstein Jane M. Hawkins and Katalin A. Bencsath Mark E. Feighn Xiaomei Ji Carl E. Harrell Michael E. Taylor Georgia Benkart Burton I. Fein Eugene C. Johnsen Bill Hassinger Jr. Robert Hubata Christopher Bernhardt Norman Feldman Dale Martin Johnson Sigurdur Helgason Maria Margaret Klawe David S. Berry John C. Fenley David Copeland Johnson Tara S. Holm and R. Royce Kneece Jr. Edward A. Bertram Ian M. Ferris James P. Jones Tim Riley Robert V. Kohn George Berzsenyi Newman H. Fisher William B. Jones John M. Hosack Gary J. Kurowski Richard L. Bishop Wendell H. Fleming Seva and William H. Jaco Cecil E. Leith David E. Blair Gerald B. Folland Valentina Joukhovitski Kenneth David Johnson Robin Marek and Aldridge K. Bousfield William Fulton Henry Price Kagey Richard V. Kadison David Beutel John S. Bradley Lucas D. Gardella Julian R. Karelitz Greg Kuperberg and

16 Sheldon H. Katz Joseph S. Mamelak Louise Arakelian Ra- Edward L. Keenan Eugene A. Margerum phael Robert P. Kertz Greg Marks Christopher L. Reedy The AMS has played Barbara L. Keyfitz Murray Angus Marshall Jeffrey B. Remmel an important role in Ju-Lee Kim Wallace S. Martindale III Bruce Reznick every stage of my ca- L. Richardson King Stephen B. Maurer Barbara Slyder Rice reer, providing infor- Allan M. Kirch Raymond A. Mayer Jr. Marc A. Rieffel James M. and Rafe Mazzeo Vijay K. Rohatgi mation about profes- Jane E. Kister Thomas L. McCoy Alessandro Rosa sional opportunities, Benjamin G. Klein T. G. McLaughlin Sharon Cutler Ross opening doors to pro- Julia F. Knight George F. Meierhofer Herman Rubin fessional networks and Ronald J. Knill Michal Misiurewicz David Ryeburn expanding my vision of Hai-Ping Ko Lothrop Mittenthal Jeff Sachs mathematics. By giv- Photo by Mike Lovett Mike by Photo Janos Kollar Richard A. Moore Robert Lawrence Sachs ing to the AMS, we are Antoni A. Kosinski Frank Morgan Michael P. Saitas helping the next generation of mathematicians Ralph M. Krause Joseph R. Morris Habib Salehi to grow and to thrive. Cathy E. Kriloff Robert A. Morris Gary Sampson Jeanne LaDuke Kent E. Morrison David A. Sanchez —Ruth Charney, Kee Y. Lam Thomas W. Mullikin Chelluri C. A. Sastri AMS Chair of the Board Carl E. Langenhop Matt Mundy Carla D. Savage Joseph A. and James R. Munkres Samuel Schechter Betty Langsam Pauline Mann Nachbar Markus Schmidmeier James V. White Joseph Robert Armstead Suzanne L. Larson Kanji Namba Richard M. Schoen James V. Whittaker Kendall E. Atkinson Gregory F. Lawler Walter D. Neumann Bertram M. Schreiber Susan Gayle Williams Jean-Christophe Aubert Walter R. Lawson Charles W. Neville Mark Schroder Richard E. Williamson Bernice L. Auslander James W. Lea Jr. Monica Nevins Alan Schumitzky Edward Witten Scott E. Axelrod David B. Leep Peter E. Ney Robert J. Schwabauer Japheth L. M. Wood Sebastian Baader J. Larry Lehman Paul J. Nikolai Stuart A. Seligson John W. Wood Kiyoshi Baba Joan R. Leitzel Eric A. Nordgren George H. Senge Hung-Hsi Wu Richard J. Bagby H. W. Lenstra James E. Nymann T. Shintani Tatsuhiko Yagasaki Joni E. Baker Henry S. Leonard Jr. Arlene O'Sean Stanley R. Shubsda Jr. Masayuki Yamasaki Robert S. Baker Edward L. Lever Andrew M. Odlyzko Allan J. Silberger Michael Yanowitch John W. Bales Andrew M. Lewis Andrew P. Ogg Joseph H. Silverman Ghenji Yoshino Joseph A. Ball D. J. Lewis Joseph W. Paciorek Dev P. Sinha Sam Wayne Young Carlo Bardaro George M. Lewis Henry J. Passerini Irina F. Sivergina Radu Zaharopol Julio Edgardo Barety William James Lewis James M. Peek Christopher Skinner Eduard J. Zehnder Wayne W. Barrett Zvie Liberman Herbert A. Perkins John R. Smart David J. Barsky Robert J. Lipshutz and William G. Pertusi Louis Solomon FRIENDS Leo Barsotti Nancy Wong Mollie Pflumm John J. Spitzer (Gifts of less than $100) Karl F. Barth Friedrich Littmann Don L. Pigozzi Lori Sprague Ariel Elizabeth Barton George W. Lofquist Cornelius Pillen David A. Sprecher Anonymous (229) Aryeh Baruch Albert T. Lundell Gilles Pisier Olaf P. Stackelberg Ole Kristian Aamot Alexander Barvinok Clement H. Lutterodt Vaughan R. Pratt Ivar Stakgold Thuraya Juma Abdulla Jurgen O. Batt Russell D. Lyons Eric Todd Quinto and Richard P. Stanley William P. Abrams Fabrice Baudoin Michael C. Mackey Judith Anne Larsen Clarence F. Stephens Ben Ahmed Frances B. Bauer Konstantin Makarychev Paul H. Rabinowitz Susquehanna Nasir Uddin Ahmed Richard A. Baum J. J. Malone James V. Ralston International Group T. M. G. Ahsanullah Gilbert Baumslag Margaret W. Taft Tadashi Aikou J. Thomas Beale Richard B. Talmadge Roger K. Alexander Edward Beckenstein The math department has been split into two build- John T. and Gerald L. Alexanderson David S. Becker ings for many years at Texas A&M…. This past April, Carol P. Tate AmazonSmile John A. Beekman the pure math department moved into the applied Laurence R. Taylor Foundation Wolfgang Beekmann math building, finally unifying the department. We Prasad V. Tetali Alexander Anthony Horst Behncke decided to host two teas to bring together all the John Alexander Thacker Ambrioso sarah-marie belcastro Robert J. Thompson Vrege Jolfai graduate students and professors…. They were a Igor Belegradek John A. Thorpe Amirkahanian huge success. Jean V. Bellissard Tuong Ton-That Fredric Davis Ancel James W. Benham Selden Y. Trimble V Victoria Ancona —AMS Graduate Student Chapter, Texas A&M Sterling K. Berberian R. Lee Van de Wetering Joel H. Anderson Alan E. Berger Stephen Van de Wetering John D. Anderson George M. Bergman Wolmer V. Vasconcelos Marlow E. Anderson Swanhild Bernstein Dan-Virgil Voiculescu Michael T. Anderson James S. Bethel Justin Clement Walker Peter P. Andre Nicholas J. Bezak John H. Walter Benjamin Andrews Gautam Bharali Evelyn K. Wantland George E. Andrews Thomas F. 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ANNUAL REPORT, 2014 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 17 Katalin Bimbo Sylvain E. Cappell Laura G. DeMarco Benjamin Fine Gerhard E. Hahne Terrence Paul Bisson Jon F. Carlson Robert L. Devaney Benji N. Fisher Ruth M. Hailperin Denis Blackmore Francis W. Carroll Beverly E. J. Diamond Uri Fixman Andras Hajnal John D. Blanton David W. Carter Harold G. Diamond Richard J. Fleming Alfred W. Hales Steven E. Blasberg James R. Case Jozef Dodziuk Julie A. Fondurulia Brian C. Hall David S. Bloom Daniel T. Casey Heinz Deitrich Doebner Paul Fong Heiko Harborth James V. Blowers Robert G. Cawley Pierre E. Dolbeault Marco Fontana Rebecca A. Haschke Gebhard Boeckle Thomas E. Cecil Dogan Donmez S. Ashby Foote Peter Niels Heller Joseph E. Bonin Seth D. Chaiken Liam A. Donohoe Simon John Fraser Leo Hellerman G. L. Booth Gulbank D. Chakerian Boro Doering Michael W. Frazier Robert L. Hemminger Grant M. Boquet Sangeeta Chaudhary Ronald G. Douglas Walden Freedman Francis McVey Attila Boros Kwan-Wei Chen Karl Heinz Dovermann Peter J. Freyd Henderson Leonard John Borucki Louis H. Y. Chen Alex J. Dragt Stephen H. Friedberg Thomas Henningsen Rupert D. Boswell Jr. William A. Cherry Ronald Lewis Drake Merwyn M. Friedman Christopher M. Herald Michel Bousquet Stuart Citrin Alexander N. Daniel E. Frohardt Jan Hertrich-Wolenski Ward D. Bouwsma Chester Dodge Clark Dranishnikov Bent Fuglede Gerald N. Hile Robert E. and Bill J. Clarke Bruce K. Driver E. Gebhard Fuhrken Nancy Hingston Sylvia T. Bozeman William Clee Thomas L. Drucker Ichiro Fujimoto John J. Hirschfelder Tom C. Braden Daniel I. A. Cohen Eduardo Duenez Charles Thomas Fulton Ronald Hirshon Richard C. Bradley Frederick R. Cohen Hosly Dufour Steven Allen Gabriel Chungwu Ho Steven B. Bradlow Ralph L. Cohen Krishan Lal Duggal Jean H. Gallier Helmut H. W. Hofer Louis R. Bragg Luann Cole Steve N. Dulaney Joseph M. Gani Michael E. Hoffman Kenneth A. Brakke Paul Dana Cole Loyal Durand Ryan L. Garibaldi Detlev W. Hoffmann Alberto Branciari Karen L. Collins Patrick Barry Eberlein Howard Garland Jorgen Hoffmann- Fred Brauer Daniel Comenetz Allan L. Edmonds Ross Geoghegan Jorgensen Mikhail Brodsky Frank F. Connor Robert D. Edwards Francis George Charles S. Holmes Kenneth S. Brown Thomas A. Cootz William I. Eggers Eberhard G. P. Gerlach John M. Holte Lawrence G. Brown Heinz O. Cordes Gertrude Ehrlich Murray Gerstenhaber Jean MacGregor Horn Robert F. Brown Constantin Corduneanu Stanley Mamour Joseph L. Gerver V. Dwight House Andrew M. Bruckner Thomas Carney Corrigan Einstein-Matthews Ira M. Gessel Fredric T. Howard Robert R. Bruner Ovidiu Costin Sylvan H. Eisman Richard M. Gillette J. S. Hsia Barry W. Brunson Malcolm A. Coulter Samuel Ekong Maurice Eugene Gilmore Pao-sheng Hsu Wlodek Bryc Michael D. Covney Joanne Elliott Anthony J. Giovannitti Verena Huber-Dyson Nicholas P. Buchdahl Lenore J. Cowen and Steven P. Ellis James G. Glimm Archibald Perrin Hudgins Joseph T. Buckley William Bogstad Richard S. Elman Kazimierz A. Goebel Denise Huet Richard S. Bucy Anthony F. Crisafulli Michael Engber Abraham Goetz Anne Hughes Daniel Buehler Donald L. Curlovic Jacob Engelhardt Robert Gold Mark E. Huibregtse Ioan Sebastian Buhai Bradley N. Currey Jessie Ann Engle Malcolm and Birge K. Huisgen- Robert Bumcrot Albert W. Currier Hans P. Engler Avis Goldenberg Zimmermann Daniel Willis Bump David Scott Cyphers Philip G. Engstrom William Mark Goldman Paul D. and Krzysztof Burdzy John P. Dalbec Linda L. Eroh Boris Ivanovich Golubov Bonnie Humke Richard H. Burkhart M. Hilary Davies Kumar Eswaran Jose Luis Gomez Pardo Kenneth E. Hummel Stefan A. Burr Chandler Davis Leonard Evens Kenneth R. Goodearl Livia Hummel Colin J. Bushnell Donald M. Davis James Farrington Philip Goodman James E. Humphreys Ralph Stevens Butcher Martin D. Davis Frank A. Farris Roe W. Goodman Jefferson James Hunt George M. Butler Luz Maria DeAlba Solomon Feferman Robert K. Goodrich Karen C. Hunt Nigel Paul Byott Anthony T. Dean Arnold D. Feldman Edward James Gorcenski Walker E. Hunt Luciano Caccianotti Aristide Deleanu Dominique Fellah Yasuhiro Goto Michael G. Hurley David J. Grabiner Joan P. Hutchinson Sidney W. Graham Francesco Iachello Without MathSciNet my work as Todor V. Gramchev Pascal Imhof a teacher and researcher would be Kevin A. Grasse Ettore Ferrari Infante severely compromised. Larry K. Graves Lynne Kamstra Ipina Gabriele H. Greco Ron Irving Curtis Greene Mourad E. H. Ismail —Nick Gill, Peter H. Greene N. M. Ivochkina Professor at Universidad de Allan T. Greenleaf William Burkley Jacob Costa Rica, an MDC-supported Frederick P. Greenleaf David M. James university. Gerd Grubb Melvin Janowitz Gudrun M. Gunnarsdottir James Jantosciak Bodvarsson Herbert Jarszick Photo courtesy of Universidad de Costa Rica Shiv Kumar Gupta Trevor M. Jarvis

18 George A. Jennings David R. Larson William D. McIntosh Hans Jorgen Jensen Raphael Alexander Ellen McKenna Charles H. Jepsen Laufer Thomas William McNeill David Jerison Lorraine D. Lavallee George Joseph McNinch Arnold A. Johanson H. Blaine Lawson Jr. Robert C. McOwen Trygve Johnsen Claude LeBrun Alberto Medina Bradford W. Johnson Gun-Won Lee David Meier David L. Johnson John M. Lee Anders Melin Donald G. Johnson Ke-Seung Lee William Wyatt Menasco Norman W. Johnson Robert N. Leggett Jr. Bruce Mericle Theodore D. Johnson Gerald M. Leibowitz Jorma K. Merikoski Virginia V. Jory Ricardo Soares Leite Kenneth R. Meyer Winfried Just Andrew Lenard Alexei G. Miasnikov Jeffry N. Kahn James I. Lepowsky John Joseph Michels Thank you for supporting & funding the Agnes M. Kalemaris Brian Lessing Marvin V. Mielke Youth Scholars Program. This summer Stanley Kaplan Steven C. Leth Arthur Frederic Miller I have learned many new things I had Martin Lewis Karel Howard A. Levine Jack M. Miller only the faintest idea of before, such as Johan Karlsson Bernard W. Levinger Michael J. Miller modular arithmetic, number bases, and Martin D. Kassabov Michael David Levy Russell G. Miller cyclotomic polynomials! Victor J. Katz Paul Levy Thomas Len Miller Louis H. Kauffman Frederick W. Leysieffer William David Miller —Ahana, 8th grade participant at John P. Kavanagh Jaung Liang C. David Minda Epsilon Fund-supported camp James E. Keisler Stephen Lichtenbaum Norman D. Mirsky Edward L. Keller Elliott H. Lieb Guido Mislin Wayne G. Kellner Denise A. Lima John A. Mitchem David C. Kelly Shen Lin Linda June Moniz John T. Kemper Charles E. Lindsey Paul H. Monsky Scott C. Otermat Florian Pop John F. Kennison Peter A. Linnell Barbara B. Moore James C. Owings Jr. Aleksey Popelyukhin Dmitry Khavinson Miriam A. Alberto Cezar Moreira Judith A. Packer Gerald J. Porter Michael K. H. Kiessling Lipschutz-Yevick Carlos Julio Moreno Felipe M. Pait Robert Michael Porter Tatsuo Kimura Sally Irene Lipsey Larry J. Morley Jingyal Pak Alan Powell Wilfred M. Kincaid Ming Chit Liu Joshua Homer Morris Bob Palais Stanley Preiser Donald R. King Tsai-Sheng Liu Joseph G. Moser Fotios C. Paliogiannis Martin E. Price Kelley H. Kirklin Paul Graf Loewner Motohico Mulase Bruce P. Palka Jozef Henryk Przytycki Ellen E. Kirkman Charles J. Lombardo Jessica Mullison Diethard Ernst Eric L. Pugh Paul O. Kirley John M. Long Gratten P. Murphy Pallaschke Cary Baker Rader Jan Kisynski William C. Lordan Bruno L. Nachtergaele John H. Palmieri Louis B. Rall Peter H. Kleban Eduardo A. Luna Alexander Nagel Michelle I. Paraiso Dinakar Ramakrishnan Donald E. Knuth Leo Lutchansky Jr. Kuniaki Nakamitsu Charles E. Parker II Melapalayam S. Richard M. Koch Norman Y. Luther Takao Namiki Thomas H. Parker Ramanujan Alfred Koestner Mehran Mahdavi Joseph Neggers Alberto Parmeggiani M. M. Rao Yoshiharu Kohayakawa Peter Malcolmson Csaba Nemethi Walter R. Parry Salvatore Rao Kurt Siegfried Kolbig Joseph Malkevitch Umberto Neri Bozenna Pasik-Duncan S. W. Rayment Heinz J. Konig David M. Malon Lee P. Neuwirth Donald S. Passman Frank Raymond Ralph D. Kopperman Alfred P. Maneki Liviu I. Nicolaescu Donald A. Patterson David E. Reese Adnah G. Kostenbauder John L. Manferdelli Lance W. Nielsen Nicholas J. Patterson Eugenio Regazzini P. Robert Kotiuga Stefano Marchiafava Louis Nirenberg Walter M. Patterson III Michael Reid Jurg Kramer Sebastian M. Marotta Togo Nishiura Annegret Paul Andrew Reiter Herbert C. Kranzer David Imler Marshall Ricardo H. Nochetto Daniel Pawlak Vladimir Retakh Gary R. Krumpholz Jeremy L. Martin Virginia A. Noonburg Stephen Pennell Michael Bela Revesz Wei-Eihn Kuan Nathaniel F. G. Martin Rutger Noot John W. Pennisten Robert J. Reynolds Robert P. Kurshan Donald E. Maurer Beth A. Novick Juan C. Peral Martin G. Ribe Carole B. Lacampagne John C. Mayer Louis Lawrence Odette Maria Cristina Pereyra Stephen J. Ricci Jean-Pierre Leonard Emeka Donatus Mbonu Hajimu Ogawa Chris Person-Rennell Norman J. Richert Laffineur James G. McLaughlin Mogens Norgaard Olesen Justin R. Peters John H. Rickert Richard B. Lakein Byron Leon McAllister Robert F. Olin Troels Petersen Eleanor G. Rieffel John Patrick Lambert William G. McCallum Paul D. Olson John W. Petro Robert D. Rigdon Peter S. Landweber Jon McCammond John A. Oman Emmanuel R. Peyre Jose Rio Leo J. Lange Robert M. McConnel Michael K. Ong Jonathan Pila Thomas W. Rishel David C. Lantz John G. McDonald Yoshitsugu Oono Steven Pincus Frederic Robert Peter A. Lappan Jr. Robert B. McFadden Edward T. Ordman Jill Catherine Pipher Anne D. and Lawrence J. Lardy O. Carruth McGehee Mikhail Ostrovskii Harriet S. Pollatsek Paul C. Roberts

ANNUAL REPORT, 2014 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 19 Joel L. Roberts Dieter S. Schmidt David L. Skoug Neil Robertson Cedric F. Schubert Deborah J. Smith Charles D. Robinson John Schue Richard A. Smith Derek J. S. Robinson George W. Schueller Wilbur L. Smith David E. Rohrlich Paul E. Schupp Joel A. Smoller Judith Roitman Augusta L. Schurrer William M. Snyder Jr. Raymond H. Rolwing Charles Freund Schwartz Siavash H. Sohrab Guillermo Romero Gerald W. Schwarz Stephen E. Spielberg Melendez Fritz Schweiger Alan P. Sprague Jonathan M. Rosenberg Laurence Britt Schweitzer Ross E. Staffeldt Kenneth A. Ross Stanley L. Sclove Philip A. Stahl Hugo Rossi Warner Henry Harvey William L. Stamey Erik Demaine, Arnold Ross Lecture, 2013 at Museum of Math Adrian S. Roth Scott III Lee James Stanley Cecil C. Rousseau Stephen A. Sedory Dennis W. Stanton Thanks again for a terrific event…. I think Dr. Ross Virginia G. Rovnyak George B. Seligman Christopher W. Stark would have been happy to know that such a terrific James Samuel Royer Mohamed W. I. Sesay Russell Lynn Stead lecture series encourages kids to do mathematics. Joachim H. Rubinstein Richard J. Shaker Sherman K. Stein Bernard Russo Zhongwei Shen David R. Steinsaltz —Arnold Ross Cihan K. Saclioglu Ching-Kuang Shene John Colin Stillwell Lecture attendee Hal Sadofsky John C. Shepherdson Paul K. Stockmeyer Hector N. Salas Shey-Shiung Sheu Alexander P. Stone Luis C. Salinas Shu Shi H. A. Stone Jean Vitale Thomas P. Witelski Thomas S. Salisbury Kenichi Shiraiwa Emil J. Straube Miriam Vitale and Louis Witten Laurent Saloff-Coste Steven E. Shreve Volker Strehl Robert Walzer Scott A. Wolpert Robert W. Sanders Kurt Shultz Gerhard O. Strohmer Loretta Vitale Saks Arthur Wouk Ulderico Santarelli Stuart J. Sidney Garrett James Stuck Marie A. Vitulli Bostwick F. Wyman Stanley A. Sawyer Anastasios Simalarides William D. Sudderth Paul S. Voigt Marvin Yablon Karen Saxe Patrick J. Sime Richard W. Sullivan Paul A. Vojta Paul C. Yang Juan Jorge Schaffer Lloyd D. Simons Kelly John Suman Hans W. Volkmer Mitsuru Yasuhara Doris W. Schattschneider Ya G. Sinai Myron M. Sussman Michelle Wachs Suresh Yegnashankaran Gideon Schechtman Walter S. Sizer Andrew V. Sutherland William M. Wagner J. Michael Yohe John F. Schmeelk Jon A. Sjogren Roman Sznajder Jonathan M. Wahl Donald F. Young Lajos F. Takacs William Wallace Jeff Younger Yoshihiro Tanaka William Paul Walsh Noriko Yui Daniel Joseph Tancredi Frederick Walters Charles T. Zahn Elliot A. Tanis Hans Ulrich Walther Jean-Claude Zambrini James J. Tattersall Pei-yong Wang Michael M. Zarka Keith A. Taylor Buck Ware Thomas Zaslavsky Michael D. Taylor Arthur G. Wasserman Ahmed I. Zayed Samuel James Taylor Herbert Harold Wathan Steven M. Zelditch Zach Teitler Mark E. Watkins Jose Zero Edward C. Thoele Greg M. Watson David E. Zitarelli Edward G. Thurber Edward C. Waymire Steven M. Zucker Craig A. Tracy Clarence Eugene Wayne John A. Zweibel Charles R. Traina Cary H. Webb Paul F. Zweifel Spiros Peter Tsatsanis David L. Webb Kazo Tsuji Glenn F. Webb Kouzou Tsukiyama Michael I. Weinstein Masayoshi Tsutsumi Howard and Susan Weiss Thomas Francis Tyler Elisabeth M. Werner Photo courtesy PROTaSM of Photo Johan Tysk Robert J. Wernick Jeremy Taylor Tyson John E. Wetzel I am learning so much that I’ve never Michael Lawrence Ulrey Charles M. White learned before. So thanks for the support James L. Ulrich Douglas E. White because this is the best thing that ever hap- Harald Upmeier Brian D. Wick pened to me. John A. W. Upton David Jacob Wildstrom —Francisco, Johannes A. Van Casteren Steven V. Wilkinson 8th grade participant at H. N. Van Eck Robert Lee Wilson Epsilon Fund-supported camp Jan Van Neerven Samuel Ronald Windsor Joseph C. Varilly F. Wintrobe Sjoerd M. Verduyn Lunel Bettina Wiskott

20 2015 Officers:

President: Robert L. Bryant, Duke University Immediate Past President: David A. Vogan, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Vice Presidents: Carlos E. Kenig, University of Chicago Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California Christoph M. Thiele, University of Bonn Secretary: Carla D. Savage, North Carolina State University Associate Secretaries: Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin, Madison Brian D. Boe, University of Georgia Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside Steven H. Weintraub, Lehigh University Treasurer: Jane M. Hawkins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Associate Treasurer: Zbigniew H. Nitecki, Tufts University

2015 Board of Trustees:

Robert L. Bryant, Duke University (ex officio) Ruth M. Charney, Brandeis University Jane M. Hawkins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (ex officio) William H. Jaco, Oklahoma State University Robert K. Lazarsfeld, Stony Brook University Zbigniew H. Nitecki, Tufts University (ex officio) Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University Karen Vogtmann, University of Warwick

2015 Council:

Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia Michael J. Larsen, Indiana University Matthew Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Kristin E. Lauter, Microsoft Research Hélène Barcelo, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Pennsylvania State University Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin, Madison Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California Brian D. Boe, University of Georgia Zbigniew H. Nitecki, Tufts University Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University Ken Ono, Emory University Robert L. Bryant, Duke University Nâtasa Pavlović, University of Texas, Austin Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis Mary Pugh, University of Toronto Richard T. Durrett, Duke University Amber L. Puha, California State University, San Marcos Lisa J. Fauci, Tulane University Kenneth A. Ribet, University of California, Berkeley Sergey V. Fomin, University of Michigan Peter Sarnak, Princeton University Edward Frenkel, University of California, Berkeley Carla D. Savage, North Carolina State University Susan J. Friedlander, University of Southern California Michael A. Singer, University College London Pamela Gorkin, Bucknell University Ronald M. Solomon, Ohio State University Allan Greenleaf, University of Rochester Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College Jane M. Hawkins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Christoph M. Thiele, Universität Bonn Tara S. Holm, Cornell University David A. Vogan, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carlos E. Kenig, University of Chicago Steven H. Weintraub, Lehigh University Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside

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