| Born |
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December 19, 1937, New York, New York
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| Education |
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1959, Ph.D.,
Princeton University
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| Positions Held |
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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
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| Prizes and Honors |
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1965 Veblen Prize, American Mathematical Society
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
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