54. Arthur M. Jaffe

President, 1997–1998

Ph.D. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1966

Jaffe's major scientific work has been in quantum field theory and the mathematics it inspires. After serving as president of the AMS, he became Chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. In both roles he was a strong advocate for mathematics and science and participated in bringing together different scientific societies to focus on increasing government support of research.

In 1998, Jaffe guided the conception of the Clay Mathematics Institute and served as its founding president from 1999 to 2002. Jaffe is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is the Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science at Harvard University. Jaffe is a Fellow of the AMS.

Additional information

• MR Author Profile
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Arthur M. Jaffe, Harvard University
• National Academy of Sciences
• Fellow of the AMS
• "Nomination for Arthur Jaffe," (for AMS President Elect), by Barry Mazur and Vaughan Jones, Notices of the AMS, September 1995, p.1004.
• "Interview with AMS President Arthur Jaffe," by Allyn Jackson, Notices of the AMS, January 1999, p.221.
• "The Clay Mathematics Institute," by Allyn Jackson, Notices of the AMS, September 1999, p.888.
• "Mathematics: An Interview with AMS President Arthur Jaffe," by Allyn Jackson, Notices of the AMS, December 1997, p.1459.