News Release
MARGARET H. WRIGHT RECEIVES
AMS DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
For more information, contact:
Mike Breen or Annette Emerson, AMS Public Awareness Officers
Email: paoffice@ams.org
Telephone: 401-455-4000
Fax: 401-331-3842
January 7, 2002
PROVIDENCE, RI---Margaret H. Wright of New York University will receive the
2002 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service. Presented every two years by
the American Mathematical Society, this award recognizes a research
mathematician who has made a distinguished contribution to the mathematics
profession through public service during the preceding five years. The prize
will be awarded today at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego,
California.
Dr. Wright is being honored for her diverse and extensive service to the
scientific community. She has played leadership roles in a number of
scientific and mathematical advisory committees at the national
level. She was
president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1995-1996
and has also been an editor for several journals. For many years she has been
active in encouraging women and minority students.
Further information about AMS prizes may be found at http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards.
Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the
30,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through
programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses,
strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation
of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday
life.
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