Cathleen Synge Morawetz Receives 2004 AMS Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement

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January 8, 2004

PROVIDENCE, RI---Cathleen Synge Morawetz of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, is receiving the 2004 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics. The prize will be awarded today at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Phoenix, Arizona.

"Cathleen Morawetz has greatly influenced mathematics in the broad sense throughout her long and distinguished career," the prize citation states. In addition to her deep contributions to partial differential equations, transonic flow, and other areas of applied mathematics, she provided guidance and inspiration to colleagues and students alike. She also provided a remarkable measure of service to the mathematical community through her membership on many AMS committees and through her term as AMS President (1995-1997). "She dispatched her duties in these roles with excellence and did not merely serve; she provided leadership," the prize citation says.

Further information about AMS prizes may be found at http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards.

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