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About the AMS AMS Membership Governance Giving to the AMS Prizes & Awards Contact Us 201 Charles Street Providence, RI 02904 USA Phone: 401-455-4000 or 800-321-4AMS Or email us at ams@ams.org Open Positions	Past Officers and Lecturers Presidents Secretaries Treasurers Colloquium Lecturers Gibbs Lecturers Presidents (see also AMS Presidents: A Timeline ) J. H. Van Amringe, 1889, 1890 J. E. McClintock, 1891-1894 G. W. Hill, 1895, 1896 Simon Newcomb, 1897, 1898 R. S. Woodward, 1899, 1900 E. H. Moore, 1901, 1902 T. S. Fiske, 1903, 1904 W. F. Osgood, 1905, 1906 H. S. White, 1907, 1908 Maxime Bôcher, 1909, 1910 H. B. Fine, 1911, 1912 E. B. Van Vleck, 1913, 1914 E. W. Brown, 1915, 1916 L. E. Dickson, 1917, 1918 Frank Morley, 1919, 1920 G. A. Bliss, 1921, 1922 Oswald Veblen, 1923, 1924 G. D. Birkhoff, 1925, 1926 Virgil Snyder, 1927, 1928 E. R. Hedrick, 1929, 1930 L. P. Eisenhart, 1931, 1932 A. B. Coble, 1933, 1934 Solomon Lefschetz, 1935, 1936 R. L. Moore, 1937, 1938 G. C. Evans, 1939, 1940 Marston Morse, 1941, 1942 M. H. Stone, 1943, 1944 T. H. Hildebrandt, 1945, 1946 Einar Hille, 1947, 1948 J. L. Walsh, 1949, 1950 John von Neumann, 1951, 1952 G. T. Whyburn, 1953, 1954 R. L. Wilder, 1955, 1956 Richard Brauer, 1957, 1958 E. J. McShane, 1959, 1960 Deane Montgomery, 1961, 1962 J. L. Doob, 1963, 1964 A. A. Albert, 1965, 1966 C. B. Morrey, Jr., 1967, 1968 Oscar Zariski, 1969, 1970 Nathan Jacobson, 1971, 1972 Saunders Mac Lane, 1973, 1974 Lipman Bers, 1975, 1976 R. H. Bing, 1977, 1978 Peter D. Lax, 1979, 1980 Andrew M. Gleason, 1981, 1982 Julia B. Robinson, 1983, 1984 Irving Kaplansky, 1985, 1986 George Daniel Mostow, 1987, 1988 William Browder, 1989, 1990 Michael Artin, 1991, 1992 Ronald L. Graham, 1993, 1994 Cathleen Synge Morawetz, 1995, 1996 Arthur M. Jaffe, 1997, 1998 Felix E. Browder, 1999, 2000 Hyman Bass, 2001, 2002 David Eisenbud, 2003, 2004 James G. Arthur, 2005, 2006 James G. Glimm, 2007, 2008 Secretaries T. S. Fiske, 1888-1895 F. N. Cole, 1896-1920 R. G. D. Richardson, 1921-1940 J. R. Kline, 1941-1950 E. G. Begle, 1951-1956 J. W. Green, 1957-1966 Everett Pitcher, 1967-1988 Robert M. Fossum, 1989-1998 Robert J. Daverman, 1999- Treasurers T. S. Fiske, 1890, 1891 Harold Jacoby, 1892-1894 R. S. Woodward, 1895, 1896 Harold Jacoby, 1897-1899 W. S. Dennett, 1900-1907 J. H. Tanner, 1908-1920 W. B. Fite, 1921-1929 G. W. Mullins, 1930-1936 P. A. Smith, 1937 B. P. Gill, 1938-1948 A. E. Meder, Jr., 1949-1964 W. T. Martin, 1965-1973 Franklin P. Peterson, 1974-1998 John M. Franks, 1999- Colloquium Lecturers (see also http://www.ams.org/meetings/colloquium-lect.html ) James Pierpont, 1896 Maxime Bôcher, 1896 W. F. Osgood, 1898 A. G. Webster, 1898 Oskar Bolza, 1901 E. W. Brown, 1901 H. S. White, 1903 F. S. Woods, 1903 E. B. Van Vleck, 1903 E. H. Moore, 1906 E. J. Wilczynski, 1906 Max Mason, 1906 G. A. Bliss, 1909 Edward Kasner, 1909 L. E. Dickson, 1913 W. F. Osgood, 1913 G. C. Evans, 1916 Oswald Veblen, 1916 G. D. Birkhoff, 1920 F. R. Moulton, 1920 L. P. Eisenhart, 1925 Dunham Jackson, 1925 E. T. Bell, 1927 Anna Pell-Wheeler, 1927 A. B. Coble, 1928 R. L. Moore, 1929 Solomon Lefschetz, 1930 Marston Morse, 1931 J. F. Ritt, 1932 R. E. A. C. Paley, 1934 Norbert Wiener, 1934 H. S. Vandiver, 1935 E. W. Chittenden, 1936 John von Neumann, 1937 A. A. Albert, 1939 M. H. Stone, 1939 G. T. Whyburn, 1940 Oystein Ore, 1941 R. L. Wilder, 1942 E. J. McShane, 1943 Einar Hille, 1944 Tibor Radó, 1945 Hassler Whitney, 1946 Oscar Zariski, 1947 Richard Brauer, 1948 G. A. Hedlund, 1949 Deane Montgomery, 1951 Alfred Tarski, 1952 Antoni Zygmund, 1953 Nathan Jacobson, 1955 Salomon Bochner, 1956 N. E. Steenrod, 1957 J. L. Doob, 1959 S. S. Chern, 1960 G. W. Mackey, 1961 Saunders Mac Lane, 1963 C. B. Morrey, Jr., 1964 A. P. Calderón, 1965 Samuel Eilenberg, 1967 D. C. Spencer, 1968 J. W. Milnor, 1968 Raoul H. Bott, 1969 Harish-Chandra, 1969 R. H. Bing, 1970 Lipman Bers, 1971 Armand Borel, 1971 Stephen Smale, 1972 John T. Tate, 1972 M. F. Atiyah, 1973 E. A. Bishop, 1973 F. E. Browder, 1973 Louis Nirenberg, 1974 John G. Thompson, 1974 H. Jerome Keisler, 1975 Ellis R. Kolchin, 1975 Elias M. Stein, 1975 I. M. Singer, 1976 Jürgen K. Moser, 1976 William Browder, 1977 Herbert Federer, 1977 Hyman Bass, 1978 Philip A. Griffiths, 1979 George D. Mostow, 1979 Julia B. Robinson, 1980 Wolfgang M. Schmidt, 1980 Mark Kac, 1981 Serge Lang, 1981 Dennis Sullivan, 1982 Morris W. Hirsch, 1982 Charles L. Fefferman, 1983 Bertram Kostant, 1983 Barry Mazur, 1984 Paul H. Rabinowitz, 1984 Daniel Gorenstein, 1985 Karen K. Uhlenbeck, 1985 Shing-Tung Yau, 1986 Peter D. Lax, 1987 Edward Witten, 1987 Victor W. Guillemin, 1988 Nicholas Katz, 1989 William P. Thurston, 1989 Shlomo Sternberg, 1990 Robert D. MacPherson, 1991 Robert P. Langlands, 1992 Luis A. Caffarelli, 1993 Sergiu Klainerman, 1993 Jean Bourgain, 1994 Clifford H. Taubes, 1995 Andrew W. Wiles, 1996 Daniel W. Stroock, 1997 Gian-Carlo Rota, 1998 Helmut H. Hofer, 1999 Curtis T. McMullen, 2000 Janos Kollar, 2001 L. Craig Evans, 2002 Peter Sarnak, 2003 Sun-Yung Alice Chang, 2004 Robert K. Lazarsfeld, 2005 Hendrik W. Lenstra Jr., 2006 Andrei Okounkov, 2007 Wendelin Werner, 2008 Gibbs Lecturers (see also http://www.ams.org/meetings/gibbs-lect.html ) M. I. Pupin, 1923 Robert Henderson, 1924 James Pierpont, 1925 H. B. Williams, 1926 E. W. Brown, 1927 G. H. Hardy, 1928 Irving Fisher, 1929 E. B. Wilson, 1930 P. W. Bridgman, 1931 R. C. Tolman, 1932 Albert Einstein, 1934 Vannevar Bush, 1935 H. N. Russell, 1936 C. A. Kraus, 1937 Theodore von Kármán, 1939 Sewall Wright, 1941 Harry Bateman, 1943 John von Neumann, 1944 J. C. Slater, 1945 S. Chandrasekhar, 1946 P. M. Morse, 1947 Hermann Weyl, 1948 Norbert Wiener, 1949 G. E. Uhlenbeck, 1950 Kurt Gödel, 1951 Marston Morse, 1952 Wassily Leontief, 1953 K. O. Friedrichs, 1954 J. E. Mayer, 1955 M. H. Stone, 1956 H. J. Muller, 1958 J. M. Burgers, 1959 Julian Schwinger, 1960 J. J. Stoker, 1961 C. N. Yang, 1962 C. E. Shannon, 1963 Lars Onsager, 1964 D. H. Lehmer, 1965 Martin Schwarzschild, 1966 Mark Kac, 1967 E. P. Wigner, 1968 R. L. Wilder, 1969 W. H. Munk, 1970 E. F. F. Hopf, 1971 F. J. Dyson, 1972 J. K. Moser, 1973 Paul A. Samuelson, 1974 Fritz John, 1975 Arthur S. Wightman, 1976 Joseph B. Keller, 1977 Donald E. Knuth, 1978 Martin D. Kruskal, 1979 Kenneth G. Wilson, 1980 Cathleen Synge Morawetz, 1981 Elliott W. Montroll, 1982 Samuel Karlin, 1983 Herbert A. Simon, 1984 Michael O. Rabin, 1985 L. E. Scriven, 1986 Thomas C. Spencer, 1987 David P. Ruelle, 1988 Elliott H. Lieb, 1989 George B. Dantzig, 1990 Michael F. Atiyah, 1991 Michael E. Fisher, 1992 Charles S. Peskin, 1993 Robert M. May, 1994 Andrew J. Majda, 1995 Steven Weinberg, 1996 Persi Diaconis, 1997 Edward Witten, 1998 Nancy Kopell, 1999 Roger Penrose, 2000 Ronald L. Graham, 2001 Michael V. Berry, 2002 David B. Mumford, 2003 Eric Lander, 2004 Ingrid Daubechies, 2005 Michael Savageau, 2006 Peter D. Lax, 2007 Avi Wigderson, 2008