The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Oscar Zariski
Title:
Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1986
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1965
Citation:
"For his creation of a rigorous abstract theory of algebraic geometry, and for his profound influence--especially through many brilliant students--on the algebraic structure of contemporary pure mathematics."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966.