Title:

David Hilbert Professor of Mathematics

Affiliation:

Rutgers University

Piscataway,New Jersey 08854 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2006

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1993

Citation:

"For his influence as a leader in nonlinear science for more than two decades as the principal architect of the theory of soliton solutions of nonlinear equations of evolution."

Presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, September 30, 1993.