Title:

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Affiliation:

Princeton University

Princeton,New Jersey 08540 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2001

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1989

Citation:

"For his original and insightful research that has had a profound impact on twentieth-century mathematics, and for his role as an inspiring teacher to generations of American mathematicians."

Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.