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.