Title:

Professor of Mathematics

Affiliation:

Harvard University

Cambridge,Massachusetts  USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1997

Citation:

"For his fundamental contributions in mathematics and physics. Through his work, the understanding of basic geometric differential equations has been changed and he has expanded their role enormously within mathematics."

Presented by President Bill Clinton at a ceremony in Room 450, Old Executive Office Building, on Tuesday, December 17, 1997.