Title:

William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics

Affiliation:

Harvard University

Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2005

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1987

Citation:

"In recognition of his profound studies in the topology of Lie groups and differential geometry over many decades, and in particular for his 'periodicity theorem'."

Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.