The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
James G. Glimm
Title:
Distinguished Leading Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook,New York USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
2002
Citation:
"For his original approaches and creative contributions to an array of disciplines in mathematical analysis and mathematical physics, which are fundamental to the theory of operator algebras, shock-wave theory, advanced quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, applied mathematics, and scientific computation Also affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory"
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on November 6, 2003.