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| | • | 104. Mathematics |
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| | • | 106. Physics |
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| | • | 201. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
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| | • | 202. Cellular and Developmental Biology |
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| | • | 203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology |
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| | • | 204. Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Immunology |
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| | • | 303. History Since 1715 |
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| | • | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science |
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| | • | 402. Criticism: Arts and Letters |
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| | • | 404. History of the Arts, Literature, Religion and Sciences |
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| | • | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century |
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| | • | 407. Philosophy |
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| | • | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors |
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| | 21 | Name: | Dr. I. M. Singer | | | Institution: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | | | Year Elected: | 1985 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 104. Mathematics | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1924 | | | Death Date: | February 11, 2021 | | | | | | |
Noted for his work with Sir Michael Atiyah on the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, I.M. Singer was Institute Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began his teaching career at M.I.T. in 1950 after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. In addition to spending much of his career at M.I.T, he has also served on the faculties of the University of California, Los Angeles (1952-54), Columbia University (1955), the Institute for Advanced Study (1955-56) and Harvard University (1984-). In his research Dr. Singer has covered deeper analytic properties of partial differential equations on manifold turnout that depend on ideas from differential geometry. He made decisive advances in this direction and applied his understanding of geometry to the use of fiber bundles for Yang-Mills fields, sparking a convergence between theoretical physics and mathematics. Additionally, his spectacular development of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem described how the index of an elliptic differential operator on a compact manifold can be determined by topolotical variance. He has applied these ideas to Yang-Mills fields in stantors and non-abelian theories. Dr. Singer has been honored with the National Medal of Science (1983), the American Mathematical Society's Bocher Prize (1969) and the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2000) and with membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He has also served as chairman of the NAS Committee on Science and Public Policy (1976-80). He died on February 11, 2021. | |
| 22 | Name: | Mr. Robert Imbrie Smith | | | Institution: | Glenmede Trust Company & Pew Charitable Trusts | | | Year Elected: | 1985 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1931 | | | Death Date: | November 1, 2008 | | | | | | |
As the former president and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Glenmede Trust Company, Robert I. Smith has devoted himself to public service and to bettering the civic and ethical quality of the City of Philadelphia. A banker by trade, he ran the Joseph Pew-founded Glenmede Trust Company from 1977 until his retirement in 1986. He is currently a director of Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. and of the Haverford Trust Company. He has been a director of the Sun Company and the Rorer Pharmaceutical Company. He has served on both the board of directors and the executive committee of the Urban Affairs Partnership. His other civic involvements include leadership on the United States Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities and membership on the Trial Court Nominating Commission of Philadelphia County. Mr. Smith holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University (1957) and has been presented with honors including the Yale University Medal (1982) and the Philadelphia Human Rights Commission Award (1982). | |
| 23 | Name: | Dr. Herbert Wechsler | | | Institution: | Columbia University | | | Year Elected: | 1985 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1909 | | | Death Date: | April 26, 2000 | | | | |
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