James Gilbert Glimm was born on 24 March 1934 and is an American mathematician, former president of the American Mathematical Society, and distinguished professor at Stony Brook University.
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10 Facts About James Glimm
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James Glimm has made many contributions in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
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James Glimm was born in Peoria, Illinois, United States on 24 March 1934.
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James Glimm received his BA in engineering from Columbia University in 1956.
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James Glimm continued on to graduate school at Columbia where he received his Ph.
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James Glimm was at New York University, and at Rockefeller University, before arriving at Stony Brook University in 1989.
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James Glimm was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1984.
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In 1993, Glimm was awarded the Leroy P Steele Prize for his contribution to solving hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations.
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James Glimm won the National Medal of Science in 2002 "For his original approaches and creative contribution to an array of disciplines in mathematical analysis and mathematical physics".
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