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...Carrier was also a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, an honor considered rare among scientists. He also received the Presidential Medal of Science in 1990 for his work in mathematical modeling...
...native of Millinocket, Maine, Carrier received his doctorate in engineering from Cornell University in 1944 and began teaching at Brown University starting...
Abernathy said that mathematics graduate students would avoid asking Carrier questions on differential equations because he might solve in one afternoon a problem for which they were hoping to devote a thesis...
Abernathy recalled that, in 1970, then-University President Derek C. Bok wanted to hold a black-tie banquet at the Faculty Club just to see Carrier wearing a tie and jacket...
...Carrier is survived by his wife, Mary, and three sons...