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...Michael Atiyah is a British mathematician who made field-changing discoveries in string theory and superspace beginning over four decades ago. After winning the Fields Medal in 1966 for his work on topological K-Theory, Atiyah continued to revolutionize mathematical subfields, including geometry and theoretical physics. The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem, which he developed with MIT’s Isadore M. Singer, earned the duo the 2004 Abel Prize, given by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
Lehrer was honored with the National Humanities Medal in 1999 and has been awarded with various honors in journalism. He and his wife Kate have three daughters and six grandchildren. He will be giving today’s Commencement address and receiving an honorary degree from the University...
Galbraith received the highest national civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, twice in his lifetime, first from President Harry S. Truman in 1946 for his work during the Second World War and then from Clinton...
...perspective that students may not get from the faculty.”Since 1980, Greenhouse has appeared regularly on the PBS program “Washington Week” analyzing significant legal events.In 2002, Greenhouse and Lewis became the first non-lawyers to receive the Henry Friendly Medal for distinguished figures in the legal world from the American Law Institute.But Greenhouse’s interests and involvement extend far beyond her profession. “Linda has a very broad interest in public policy—in life,” Lewis says. “She?...
...received the John Finley Fellowship through Eliot, funding what would have been his travel for a year post-graduation in Egypt and Europe to volunteer as a soccer coach and study soccer’s role in communities around the world. He was also awarded the Charles Eliot Medal for his enthusiastic participation in the Eliot community. “Paul always enjoyed sports as a fan and as a player from a very young age,” said his father, Paul F. Gilligan, Jr. In high school, Gilligan received 10 varsity letters and won All-State honors...