Hyman Bass National Medal of Science
Hyman Bass
On July 27, 2007, Professor Hyman Bass was awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony.
Hyman Bass is the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan. His mathematical research publications cover broad areas of algebra, with connections to geometry, topology and number theory. He has held visiting research and faculty positions at mathematical centers around the world, including Berkeley, Paris, Bombay, Rio de Janeiro, Cambridge, Stockholm, Mexico, Rome, Trieste, Hong Kong, and Jerusalem. He has lectured widely, in particular as a Phi Beta Kappa National Visiting Scholar. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bass was president of the American Mathematical Society, and chair of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board at the NRC, and of the Committee on Education of the American Mathematical Society. He is President of the International Commission on Mathematics Instruction.
Professor Bass is the first U-M researcher to win the honor in 21 years. The National Medal of Science, established in 1959, honors individuals for pioneering scientific research in a range of fields that enhance understanding of the world and lead to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. An article about the award can be found on the U-M website:
http://www.umich.edu/news/Releases/2007/Jul07/bass.html
A profile of Professor Bass appeared in the Fall 2007 edition of Innovator.
