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Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Cathleen Synge
Canadian mathematician (1923–2017).
External Pages About Cathleen Synge Morawetz
ISNI
National Academy of Sciences Member
Scopus Author
Statements about
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Sex or Gender
Female
Occupation
Mathematician
University Teacher
Field of Work
Mathematical Analysis
Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Place of Birth
Toronto
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
5/5/1923
Educated At
University of Toronto
( - 1945)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor's Degree
Academic Major
:
Mathematics
End Time
:
1945
New York University
( - 1951)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
End Time
:
1951
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1945 - 1946)
Academic Degree
:
Master's Degree
Academic Major
:
Mathematics
End Time
:
1946
Start Time
:
1945
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Award Received
13 items
Guggenheim Fellowship
(1966)
Point in Time
:
1966
National Medal of Science
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
George David Birkhoff Prize
(2006)
Point in Time
:
2006
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
(1981)
Point in Time
:
1981
Honorary Member
Conferred By
:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Krieger–Nelson Prize
(1997)
Point in Time
:
1997
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009)
Subject Named As
:
Cathleen S. Morawetz
Award Rationale
:
For contributions to partial differential equations and applications.
Point in Time
:
2009
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
(2013)
Point in Time
:
2013
Announcement Date
:
11/1/2012
Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
(2004)
Point in Time
:
2004
Honorary Doctorate From Brown University
Honorary Doctorate From Princeton University
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
(1980)
Point in Time
:
1980
Jeffery–Williams Prize
(1984)
Point in Time
:
1984
Instance Of
Human
Employer
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
(1952 - 2017)
End Time
:
2017
Start Time
:
1952
Bell Labs
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Member Of
American Mathematical Society
(11/1/2012 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Start Time
:
11/1/2012
National Academy of Sciences
(1990 - )
Start Time
:
1990
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Start Time
:
2009
Given Name
Cathleen
Date of Death
8/8/2017
Place of Death
Greenwich Village
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
New York City
Father
John Lighton Synge
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral Advisor
:
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Educated At
:
New York University
Residence
Greenwich Village
Interested In
Shock Wave
Position Held
President
(1995 - 1997)
Replaces
:
Ronald Graham
Replaced By
:
Arthur Jaffe
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
American Mathematical Society
End Time
:
1997
Start Time
:
1995
Director
(1984 - 1988)
Replaces
:
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan
Replaced By
:
Henry McKean
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
End Time
:
1988
Start Time
:
1984
Number of Children
3
Ethnic Group
Irish People
Name in Native Language
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Birth Name
Cathleen Synge
Family Name
Synge
Series Ordinal
:
1
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Maiden Name
Morawetz
Series Ordinal
:
2
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Married Name
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Doctoral Advisor
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Mother
Elizabeth Eleanor Mabel Allen
Child
Pegeen Morawetz
John Synge Morawetz
Lida Joan Morawetz
Nancy Babette Morawetz
Spouse
Herbert Morawetz
(10/28/1945 - )
Start Time
:
10/28/1945
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Sibling
Margaret Synge Dryer
Isabel Synge
Academic Thesis
Contracting Spherical Shocks Treated by a Perturbation Method
URL
:
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Publication Date
:
1951
Notable Work
On the Non-Existence of Continuous Transonic Flows Past Profiles I
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