PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1888 as the New York Mathematical Society; renamed American Mathematical Society in 1894.

Official Website:
http://www.ams.org/

Location:
Providence, RI

Founding Date:
1888

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George David Birkhoff	Mathematician	21-Mar-1884	12-Nov-1944	Modern theory of dynamical systems
Gregory Breit	Physicist	14-Jul-1899	11-Sep-1981	Proton-proton dispersion
Ernest W. Brown	Astronomer	29-Nov-1866	22-Jul-1938	Tables of the Motion of the Moon
Henri Cartan	Mathematician	8-Jul-1904	13-Aug-2008	Leader of the math Bourbakistes
Alonzo Church	Mathematician	14-Jun-1903	11-Aug-1995	Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
Samuel Eilenberg	Mathematician	30-Sep-1913	30-Jan-1998	Category theory
Ronald Graham	Mathematician	31-Oct-1935		Mathematician, Computer Scientist
George W. Hill	Astronomer	3-Mar-1838	16-Apr-1914	A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn
Donald E. Knuth	Computer Programmer	10-Jan-1938		The Art of Computer Programming
Jerry McNerney	Politician	18-Jun-1951		Congressman, California 11th
Isadore Singer	Mathematician	3-May-1924		Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Stephen Timoshenko	Engineer	23-Dec-1878	29-May-1972	Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford
John von Neumann	Scientist	28-Dec-1903	8-Feb-1957	Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory

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