Alberto P.
Calderon
Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
University of Chicago
1991
Mathematics
For his ground-breaking work on singular integral operators leading to their application to important problems in partial differential equations, including his proof of uniqueness in the Cauchy problem, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem and the propagation of singularities of non-linear equations.
Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.