James G.
Glimm
Distinguished Leading Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
State University of New York at Stony Brook
2002
Mathematics
For his original approaches and creative contributions to an array of disciplines in mathematical analysis and mathematical physics, which are fundamental to the theory of operator algebras, shock-wave theory, advanced quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, applied mathematics, and scientific computation
Also affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on November 6, 2003.