Gilbert Strang

Professor of Mathematics

Gilbert Strang came to MIT upon completing the Ph.D. from UCLA in 1959 under the direction of Peter Henrici. He received the S.B. from MIT in 1955, and the B.A. and M.A. as a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford University in 1957. He joined the MIT mathematics faculty in 1962, professor in 1970.

Professor Strang's research focuses on mathematical analysis, linear algebra and PDEs. He is on the editorial board of numerous journals, and the founder of Wellesley-Cambridge Press, for which he has written and published many textbooks. His service to the academic community is extensive. Professor Strang served as President of SIAM, 1999-00, Chair of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, 1999, Chair of the SIAM Committee on Science Policy, 2001-02, Chair of the U.S. National Committee on Mathematics, 2003-04, and member of the Abel Prize Committee, 2003-05. In the Mathematics Department, he was Chair of the Pure Mathematics Committee, 1975-79.

Professor Strang has received distinctions for his research, service and teaching; among them: the Chauvenet Prize, 1976; the Award for Distinguished Service, SIAM, 2003; the Graduate School Teaching Award, MIT, 2003; the Von Neumann Prize Medal of U.S. Assoc for Computational Mechanics, 2005; the Lester R. Ford Prize, MAA, 2005; the Franklin and Deborah Tepper Haimo Prize, MAA, 2006; and the Su Buchin Prize of the International Congress of Industrial & Applied Mathematics, 2007. Professor Strang is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

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