1997 PhD Centennial Celebration Program
In 1997, the Math Department celebrated 100 years of teaching PhDs at the UW. There was a series of talks in varied topics, featuring alumni from all over the world. They also had a dinner. The program lists 100 years of Ph.D. graduates and their thesis titles.
Mark Wilson (Ph.D, 1995, Passman) is next editor of Notices of the AMS
Mark Wilson (Ph.D., 1995, Passman) is the next editor-in-chief of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. He starts a 3 year term on January 1, 2025. Link: https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7191 In addition, he has a new research monograph recently published, written jointly with Robin Pemantle (former faculty, 1991-2001) among other coauthors. Link https://www.cambridge.org/9781108836623 Mark notes that he met Robin in Van Vleck when Robin was assistant prof and Mark a grad student, and we have collaborated since 1998 in this area (analytic combinatorics in several variables).