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James A. Morrow

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James A. Morrow
James Morrow in Seattle, WA, in 1977
Born(1941-09-14)September 14, 1941
Little Rock, Arkansas
DiedApril 2, 2024(2024-04-02) (aged 82)
Seattle, Washington
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forDifferential geometry,
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
Thesis The Topological Type of Non-Singular Deformations of Singular Surfaces  (1967)
Doctoral advisorKunihiko Kodaira
Websitemath.washington.edu/people/james-morrow

James Allen Morrow (September 14, 1941 – April 2, 2024) was an American mathematician. His research interests shifted from several complex variables and differential geometry to discrete inverse problems in the middle of his career.

Education and career[edit]

Morrow was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended high school in Dallas, Texas. In 1963, Morrow received a B.S. degree from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. In 1967, Morrow received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. His dissertation "The Topological Type of Non-Singular Deformations of Singular Surfaces" was written under the supervision of Kunihiko Kodaira.[1] After teaching at the University of California, Berkeley for two years, Morrow joined the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington as an assistant professor in 1969. He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1978.[2]

Honors and awards[edit]

In 2005, Morrow received the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Education Prize, which recognizes mathematicians who have "played a major role in encouraging activities which enhance public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as fostering communication amongst the various groups and organizations concerned". In that same year he was awarded a University of Washington College on Arts and Sciences Alumni Distinguished Professor.[3]

In 2006, Morrow received the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award of the Pacific Northwest Section of the MAA.[4]

In 2008, Morrow received the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America.[5]

In 2013, Morrow received the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) M. Gweneth Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women for his "outstanding achievements in inspiring undergraduate women to discover and pursue their passion for mathematics."[6]

In 2018, Morrow was elected a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.[7]

Book[edit]

  • James Morrow and Kunihiko Kodaira, Complex manifolds [1], AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, RI, 1971 (reprinted in 2006), Electronic ISBN 978-1-4704-3031-3.

References[edit]

  1. ^ James A. Morrow at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "James Allen Morrow, Curriculum Vitae". University of Washington Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Jim Morrow receives two new awards: PIMS Education Prize, and College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professorship - Department of Mathematics". University of Washington. 1 April 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Jim Morrow to receive Distinguished Teaching Award - Department of Mathematics". University of Washington. 1 April 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Jim Morrow receives 2008 Haimo Award from MAA - Department of Mathematics". University of Washington. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Gweneth Humphreys Award 2013 Winner: James Morrow". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. ^ "2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

External links[edit]

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