National Association of Mathematicians

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National Association of Mathematicians
AbbreviationNAM
Founded1969
Type 501(c)(3)
Purposepromoting excellence in the mathematical sciences
promoting the mathematical development of all underrepresented minorities.
Omayra Ortega, President
Torina Lewis, Vice-President
Aris Winger, Executive Secretary
Cory Colbert, Treasurer
Shea Burns, Secretary
Zerotti Woods, Editor
Website www.nam-math.org

The National Association of Mathematicians is a professional association for mathematicians in the US, especially African Americans and other minorities. [1] It was founded in 1969. [2]

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Lectures

NAM hosts five lecture series that honor African American mathematicians. [3]

Two of these take place at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society. The Cox-Talbot Lecture, named after Elbert Frank Cox and Walter Richard Talbot, is an hour-long lecture that takes place during the NAM Banquet. Invited speakers are mathematicians chosen for their achievement and service to the mathematical community. The Lecture was inaugurated in 1990, and past speakers have been:

The Claytor-Woodard Lecture at the JMM was inaugurated in 1980 and is named after Dudley Weldon Woodard and William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor. [6] Each year a speaker is chosen on the basis of their work to improve opportunities in mathematical research for underrepresented American minorities. Past speakers include Ryan Hynd, Monica Jackson, Chelsea Walton, Suzanne Weekes, and Henok Mawi.

The J. Ernest Wilkins Lecture at NAM's Undergraduate MATHFest was inaugurated in 1994. [7] Past lecturers are listed below [8] :

YearLecturer
2024Naiomi Cameron
2023Talithia Williams
2022Akil Parker
2021Pamela Harris
2020Omayra Ortega
2019Donald Cole
2018Michelle Craddock Guinn
2017Stephon Alexander
2016Jonathan David Farley
2011Gaston N'Guerekata
2007Dawn Lott
2006Beverly Anderson
2001Bernard Mair
2000Scott W. Williams
1999Richard Tapia
1998Louis Dale
1997Johnny L. Houston
1996Isom Herron
1995Earl Barnes
1994J. Earnest Wilkins

The other two lecture series organised by NAM are:

Haynes-Granville-Browne Session

The Haynes-Granville-Browne Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients is a three-hour session held at the Joint Mathematics meetings. A speaking award is conferred eac year. Past awardees are:

YearAwardee
2026Reginald Cyril Wallis Anderson
2024Felix M, Pabdon Rodriguez
2021Lori D Watson
2020Brett Jefferson
2019Anisah Nu'Man
2019Alexander Barrios
2018Kendra Pleasant
2017Deidra Andrea Coleman
2016Nakeya Williams
2015Pamela Harris

History

At the 1969 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, seventeen mathematicians met on Sunday January 26 to begin a new organization: [9]

  1. James Ashley Donaldson, faculty at University Illinois at Chicago
  2. Samuel Horace Douglas, faculty at Grambling College
  3. Henry Madison Eldridge, faculty at Fayetteville State College
  4. Thyrsa Anne Frazier-Svager, faculty at Central State University
  5. Richard Griego, faculty at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque
  6. Johnny Lee Houston, faculty at Stillman College and graduate student at Purdue University
  7. Curtis Jefferson, faculty at Cuyahoga Community College
  8. Vivienne Malone-Mayes, faculty at Baylor University
  9. Theodore Portis, faculty at Alabama State University
  10. Charles R. Smith, faculty at Paine College
  11. Robert S. Smith, graduate student at Pennsylvania State University
  12. Beauregard Stubblefield, faculty at Texas Southern University
  13. Henry Thaggert, faculty at Jarvis Christian College
  14. Walter Richard Talbot, faculty at Morgan State College
  15. Argelia Valez-Rodriquez, faculty at Bishop College
  16. Harriet Rose Junior Walton, faculty at & Morehouse College
  17. Scott W. Williams, graduate student at Lehigh University

References

  1. ↑ Johnny Houston (2000), The history of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM): The first thirty (30) years, 1969–1999, ISBN   9780970333209
  2. ↑ National Association of Mathematicians The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  3. ↑ "The National Association of Mathematicians - Signature Programs". www.nam-math.org. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  4. ↑ "NAM Cox-Talbot Lecture - Dr. Felicia Simpson". meetings.ams.org. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  5. ↑ "The National Association of Mathematicians - Cox-Talbot Lecture". www.nam-math.org. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  6. ↑ "The National Association of Mathematicians - Claytor-Woodard Lecture". www.nam-math.org. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. ↑ "The National Association of Mathematicians - Wilkins Lecture". www.nam-math.org. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  8. ↑ "The National Association of Mathematicians - Wilkins Lecture". www.nam-math.org. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  9. ↑ Johnny Houston, "The Founding of the National Association of Mathematicians, Inc. (NAM)". In "The Golden Anniversary Celebration of the National Association of Mathematicians", Edited by Omayra Ortega, Emille Davie Lawrence, and Edray Herber Goins. ISBN   978-1-4704-5130-1 https://bookstore.ams.org/view?ProductCode=CONM/759


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