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Borel, Armand was born on May 21, 1923 in Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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Armand Borel
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Armand Borel, Swiss Mathematics educator. Recipient Brouwer medal Dutch Mathematics Society, 1978, Balzan prize, 1992. Member NAS, Academy Arts and Science, American Philosophical Society (foreign), Finnish Academy.Scis. and Letters (foreign), French Academy Sciences (foreign), Academia Europaea (foreign), American Mathematics Society (Leroy P. Steele prize 1991), Swiss Mathematics Society, French Mathematics Society.
Education
Master Mathematics, Federal School Technology, Zurich, Switzerland., 1947; Doctor Degree, U. Paris, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Geneva, 1972.
Career
Assistant, Federal School Technology, Zurich, 1947-1949; professor, Federal School Technology, 1955-1957, 83-86; attache de Recherches, French National Center for Science Research, Paris, 1949-1950; acting professor algebra, U. Geneva, Switzerland, 1950-1952; member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1952-1954; professor, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1957-1993; professor emeritus, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, since 1993. Visiting professor University of Chicago, 1954-1955, 76, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958, 69, Tata Institute Fundamental Research Bombay, 1961, 68, 83, 90, 92, 95, U. Paris, 1964, University of California, Berkeley, 1975, Yale University, 1978.
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Member NAS, Academy Arts and Science, American Philosophical Society (foreign), Finnish Academy.Scis. and Letters (foreign), French Academy Sciences (foreign), Academia Europaea (foreign), American Mathematics Society (Leroy P. Steele prize 1991), Swiss Mathematics Society, French Mathematics Society.
Connections
M. Gabrielle Pittet, May 8, 1952. Children: Dominique, Anne-Christine.
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Swiss