Background
Morawetz, Cathleen Synge was born on May 5, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of John Lighton and Elizabeth Eleanor Mabel (Allen) Synge. came to the United States, 1945, naturalized, 1950.
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Cathleen Synge Morawetz
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Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1945; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1951; honorary degree, Eastern Michigan U., 1980; honorary degree, Smith College, 1982; honorary degree, Brown U., 1982; honorary degree, Princeton University, 1986; honorary degree, Duke U., 1988; honorary degree, New Jersey Institute Technology, 1988; honorary degree, U. Waterloo, 1993; honorary degree, U. Dublin, 1996; honorary degree, U. Toronto, 1996.
Career
Research associate, Courant Institute, New York University, 1952-1957; assistant professor mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University, 1957-1960; associate professor, Courant Institute, New York University, 1960-1965; professor, Courant Institute, New York University, since 1965; associate director, Courant Institute, New York University, 1978-1984; director, Courant Institute, New York University, 1984-1988. Chairman of the Board School Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Princeton University, 1973-1978, Sloan Foundation, 1980-1994. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS, American Mathematics Society (term trustee 1975-1985, president 1995-1997), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Connections
Married HerbertMorawetz, October 28, 1945. Children: Pegeen Morawetz Rubinstein, John Synge, Lida Morawetz Jeck, Nancy.
