Background
MacPherson, Robert Duncan was born on May 25, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert G. and Jeanette MacP.
MacPherson, Robert Duncan was born on May 25, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert G. and Jeanette MacP.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1966; Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1970; Doctor of Science (honorary), Brown U., 1994; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Lille (France), 1993.
Instructor, Brown U., Providence, 1970-1972;
assistant professor, Brown U., Providence, 1972-1974;
associate professor, Brown U., Providence, 1974-1977;
professor, Brown U., Providence, 1977-1985;
Florence Pirce Grant professor, Brown U., Providence, 1985-1987;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1994;
professor, Institute Advanced Study, since 1994. Member Institute des Hautes Etudes Science, Paris, France, 1980-1981, Steklov Math Institute, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1980. Visiting professor U. Rome, 1985, University of Chicago, 1991, Max-Planck Institute for Math, 1992.
Chairman National Research Council Board Mathematics Sciences, since 1997.
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Member NAS (Mathematics award 1992), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematics Society, Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics National Organisation of Gay and Lesbian Science and Technology professors, Phi Beta Kappa. M C.
