The Belgian Mathematical Society (abbreviated as BMS), founded in 1921 by
Théophile de Donder
Théophile Ernest de Donder (; 19 August 1872 – 11 May 1957) was a Belgian mathematician and physicist famous for his work (published in 1923) in developing correlations between the Newtonian concept of chemical affinity and the Gibbsian concep ...
at the
Université libre de Bruxelles, is the national mathematical society of
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
and a member society of the
European Mathematical Society
The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians. The current ...
. Its mission is to assemble all Belgian mathematicians and defend their interests. Foreign members are also welcome.
The society publishes the journal ''
Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin'' and distributes a newsletter to members, both at a rate of five issues per year.
Presidents
*14/3/1921-14/01/1922 Théophile De Donder (1872-1957) ULBruxelles
*1923-1925 (1852-1928) ULBruxelles
*1925-1927 Alphonse Demoulin (1869-1947)
U Gent
*1927-1929 (1866-1962)
K.U.Leuven
*1929-1931 Adolphe Mineur (1867-1950) ULBruxelles
*1931-1933
Lucien Godeaux (1887-1975) ULBruxelles
*1933-1935
Alfred Errera (1886-1960) ULBruxelles
*1935-1937 Émile Merlin (1875-1930) U Gent
*1937-1939 Fernand Simonart (1888-1966) K.U.Leuven
*1939-1945 Bony
U. Mons-Hainaut
*1945-1947 Henri Germay (1894-1954)
U Liège
*1947-1949
Georges Lemaître
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître ( ; ; 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain. He was the first to th ...
(1894-1966) K.U.Leuven
*1949-1951 Théophile Lepage (1901-1991) ULBruxelles
*1951-1953 Fernand Backes (1897-1985) U Gent
*1953-1955 Octave Rozet U Liège
*1955-1957 Louis Bouckaert (1909-1988) K.U.Leuven
*1957-1959 Paul Libois (1901-1991) ULBruxelles
*1959-1961 Julien Bilo (1914-2006) U Gent
*1961-1963 Henri Garnir (1921-1985) U Liège
*1964-1965 Robert Ballieu (1914-1980)
UCLouvain
*1966-1967 Eduard Franckx (1907- ) KMS - ERM
*1968-1969
Pol Burniat (1902-1975) ULBruxelles
*1970-1971 Carl Clement Grosjean (1926-2006) U Gent
*1972-1973 René Lavendhomme (1928-2002) UCLouvain
*1974-1975 Henri Breny (1923-1991) U Liège
*1976-1977 Alfred Warrinier (1938) K.U.Leuven
*1978-1979 Robert Debever (1915-1998) ULBruxelles
*1980-1981 Franz Bingen (1932)
VUBrussel
*1982-1983 José Paris UCLouvain
*10/1983-10/1986 Richard Delanghe (1940) U Gent
*10/1986-10/1988 Paul van Praag (1938) U Mons-Hainaut
*10/1988-1992 Alain Verschoren (1954)
U Antwerpen
*1993-10/1996 Luc Lemaire (1950) ULBruxelles
*10/1996-10/1999 Freddy Dumortier (1947)
U Hasselt
*10/1999-10/2002 Jean Schmets (1940) U Liège
*10/2002-10/2005 Adhemar Bultheel (1948) K.U.Leuven
*10/2005-10/2008 Cathérine Finet U Mons-Hainaut
*10/2008-10/2011 Stefaan Caenepeel (1956) VUBrussel
*10/2011-9/2015 Françoise Bastin U. Liège
*10/2015-9/2018 Philippe Cara VU Brussel
*10/2018-9/2021 Yves-Caoimhin (Yvik) Swan Uni. of Liège
References
External links
Official website
Mathematical societies
Learned societies of Belgium
Organizations established in 1921
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