James A. Morrow (born September 14, 1941) is an American mathematician and professor emeritus of mathematics at the

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. His research interests shifted from

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and

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to discrete inverse problems in the middle of his career.

Education and career

Morrow was born in

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and attended high school in

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. In 1963, Morrow received a

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degree from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in

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. In 1967, Morrow received his

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in mathematics from

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. His dissertation "The Topological Type of Non-Singular Deformations of Singular Surfaces" was written under the supervision of Kunihiko Kodaira. After teaching at the

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for two years, Morrow joined the faculty of the University of Washington in

as an assistant professor in 1969. He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1978.

Honors and awards

In 2005, Morrow received the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Education Prize, which recognizes mathematicians who have "played a major role in encouraging activities which enhance public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as fostering communication amongst the various groups and organizations concerned". In that same year he was awarded a University of Washington College on Arts and Sciences Alumni Distinguished Professor. In 2006, Morrow was selected to receive the

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(MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award of the Pacific Northwest Section of the MAA. In 2008, Morrow received the

Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics The Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics are awards given by the Mathematical Association of America to recognize college or university teachers "who have been widely recognized as ...

from the

. In 2013, Morrow received the

Association for Women in Mathematics The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...

(AWM) M. Gweneth Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women for his "outstanding achievements in inspiring undergraduate women to discover and pursue their passion for mathematics." In 2018, Morrow was elected a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.

Book

* James Morrow and Kunihiko Kodaira, Complex manifold

AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, RI, 1971 (reprinted in 2006), Electronic .

References

External links

* * James A. Morrow'
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