Owen G. Owens Lecture Series
Having already taught extensively at various universities since his graduation from the University of California, Owens was appointed to an associate professorship at Wayne State University in 1957, his specialty being partial differential equations. In 1959, Owens was awarded a full professorship and continued at Wayne State University until his retirement and Emeritus appointment in 1969. Professor Owens had professional associations with the American Mathematical Society and was a member of the Society of Sigma Xi, the American Men of Science, and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Upon his death, Dr. Owens' brother, John Owens, left to the Department of Mathematics a contribution in memory of his late brother. The Owen Fund was established and is used to sponsor events in support of the department's research program. The first annual Owen Owens Memorial Lecture was held in March 1992.
* Denotes fields medalist
Year | Speaker | Institution |
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2022 | Francis Su | Harvey Mudd College |
2020 | Thaleia Zariphopoulou | University of Texas at Austin |
2019 | Gilbert Strang | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2018 | Gregory Margulis* | Yale University |
2016 | Jonathan Borwein | University of Newcastle |
2015 | Luis A. Caffarelli | University of Texas at Austin |
2014 | Douglas N. Arnold | University of Minnesota |
2013 | Neil J. A. Sloane | AT&T Labs |
2012 | Gang Tian | Princeton University |
2011 | William Fulton | University of Michigan |
2010 | Stephen M. Robinson | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
2009 | John Milnor* | Stony Brook Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
2008 | Stephen Smale* | Toyota Technical Institute |
2007 | Robert Devaney | Boston University |
2006 | Thomas C. Hales | University of Pittsburgh |
2005 | George C. Tiao | University of Chicago |
2004 | Sylvain Cappell | Courant Institute |
2003 | Sun Yun Alice Chang | Princeton University |
2002 | Michael Waterman | University of Southern California |
2001 | David Eisenbud | Mathematical Sciences Research Institute |
2000 | Persi Diaconis | Stanford University |
1999 | R. Tyrrell Rockafellar | University of Washington |
1998 | Raoul Bott | Harvard University |
1997 | Mikhael Gromov | IHES |
1996 | Efim Zelmanov* | Yale University |
1995 | Sergey Novikov* | University of Maryland |
1994 | John H. Conway | Princeton University |
1993 | Walter Rudin | University of Wisconsin |
1992 | Louis Nirenberg | New York University |