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1 Meetings of the MAA Ken Ross and Jim Tattersall MEETINGS 1915-1928 “A Call for a Meeting to Organize a New National Mathematical Association” was disseminated to subscribers of the American Mathematical Monthly and other interested parties. A subsequent petition to the Board of Editors of the Monthly contained the names of 446 proponents of forming the association. The first meeting of the Association consisted of organizational discussions held on December 30 and December 31, 1915, on the Ohio State University campus. 104 future members attended. A three-hour meeting of the “committee of the whole” on December 30 considered tentative drafts of the MAA constitution which was adopted the morning of December 31, with details left to a committee. The constitution was published in the January 1916 issue of The American Mathematical Monthly, official journal of The Mathematical Association of America. Following the business meeting, L. C. Karpinski gave an hour address on “The Story of Algebra.” The Charter membership included 52 institutions and 1045 individuals, including six members from China, two from England, and one each from India, Italy, South Africa, and Turkey. Except for the very first summer meeting in September 1916, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, all national summer and winter meetings discussed in this article were held jointly with the AMS and many were joint with the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) as well. That year the school had been relocated from the Back Bay area of Boston to a mile-long strip along the Cambridge side of the Charles River. The MAA was the first scientific body invited to meet at the new site. There were 126 persons in attendance at the various sessions, of whom 111 were members of the MAA. The meeting headquarters was in Riverbank Court in Cambridge where lunch cost 50¢ and dinner $1.50. A letter circulated encouraging attendees to wear their name- buttons at the meeting, lunches, dinners, and excursions, for a most important function of the MAA is to widen the acquaintance of its members. Attendees were also urged not to wait for introductions. The following cablegram from Mittag- Leffler at Stockholm was read at the dinner: “Scandinavian mathematicians assembled at Stockholm send fraternal greetings to their American brother mathematicians.” A day after the meeting ended, the AMS summer meeting convened at Harvard College. AMS colloquium lectures were given by G. C. Evans and Oswald Veblen; each gave five lectures. The first joint winter meeting in December 1916 was held at Columbia University with the AMS, Section A of AAAS and American Astronomy Society (AAS) during the winter break. The MAA regarded this as its second annual meeting. Until the 1950s, the AMS bylaws specified that their annual meetings be held between December 26
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MEETINGS1915-1928“ACallforaMeetingtoOrganizeaNewNationalMathematicalAssociation”wasdisseminatedtosubscribersoftheAmericanMathematicalMonthlyandotherinterestedparties.AsubsequentpetitiontotheBoardofEditorsoftheMonthlycontainedthenamesof446proponentsofformingtheassociation.ThefirstmeetingoftheAssociationconsistedoforganizationaldiscussionsheldonDecember30andDecember31,1915,ontheOhioStateUniversitycampus.104futuremembersattended.Athree-hourmeetingofthe“committeeofthewhole”onDecember30consideredtentativedraftsoftheMAAconstitutionwhichwasadoptedthemorningofDecember31,withdetailslefttoacommittee.TheconstitutionwaspublishedintheJanuary1916issueofTheAmericanMathematicalMonthly,officialjournalofTheMathematicalAssociationofAmerica.Followingthebusinessmeeting,L.C.Karpinskigaveanhouraddresson“TheStoryofAlgebra.”TheChartermembershipincluded52institutionsand1045individuals,includingsixmembersfromChina,twofromEngland,andoneeachfromIndia,Italy,SouthAfrica,andTurkey.ExceptfortheveryfirstsummermeetinginSeptember1916,attheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(M.I.T.)inCambridge,Massachusetts,allnationalsummerandwintermeetingsdiscussedinthisarticlewereheldjointlywiththeAMSandmanywerejointwiththeAAAS(AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience)aswell.ThatyeartheschoolhadbeenrelocatedfromtheBackBayareaofBostontoamile-longstripalongtheCambridgesideoftheCharlesRiver.TheMAAwasthefirstscientificbodyinvitedtomeetatthenewsite.Therewere126personsinattendanceatthevarioussessions,ofwhom111weremembersoftheMAA.ThemeetingheadquarterswasinRiverbankCourtinCambridgewherelunchcost50¢anddinner$1.50.Alettercirculatedencouragingattendeestoweartheirname-buttonsatthemeeting,lunches,dinners,andexcursions,foramostimportantfunctionoftheMAAistowidentheacquaintanceofitsmembers.Attendeeswerealsourgednottowaitforintroductions.ThefollowingcablegramfromMittag-LeffleratStockholmwasreadatthedinner:“ScandinavianmathematiciansassembledatStockholmsendfraternalgreetingstotheirAmericanbrothermathematicians.”Adayafterthemeetingended,theAMSsummermeetingconvenedatHarvardCollege.AMScolloquiumlecturesweregivenbyG.C.EvansandOswaldVeblen;eachgavefivelectures.ThefirstjointwintermeetinginDecember1916washeldatColumbiaUniversitywiththeAMS,SectionAofAAASandAmericanAstronomySociety(AAS)duringthewinterbreak.TheMAAregardedthisasitssecondannualmeeting.Untilthe1950s,theAMSbylawsspecifiedthattheirannualmeetingsbeheldbetweenDecember26
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andDecember31.The184attendeesweretreatedtoanexhibitofportraitsandmedalsofmathematicsfromtheDavidE.Smithcollection.AttheParkAvenueHotel,142mathematiciansandfriendsattendedajointdinnerofthefourorganizations.FrankNelsonCole,SecretaryoftheAMSobservedthat,theAMSmeetingwas“immediatelyfollowedbythesecondannualmeetingofthenewlyorganizedMathematicalassociation(sic)ofAmerica,withwhichtheSocietyhasnotonlyalargecommonmembershipbutalsoageneralcommunityofinteresthighlybeneficialtoboth.”The2ndsummermeetingoftheMAAwasheldinSeptember1917atAdelbertCollegeandCaseSchoolofAppliedScienceinCleveland,Ohio.ThefirstMAApresident,E.R.Hedrick,gavehispresidentialretiringaddresson,“TheSignificanceofMathematics.”ThismeetingfollowedtheAMSmeetingwhoselastsessionwasjointwithMAAandincludedanaddressbyL.P.Eisenharton“Darboux’scontributiontogeometry.”Seventy-twoofthe90personsattendingvarioussessionsweremembersoftheMAA.ThethirdannualmeetingoftheMAAtookplaceinDecember1917inChicago,in
conjunctionwiththeChicagoSectionoftheAMS.Atajointmeetingoftheorganizations,W.B.FordgavehisretiringaddressasChairmanoftheChicagoSectionon“AConspectusoftheModernTheoryofDivergentSeries,”andL.D.AmesgaveanMAAaddresson“ADefinitionoftheRealNumberSystembymeansofInfiniteDecimals.”Thiswasthefirstmeetingforwhichvolunteerpaperswereinvited;itwasunderstoodthatthisprocedurewouldbeanintegralpartoffuturemeetings.Inviewofthewarconditions,theattendanceof119atMAAsessions,including93MAAmembers,wasgratifying.AttheSeptember1918summermeetingatDartmouth,asessionwasdevotedtothequestionofpublishingamathematicaldictionary.Theprojectwaseventuallytabled.Suchaproposedbookappearedin1942editedbyRobertClarkeJamesandGlennJames.A.G.Websterspokeon“MathematicsofWarfare”atajointAMS-MAAsession,presidedbyG.D.Birkhoff.Acontributedpaperssessionwasofferedinwhichmemberswereencouragedtospeakonanytopicoftheirchoice,inparticular,expositorypapersofafairlyelementarynatureandpapersofhistoricalinterest.Uptothenacommitteehadselectedthetopicsforthepaperssession.Abstractsofthetalks,detailsofthegoverningCouncilmeeting,andalistofthosewhoattendedthemeetingappearedintheMonthly.Ofthe71attendees,42wereMAAmembers.Effectiveforthenextannualmeeting,thenumberingoftheannualmeetingswaschangedsothattheorganizationalmeetingin1915wasnolongerincludedinthecount.ThustheannualmeetingsinDecember1917andDecember1918werebothlabeledasthethirdannualmeeting.Apparently,theonlyhintofthischangewasinthetruefootnote,“TheAssociationwasfoundedinDecember,1915.”ThisappearedinthereportoftheDecember1918meeting,intheMarch1919Monthly.
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ThethirdannualmeetingwasheldattheUniversityofChicagoonDecember27,1918,inconjunctionwiththeannualmeetingoftheAMS.AtelegramwasreadatthemeetingfromMajorE.V.Huntington,presidentoftheMAA,whowasunabletoattendthemeetingbecausehewasstillengagedatthestatisticsbranchofthegeneralstaffofthewardepartment.Inthetelegram,henotedthat“thereisagreatfutureinmathematicsinthiscountry,especiallyaccuratearithmetic.”MembersoftheAssociationwereinvitedtoheartheAMSpresidentialaddress,“MathematicsinWarPerspective,”byL.E.Dickson.Theprogramincludedaconferenceonwar-timeexperience,whichfocusedonwhatmathematicscollegeswouldofferafterthewar,andajointAMS-MAAsession,alleightofthepapersinvolvingapplicationsofmathematicstothewareffort(ballistics,maps,navigation,etc.).Therewere86whoattendedthesessions,including73MAAmembers.About80personsattendedtheAMSsessions.BecauseofWorldWarIandincreasedrailroadfares,thenextmeetingwithover100attendeeswasthewintermeetinginJanuary1920(with143inattendance,including108MAAmembers).Normallyatthistime,theMAAprogramconsistedofthereadingoffrom4to8papersandtherewasadayinterposedbetweentheAMSandMAAmeetingswherejointsessionsandadinnerwereoftenscheduled.TheAnnArborsummermeetingof1919wasjointwithmeetingsoftheAMSandAmericanAstronomicalSociety(AAS).AjointAMS-MAA-AASsessionincludedE.V.Huntington’sretiringpresidentialaddress,“MathematicsandStatistics.”E.W.Brownspokeon“TheWorkoftheNationalResearchCouncil(NRC)withreferencetoMathematicsandAstronomy.”BrownnotedthatNRCdidnotintendtocontrolresearch,butseekedtoencourageresearch.Therewasasymposiumontherelationshipbetweenthemathematicsofferedinhighschoolsandincolleges.MealswerefurnishedundertheauspicesoftheMichiganUnionatreasonableratesandlodgingsat$1.50pernight.Specialprovisionsweremadeforladiesandmarriedcouples.ThemeetingclosedwithanexhibitionofmathematicalandastronomicalraritiesfromthelibraryoftheUniversityofMichigan.91ofthe190personsinattendancebelongedtotheMAA.ThenextannualmeetingwasheldatColumbiaUniversityonJanuary1-2,1920.Thegeneraltopicforallsessionswas“MathematicsinRelationtotheAlliedSciences.”Speakerswereinvitedfromphysiology,crystallography,physicalchemistry,biometryandvitalstatistics,andphysics.J.W.YoungpresentedastatementtotheMAACouncilandAMSCouncil,fromtheNationalCommitteeonMathematicalRequirements,regardingreconsiderationofthedefinitionsofcollegeentrancerequirementsasformulatedbyanAMScommitteein1903.Therewere143attendees,including108membersoftheMAA.AttheAMSsessionsonDecember30-31,1919,therewere96memberspresentand38papersread.AttheSeptember1920summermeetinginChicago,itwasannouncedthattheAssociationwouldsoonbeincorporatedbytheStateofIllinois.AsaconsequencethegoverningCouncilwouldbereplacedbyaBoardofTrustees.Themost
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importantactionoftheCouncilwasconcernedwiththefinancialsituationoftheAssociation,becausethecostofproducingtheMonthlyhadrisen50%.Itwasagreedtoincreaseindividualannualduestofourdollars.ThehighpointwasaninspiringretiringaddressbyPresidentH.E.Slaught.Ofthe132presentatthemeeting,114weremembersoftheMAA.Therewereattendeesfrom13“distantstates,”Alberta,OntarioandChina.AtthefifthannualwintermeetinginDecember1920,inChicago,thefollowingresolutionwasadopted:Resolved,thattheMathematicalAssociationofAmericafavorsthenationaluseofthemeter-liter-gramsystem.”Congresswasurgedtotakethestepsnecessarytoimplementthischange.One-hundred-sixty-sevenpeopleattendedajointdinneroftheAMS,MAA,SectionAofAAAS,andtheAmericanAstronomicalSociety.EightmembersattendedeachsessionofthenewMAABoardofTrustees.Aprobabledeficitof$700wasofconcern,butitwasnotedthat60membershadmadespecialcontributionsofupto$17,totaling$150.Inall,204peopleattendedthesessions,ofwhom150wereMAAmembers.HelenA.MerrillofWellesleywasthefirstwomentoreadapaperatajointSociety-Associationsession.Shespokeonsyntheticprojectivemethodsofgeometryofcubicandquarticcurvesatthe1921summermeetingatWellesley.AtthatmeetingtheBoardofTrusteesreceivedandacceptedagiftfromMaryHegelerCarus,trusteeoftheEdwardC.HegelerTrustFund.ThefundsmadepossibletheseriesofCarusMonographswhosemainpurposewastopopularizemathematicsbymakingaccessibleatnominalcosttostudentsandteachersthebestthoughtsandkeenestresearchinthefield.ThefirstmeetingheldinCanadawastheDecember1921meetinginToronto,byinvitationoftheUniversityofTorontoandtheRoyalCanadianInstitute.ThemeetingwasheldjointlywithAMSandAAAS.ThemeetingsoftheAAASwerealsoheldduringtheweek.Over1800attendedthevarioussessionsoftheAAASandaffiliatedsocieties.AtanMAAsession,OswaldVeblenspokeon“FoundationsofGeometry.”Itwasnotedthatathoroughlyskepticalattitudeshouldbepreservedtowardthefactsofgeometry,inthattheyareonlyapartialdescriptionofnature.Whenonespeaksofdistantpartsofspaceorofspaceasitwasinthedistantpast,oneencounters“difficultieswithregardtotheevidence.”Therewere110attendeesatthesessions,including88MAAmembers.Atthe1922summermeetinginRochester,ashortchamberconcertwasofferedinKilbournHallattheEastmanSchoolofMusic.TherewasatouroftheResearchLaboratoryoftheEastmanKodakCompany,andasessiontookplaceattheirresearchlaboratory.Therewasalsoan“automobile”tourandinspectionofRochester.TherewasanopportunitytovisittheplantoftheBausch&LombOpticalCompany.ElizabethB.CowleyofVassarbecamethefirstwomantospeakatanAssociationsession.Hertalkdealtwithearly19thcenturyEnglishmathematicaltexts.
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TheDecember1922meeting,heldatHarvardUniversityinconjunctionwithmeetingsofAAASandtheAMS,includedaSymposiumonMathematicalStatistics.TherewerethreetalksatajointsessionwithAMSandsectionAoftheAAAS,byG.A.Bliss,FlorianCajoriandOswaldVeblen.W.H.Echolsspokeonskewsquares.TheEcholsScholarprogramattheUniversityofVirginiawasnamedinhishonor.Oneevening,variousgroupsattendedadinnerforvisitingwomen,atriptotheHarvardAstronomicalObservatory,aprivatedinnerforHarvardmen,aSigmaXidinner,andasmokerintheHarvardUnion.Therewere216attendees,including148membersofMAA.[TheaccountofthemeetingintheMarch-April1923issueoftheMonthlyprovidesaninterestingsnapshotoftheAmericanmathematicalcommunityatthattime.]ThesummermeetinginSeptember1923,heldatVassarCollege,wasjustafteranearthquakethatdestroyedYokohamaandhalfofTokyo;theMAAvotedanexpressionofsympathytothePhysico-MathematicalSocietyofJapan.AtanAssociationsessionG.D.Birkhoffspokeon“Themathematicalbasisofart.”SuzanRoseBenedictofSmithCollegespokeonthehonorstudentinmathematics.AtajointsessionwiththeAMS,L.J.Mordellgaveanintroductoryaccountofthearithmeticaltheoryofalgebraicnumbers.TheBoardvotedtoholdnosummermeetingin1924becauseofthemathematicalmeetingstobeheldinToronto.Onehundredandfifteenpeopleattended,including70MAAmembers.TheDecember1923meetingwasheldattheUniversityofCincinnati,inconjunctionwithmeetingsofAAASandthewesternmeetingoftheAMS.AjointsessionoftheMAA,AMSandSectionAofAAASincludedaddressesbyG.A.Miller,A.B.Coble,andL.E.Dickson.ThemeetingincludedaSigmaXilecturesponsoredbySigmaXiandtheMAA.TheBoardvotedtosetaside$1000toformthenucleusofapermanentendowmentfund.Therewasnosummermeetingin1924,becauseofthemathematicalmeetingsscheduledinToronto.TheDecember31,1924-January1,1925meetingatGeorgeWashingtonUniversityincludedaPiMuEpsilonbusinesssessionanddinner.PresidentCalvinCoolidgeaddressedthevisitingscientistsattheWhiteHouseonWednesday,December31,1924.Heexpressed,“thegreatdependencewhichthegovernmentplacesonscience,payingtributetothescientistsasthewonderworkersofalltheages,andrecognizingthattheyareanimatedbyaprofoundpurposetobettertheestateofmen.”Ofthe268presentatthemeeting,167weremembersoftheMAA.ThesummermeetinginSeptember1925washeldatCornellUniversityinIthaca,NewYork.Thejointdinnerwasattendedby174people,includingthehonoredguestEdwardH.Carus,sonofMaryHeglerCaruswhosegiftmadepossibletheCarusMathematicalMonographs.TheBoardformallyadoptedtheChauvenetPrizeformathematicalexposition,whichhadbeenproposedby(MAA)PresidentCoolidge.
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Upuntilabout1925,manypresentationswerefollowedbydiscussions,whichweresummarizedindetailinthemeetingreportsintheMonthlies.Forexample,atthesummermeetinginSeptember1920,A.C.LunnoftheUniversityofChicagospokeon“Thedebtofmathematicstotheexperimentalsciences.”Therefolloweddiscussions“withrespecttoitsbearinguponresearchinpuremathematics”and“withrespecttoitsbearingonmathematicalcurricula.”AtthetenthannualmeetinginDecember1925,theMAApaidtheAMSthecomplimentofmakingthethirdannualJosiahWillardGibbslectureageneralsessionoftheMAA.ThismeetingwasheldattheJuniorCollegeinKansasCity,MO.Morethan600peopleheardJamesPierpontspeakon,“Thehistoryofman’sefforttosolvetheproblemofspace,andtheeffectofrelativityonourviews.”Thepreviousevening,R.A.Millikanlecturedon,“Thestrippedatom.”AtajointsessionoftheAssociation,theAMS,andSectionAoftheAAAS,J.C.FieldsofTorontospokeon“Thealgebraicnumbersanddivision.”AtajointmeetingofSectionAwithSectionL(HistoricalandPhilologicalSciences)ofAAAS,W.H.RoeverreadaninterestingpaperonWilliamChauvenetandhismathematicalcontributionstoastronomy.AnotherhighlightofthemeetingswasJ.L.Coolidge’sretiringMAApresidentialaddresson“RobertAdrainandthebeginningsofAmericanmathematics.”TheBoardapprovedpresentingthefirstChauvenetPrizetoG.A.Bliss.Theprizewas$100.ThetenthMAAsummermeetingwasheldinSeptember1926attheOhioStateUniversity.RepresentingtheAssociationatajointsession,E.T.Bellspokeonsuccessivegeneralizationstothetheoryofnumbers.Atthebusinessmeeting,byavoteof40to18,thefollowingby-lawsamendmentproposedbytheTrusteeswasadopted:“ThePresidentshallbeelectedbytheAssociation’smembersbienniallyforatermoftwoyearsandshallbeineligibleforre-election.TheVice-PresidentsshallbeelectedbytheAssociation’smembersannually.”Totalattendancewas151.Arecord264werepresentattheDecember1926meetinginPhiladelphia,thefirstmeetingwithover250attendees;184weremembersoftheMAA.UndertheauspicesofSigmaXi,theSecretaryofCommercespokeon,“TheNationandScience.”ThatwasHerbertHoover.TheTrusteesnamedR.C.ArchibaldandFlorianCajoritoworkwiththeHistoryofScienceSocietytoarrangeanexhibitandprogramcommemoratingthebicentenarydeathofNewton.TheBoarddiscussedtheimportantquestionofhavingofficialdelegatesfromthenationalMAAattendmeetingsofthesections,butthematterwasdroppedbecauseoffinancialconsiderations.Thenextmeetingwithover250attendeeswastheDecember1928meetingatColumbiaUniversityinNewYork,where340attended,including221MAAmembers.The1927summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofWisconsininconjunctionwithameetingoftheAMS.Ofthe201attendees,only118wereMAAmembers.TheAMSprogramincludedlecturesbyAnnaPellWheeleron“Thetheoryofquadratic
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WINTERMEETINGS1929-presentAttendanceatthewintermeeting,December31,1929–January1,1930,wasdownto140,with104beingMAAmembers.Thiswasthefirstmeetingafterthe1929financialcrash,anditwasinDesMoines,Iowa,whichisnotcentrallylocatedexceptgeographically.ThemeetingwasheldinHotelFortDesMoines.Itwasthefirstjointmeetingwheresessionsandlodgingswerelocatedinahotelandnotonacollegecampus.However,thescientificexhibitscontainingofferingsofnumerouspublishersofcollegeanduniversitytextsandmakersofscientificapparatuseswere
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locatedinthethree-year-oldZa-Ga-ZigShrineTempleAuditorium,thelargesthallintheMidwest.Tinylightsembeddedinitsdomedceilingrepresentedthesummernight’ssky.Inspiteofthelowattendance,over400peopleattendedtheJosiahWillardGibbslectureon,“Theapplicationofmathematicstothesocialsciences,”byIrvingFisher.TheDecember1931annualmeetingwasheldinNewOrleans,inaffiliationwithmeetingsoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)andAMS.IrvingFishergaveaneveningaddresson“Firstprinciplesofboomsanddepressions.”Attheannualdinner,H.E.SlaughtdescribedhisdreamoftheJanuary1966celebrationofthe50thanniversaryoftheMAA.HeprophesizedthefuturegrowthandprosperityofthepublicationsandotheractivitiesoftheAMSandMAA,andhereferredtothefinespiritintherelationshipbetweentheorganizations.AjointAMS-MAAsessionsponsoredaddressesbyE.R.HedrickandR.D.Carmichael.Oneafternoon,about150mathematiciansatthe1932AtlanticCitymeetingvisitedPrincetonUniversityandheardanaddressbyJohnvonNeumannon“Applicationoftheoperationalcalculustomechanics.”Atthejointdinner,R.C.ArchibaldreadfromaletterfromD.H.Lehmergivinganaccountofhisphoto-electriccongruencemachine,amachinethatdeterminedthefactorabilityofverylargeintegersinanamazinglybrieftime.ThefirstMAAsessionwasdevotedtotheroleofmathematicsinlifeinsurance.AtajointsessionoftheMAA,SectionKofAAAS,andtheEconometricSociety,G.C.Evansspokeon“Thetheoryofmoney.”TheBoardapprovedG.H.HardyastherecipientoftheChauvenetPrize.Perhapsbecauseofthespecialnatureofthe1933summermeetingattheUniversityofChicago,theDecember1933meetinginCambridge,Massachusettswaswellattended,with380inattendanceofwhom201wereMAAmembers.TheMAA’ssecondsessionhadthreespeakers:A.N.Whitehead,AlonzoChurchandKurtGödel.Atthebusinessmeeting,thebylawsweresuspendedandbyunanimousvoteProfessorH.E.SlaughtwaselectedHonoraryPresidentforLife,whichincludedhonorarylifemembership.AttendeeswereinvitedtoanafternoonperformancebytheBostonSymphonyOrchestraconductedbySergeKoussevitzky.TherewasareceptionhostedbyMrs.J.L.CoolidgeatLowellHouseatHarvardandanexhibitionatMITofimportantmachinesincludingacontinuouselectricalintergraphfromwhichVannevarBushandhisstudentshaddevelopedseveralanalogdevices.TheDecember28,1934-January1,1935meetingwasheldinPittsburgh,PA.AnunexpectedguestattheannualdinnerwasDr.AlbertEinsteinoftheInstituteforAdvancedStudy.Dr.EinsteinwasinPittsburghtogivetheJosiahWillardGibbsLecture.TheNCTMmetbyspecialarrangementatthismeeting,andtheMAAandNTCMsponsoredajointsession.ThiswasthefirstjointmeetingwithanNCTMpresence.AsocialwasheldonNewYear’sEveattheCathedralofLearningattheUniversityofPittsburgh.
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TheDecember1935meetingwasheldinSt.Louis,jointlywithAAASandNCTM,aswellasAMS.Totalattendancewas332,with229MAAmembers.Atthebusinessmeetingaresolutionendorsingaworldcalendar,i.e.,the“12-monthequal-quartersplan,”wasadoptedwithonedissent.TheBoardreaffirmedthisendorsementinSeptember1937meeting.NathanAltshiller-Courtspokeonmodernpuresolidgeometryshowingtheaudiencehowtoextendthepropertiesofthetriangleandcircletohigherdimensions.The21stannualmeetingwasheld,jointlywithAMS,atChapelHillandDurham,NorthCarolina,onDecember31,1936andJanuary1,1937.Attheannualdinner,J.D.Tamarkinmentionedthathisnativeland,Russia,isnowsecondonlytheUnitedStatesinmathematicalresearch.DunhamJacksonspokeaboutsubjectsinwhichaccurateresultsarereplacedbythoseinwhichthereisa“weighingofargumentonthissideandthat.”Thisisanotherargumentfortheimportanceofgoodteaching.TheBoardmadeT.S.FiskeandG.A.MillerhonorarylifemembersoftheMAAinrecognitionoftheirloyalty.TheDecember1937meetingwasheldinIndianapolis,inconjunctionwiththeAAAS,AMS,NCTM,theAssociationforSymbolicLogic(ASL),andtheInstituteofMathematicalStatistics;412wereinattendanceand258wereMAAmembers.TheBoardacceptedthe“PutnamCompetitionPlan”atthismeeting.TheDecember1938meetingwasheldatRichmondandWilliamsburg,Virginia,jointlywithAAAS,AMSandNCTM.189MAAmemberswereamongthe389attendeesatthismeeting.AtajointsessionoftheMAA,SectionsAandEofAAAS,andAMS,W.D.Cairnsspokeon,“Seismologyfromamathematicalviewpoint.”R.C.Archibaldspokeon,“Mathematicians,andpoetryanddrama,”atajointsessionoftheMAA,SectionsAandLofAAAS,andtheAMS.TherewasalsoajointMAA-NCTMsession.G.D.Birkhoff,AAASPresident,gavehisretiringpresidentialaddresson,“Intuition,reasonandfaithinscience.”R.L.MooregavehisAMSretiringpresidentialaddress“Oncertainabstractspaces.”TheSocietyawardedJohnvonNeumanntheBôcherPrizeforhispaper,“Almostperiodicfunctionsandgroups.”TheBoardreadaletterfromG.C.Evansindicatingthatthereisadangerthatalgebrawillbetakenoutoftheninthgrade,notonlyontheWestCoastbutthroughoutthecountry.TheDecember1939meetingwasheldinColumbus,Ohio,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,AAASandNCTM.ThespeakersatthesecondMAAsessionwereSaundersMacLane,G.T.WhyburnandE.F.Beckenbach.J.R.Klinelecturedon“TheJordancurvetheorem”atthejointsessionoftheMAA,SectionAofAAAS,andAMS.AjointsessionoftheMAA,SectionsAandEoftheAAAS,andtheAMSfocusedonmathematicalgeophysics.ThejointsessionoftheMAAandNCTMfocusedonthesocialchallengeofteachereducationfromtheviewpointsofliberalartscolleges,stateuniversities,teacherscolleges,andtheMAA.TheAMSGibbsLecturewastitled,“Theengineergrapplingwithnon-linearproblems,”andwasgivenbyTheodorevonKármán.TheBoardvotedtoappointastandingCommittee
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onSectionMeetings“tobringaboutclosercoordinationandmutualrelationsbetweentheSectionsandtheparentorganization.”LaterthiscommitteebecametheCommitteeonSections.TherewasajointMAA-NCTMpanelonthesocialchallengeofteachereducation.ExcludingtheHarvardTercentenarymeetingin1936,theJanuary1941meetinginBatonRouge,Louisiana,wasthefirstmeetingwithover500attendees.Thiswasthe25thannualmeetingoftheMAA.AnMAAsessionfocusedongeometry,atwhichtalksweregivenbyA.W.Tucker,G.A.HedlundandDeaneMontgomery.Therewereabout520inattendance,213ofthemMAAmembers.ThemeetingwasheldjointlywithAMSandNCTM.Afterthemeeting,anumberofattendeestookadvantageofthenearnessofNewOrleanstoattendtheSugarBowl.SevenRegionalGovernors,electedbymembersoftheirregions,wereannounced.About520peopleattendedtheDecember31,1941-January1,1942meetingatLehighUniversityinBethlehem,PA,whichwasheldinconjunctionwiththeAMS,NCTM,andASL.ThestreetsandhomesofBethlehemwereelaboratelylightedinChristmasfashion.Anunusualfeatureofthemeetingswasasessiononmulti-sensoryaids,includinganexhibitofvariousmovingpicturesofamathematicalnature,drawingsandtrivision(sic)films.SincetheChauvenetFundnolongersupportedthe$100giveneverythreeyears,theprizeamountwasreducedto$50,stillgiveneverythreeyears.Atthe1941summermeetinginChicago,theBoardvotedthattheDecember1942meetingwouldbeinNewYorkCity,butthismeetingwaslatercanceledattherequestoftheOfficeofDefenseTransport.AttheSeptember1943meetinginNewBrunswick,theBoarddiscussedwhethertoholdmeetingsduringthewaremergency.Itwasagreedtoholdthesummerandannualmeetingsfor1944jointlywiththeAMS,“attimesandplacestobedeterminedlater.”ThewintermeetingwasheldinChicagoinNovember1943,twoandahalfmonthslater.Therewere207attendees,including136MAAmembers.ThemeetingwasheldFriday,Saturday,andSundaymorning.AttheBoardmeeting,“letterswerereadfromseveralmembersprotestingagainsttheholdingofsessionsonSunday.”Noactionwastaken,butitwasindicatedthattheschedulinghadbeennecessitatedbywarconditionsandthattherewasnointentionofcontinuingthepracticeaftertheemergency.The1944and1945wintermeetingswereagainheld,jointlywithAMS,inChicagoinNovember.TheheadquartershotelwastheWindermere.ThesessionswereheldintheauditoriumoftheMuseumofScienceinJacksonPark.Lunchesanddinnerwereavailableinthecafeteriaofthemuseum.The1944wintermeetingwasheldonNovember25-26.Atthejointdinner,R.E.Langergaveashorttalkonpost-warproblems;healsocalledattentiontothemajor
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losstoAmericanmathematicswiththerecentdeathofG.D.Birkhoff.ThetwoMAAsessionswereasymposiumonundergraduatemathematicalcurricula.W.D.Cairns,whohadbeenMAASecretaryfrom1915to1942andPresident1943-1944,wasgivenanhonorarylifemembership.TheBoardvotedtoacceptaninvitationtomeetinJune1945atMcGillUniversityinMontreal,followingameetingoftheCanadianMathematicalCongress.However,thisAMS-MAAmeetingwascanceledbyorderoftheOfficeofDefenseTransport.Atthe1945meeting,heldNovember24-25,followingsimilaractionbytheCounciloftheAMS,theBoardapprovedthefinalreportoftheJointAMS-MAAWarPolicyCommitteeanddischargedthecommittee.TheAssociationprogramconsistedoftwosessionswithfivespeakers:M.R.Hestenes,H.S.M.Coxeter,J.R.Kline,W.G.CochranandChurchillEisenhart.The30thannualmeetingwasheldinDecember1946atSwarthmoreCollegeinPennsylvania,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS.Ofthe498attendees,288wereMAAmembers.AmongthesixpresentersinthetwoMAAsessionswereC.B.Allendoerfer,EmilArtin,AntoniZygmundandMarkKac.Around1947,theMAAcreatedaCommitteeonPlacesofMeetings,whichbecameajointcommitteewiththeAMSin1954.Ataboutthistime,theredevelopedapatternofMAAwintermeetingsbeinglittleattachmentstothebiggerAMSmeetings.Forexample,theMAA’smeetinginthewinterof1947-1948wasashortone-dayaffairattheUniversityofGeorgia,takingplaceonJanuary1,1948.TheAMSmeetingwasheldtheprecedingdays,December29-31.Thisone-dayMAAmeetingincludedaretiringpresidentialaddressbyC.C.MacDuffee,threeotherpresentations,andasymposiumoncollegeentrancemathematicsrequirements.Thenextwinter’smeetingwasheldatOhioStateUniversityonDecember31,1948.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsofAMS,NCTMandASL.Inaddition,PiMuEpsilonandKappaMuEpsilonheldbreakfastandlunchmeetings.ThetwoMAAsessionsincludedsixpresentations.TherewasameetingofMAAsectionsecretaries,and18ofthe25sectionswererepresented.TheAMSsessionswereonDecember28-30,1948.TheAMSGibbslecturewasdeliveredbyHermannWeyl.OtherAMSinvitedspeakerswereMarkKac,A.S.Besicovitch,LambertoCesari,andEinarHille(retiringpresidentialaddress).Thenationalmeetingsremainedjointbutseparate.OnehighlightofthemeetingoccurredatthejointbanquetwhenJ.S.FrameledthegroupinsingingthetraditionalAuldLangSyne.AnMAAwintermeetingtookplaceonDecember30,1949,atColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandAAAS.Therewere780registrants,with412MAAmembers.AswithallsummariesofMAAsummerandwintermeetings,allregisteredMAAmembersarelistedinthereportgivenintheAmericanMathematicalMonthly.OtherorganizationsmeetinginNewYorkCitythatweekincludedtheNCTM,theAmericanEconomicAssociation,American
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StatisticalAssociation,theEconometricSociety,andtheInstituteofMathematicalStatistics.Forthismeeting,therewasaCommitteeonArrangementsfortheMeetingwhichincludedtheSecretary-Treasurer,H.M.Gehman.The1950wintermeetingwasheldonDecember30,1950,attheUniversityofFlorida,Gainesville.ItwasheldinconjunctionwithlongermeetingsoftheAMSandNCTM.ThereweretwoMAAsessionswithsixpresentations.BoththeAMSandNCTMhadsessionswithinvitedspeakers.TheAMSGibbslecturewasgivenbyG.E.Uhlenbeckwhospokeon,“Somebasicproblemsofstatisticalmechanics.”Atotalof371peopleregistered,ofwhom237wereMAAmembers.The1951wintermeetingwasheldatBrownUniversityonDecember29,1951.TheMAAprogramincludedaregularsessionofthreepapersandafive-papersymposiumontheteachingofcalculus.TheAMSGibbslecturewasdeliveredbyKurtGödelandtitled,“Somebasictheoremsonthefoundationsofmathematicsandtheirphilosophicalimplications.”AMSinvitedaddressesweregivenbyShizuoKakutaniandG.P.Hochschild.Atthejointdinner,AMSPresidentJohnvonNeumannextendedgreetingsfromtheSociety.Atotalof560peopleattendedthisjointAMS-MAAmeeting,and272ofthemwereMAAmembers.The1952wintermeetingwasheldatWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,Missouri,onDecember30,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,theAAAS,andASL.About500personsregistered,including281MAAmembers.TheBoardestablishedastandingcommitteeontheEarleRaymondHedrickLectures;thefirsttwooftheselectures(TiborRadoin1952andPaulR.Halmosin1953)wereorganizedbytheCommitteeonExpositoryLectures.Thenextannualmeeting,inconjunctionwiththeAMSandPiMuEpsilon,tookplaceonDecember31,1953,atJohnsHopkinsUniversity.Overhalfofthe640registrantswereMAAmembers:360.TheMAApaperspresentedmostly“resultedfromvariousprojectsintendedtoimproveundergraduatemathematicaleducationortoprovideamoresatisfactorytransitionfromschooltocollege.”Therewasaroundtablediscussiononmathematicsforsocialscientists.Nopanelsappearedontheprogramfrom1940to1952.Afterthe1953meeting,paneldiscussionsbecamearegularfeatureatthewintermeetings.The1954wintermeetingtookplaceonDecember30,1954,attheUniversityofPittsburgh.Amorningsession,devotedtothefoundationsofgeometry,featuredtalksbyH.J.Ryser,MarshallHall,andReinholdBaer.TheafternoonsessionsfeaturedabusinessmeetingandaddressesbyM.F.Smileyon“ClassroomNotes”and“Ademonstrationofmathematicsontelevision”byP.S.Jones.ThismeetingwasinconjunctionwithAMS,ASL,andSocietyforIndustrialandAppliedMathematics(SIAM).Welloverhalfofthe725registrantswereMAAmembers:412.TheBoardapprovedtheestablishmentofajointcommitteewiththeAMStostudyapossiblechangeintheschedulingofannualmeetings.
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TheMAA’sone-dayannualmeetingonDecember30,1955washeld,jointlywithAMS,atRiceInstituteinHouston,Texas.Only382personswereregistered,butover66%(254)wereMAAmembers.ItwasnotedattheBusinessMeetingthattheMAAwasorganizedexactly40yearsearlier,withachartermembershipof1045.Ofthese,208werestilllivingandhadmaintainedcontinuousmembership.ThenextwintermeetingwasheldonDecember29,1956,attheUniversityofRochester,Rochester,NewYork.ItwasheldinconjunctionwiththeannualmeetingsoftheAMSandASL.MAAaddressesweregivenbyA.E.Ross,A.W.Tucker,J.B.RosserandWalterPrenowitz.E.J.McShanegavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Ofthe623registrants,410wereMAAmembers.AfterdecadesofwintermeetingsinDecemberorearlyJanuary,thenextwintermeetingwasheldJanuary30-31,1958,attheUniversityofCincinnati.TheAssociationranthreesessions.W.L.Durengavearetiringpresidentialaddress“Mathematicscoursesformathematicsteachers.”Twopanelswereoffered,oneontheorganizationandoperationofinstitutesandoneontheappropriatecoursesforinstitutes,withpanelists:E.J.McShane,GeorgePólya,R.E.Johnson,andR.A.Rosenbaum.Ofthe750registeredpersons,519wereMAAmembers.TheannualmeetinginJanuary1959washeldattheUniversityofPennsylvania.TheMAAsessionswerescheduledfortwomorningsandanafternoon.Threepanelswereoffered:oneonprofessionalopportunitiesinmathematics,oneonthetrainingofsecondaryschoolmathematicsteachers,andoneonhighschoolmathcourses.Thelastpanelwasco-sponsoredbytheSchoolMathematicsStudyGroupandmoderatedbyE.G.Begle.Therewere621MAAmembersamongthe996registrants.ThesecondannualmeetingheldinahotelwasinChicagoinJanuary1960.Themeeting,heldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,NCTM,andSIAM,spannedthreedayswithsessionsheldthreemorningsandoneafternoon.Paneldiscussionsdealtwithadvancedplacement,natureandrollofgeometryintheclassroom,andcalculusinhighschool.Thehotelwasnothappywiththe1312frugalmathematicians;theyhadtoclosetwooftheirthreebars.Attendeesincluded816MAAmembers.TheprogramincludedajointmeetingoftheMAAandNCTM.TheBoardvotedtosetthepricesofallCarusMonographsat$2percopyformembersand$4fornonmembers.Therewasnoannualbanquetbecause“theopportunitiesforentertainmentandrecreationthroughoutChicago”aresoextensive.Aregistrationfeeof$1wasimposed.Priortothismeetingtherewasnoregistrationfee.TheJanuary1961meetingwasheldinWashington,D.C.atthefamousWillardHotel,theweekafterPresidentJohnKennedywasinaugurated.ThefirstMAAsessionwasdevotedtoprobabilityandstatistics.ThesecondsessionconsistedofapresentationbyGeorgeG.Lorentzon“Metricentropyandapproximation”andananalysisof
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“Undergraduatepreparationforgraduatework”byAndrewH.Gleason.Thethirdsession,onappliedmathematics,includedpresentationsbyLipmanBers,J.B.KellerandH.P.Greenspan.Thefourthsession,ontopology,includedtalksbyEldonDyer,RaoulBottandJohnW.Milnor.Therewere1527registeredpersons,including921membersoftheMAA.ItwasannouncedthattheMAAhad10,197members,whichwasup1084fromthepreviousyear.TheBoardapprovedseveralproceduresestablishingMathematicsMagazineasapublicationofMAA.TheBoardalsovotedthatthedegreeofDoctorofArtsinmathematicsbeestablishedatmostPh.D.-grantinguniversities.The45thannualmeetingwasheldinCincinnati,Ohio,January24-26,1962.Ofthe1492registrants,1033wereMAAmembers.ItwasnotedthatthiswasthefirstmeetingatwhichMAAattendanceexceeded1000.ThefirstMAAsessionwasdevotedtologic.Thesecondsession,titled“Realanalysis–Afirstcourse?,”wasfollowedbya“Critique,rebuttal,anddiscussionfromthefloor.”Thethirdsessionconcernedtwoapproachestogeometry,andthefourthsessionwason,“Geometryandthecollegeandsecondarycurricula.”AttheBusinessMeeting,theAssociation’sfirstAwardforDistinguishedServicetoMathematicswasmadetoDr.MinaS.Rees.The1963wintermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofCaliforniainBerkeleyinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandASL.TheMAAscheduledfoursessions,includingonesonthetrainingofnon-teachingmathematicians,onalgebrafromgroupstocategories,mathematicsinthenon-physicalsciences,andcombinatorialanalysis.Thefirstofmanyeveningfilmprogramsatnationalmeetingswasoffered.Amongthe1666registrants,947weremembersoftheMAA.Atthismeeting,theBoardmetallday.TheAMSGibbslectureon“Informationtheory”wasgivenbyClaudeE.Shannon.The1964wintermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofMiamiinCoralGables.Asessiononthecontentsofthefirstcourseinrealanalysiswasoffered,followedbyapanelconsistingofE.J.McShane,EdwinHewittandWalterRudin.Therewerefoursessionsinall,plusasessionoffilms.Therewere1493registeredattendees,with982MAAmembers.TheBoardinstructedtheSecretarytoprepareabylawsamendmentraisingtheannualduesto$6,upfrom$5.TheJanuary1965meetingwasheldinDenver,Colorado,inconjunctionwiththeAMS,NCTMandASL.TherewasajointsessionwithNCTMandapanelontheroleoftopologyintheundergraduatecurriculum.L.S.Bosanquetspokeon“NotesonHardy’spublishedpapersonseries.”ThroughtheBoard,theMAAwasthefirstprofessionalorganizationinthesciencestoendorsethe“1940StatementofPrinciples”onAcademicFreedomandTenure,aspublishedbytheAAUPin1964.TheJanuary1966meetingwasheldjointlywithAMSinChicago,butnotinthesamehotelasin1960.Therewere3042registrants,including1835membersoftheMAA.Asofteninthepast,sessionswerescheduledforthreemorningsandoneafternoon.OneofthefourMAAsessionswasaSymposiumonRecentAdvancesinGroup
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Theory.Therewerealsosessionsoffilms.The1967wintermeetingwasheldinpartattheRiceHotelinHoustonandinpartattheCullenAuditoriumattheUniversityofHouston.ThiswastheMAA’s50thannualmeeting.Thereweresessionsdevotedtoalgebraictopologyandanalysis.Therewere3101registeredpersons,ofwhom1720werememberoftheMAA.TherewerejointsessionswithNCTMongeometryinschoolmathematics,highschoolgeometry,geometryofthefuture,andmathematicsaroundtheworld.ThebylawswereagainamendedtoincreaseMAAdues,thistimefrom$6to$8.The1968wintermeetingwasheldinSanFrancisco,with3936registrantsand1959MAAmembers.Therewasasessiononapplicationsofmathematicsandapaneloninternationalstudyofachievementinmathematics.Thiswasthelargestjointmeetinguptothistime.Asinpreviousyears,therewerefourMAAsessionsplussessionsoffilms.ThebusinessmeetingincludedpresentationsoftheseventhAwardforDistinguishedServicetoMathematicsandtheawardofthe1968ChauvenetPrize.Thelargestattendanceatajointmeetingformanyyearswasatthe1969wintermeetinginNewOrleans.Therewere4811registeredpersons,including2328MAAmembers.Theattendancerecordhelduntilthe2000meetinginWashington,D.C.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,NCTM,ASL,andMuAlphaTheta.TheNationalAssociationofMathematicians(NAM)wasfoundedin1969.ThefirsttwoMAAsessionswerejointwithNCTM.TheAssociationheldsessionsonthetheoryofdistributionsandonmultivariatecalculus.AttheBusinessMeeting,abylawamendmentwasapprovedassertingthat,withoutadollaramountspecified,theBoardshallestablishannualdues.TwomotionstoavoidfuturemeetingsinChicago,becauseofeventsattheprecedingDemocraticconvention,failedthoughtheAMShadalreadypassedsucharesolution.IntheDecember1969issueoftheAmericanMathematicalMonthly,itwasannouncedthattheJanuary1970meetingshadbeenmovedfromMiamitoSanAntonio.DifficultieswithremaininginMiamiincludedrequiringhalftheparticipantstobeaccommodatedfarfromMiamiandatveryhighprices.TheculminationofthearrangementswasaletterfromtheMiamiConventionBureaustating,“TheEvergladesHotel,whichisservingastheheadquartersfortheforthcomingconventionoftheAMS,hasannouncedthataportionoftheaccommodationshasbeencommittedbyitsownershipforpurposeswhichwillradicallyaffectitscommitmenttoyou.”TheJanuary1970meetingwaswellattendedeventhoughithadbeenmovedtoSanAntonioatthelastminute:3994personsregistered,and2117wereMAAmembers.R.D.AndersonandW.L.Durenspokeonsuccessivedaysonthetopic“AretheretoomanyPh.D.’s.”AttheBusinessMeeting,theSecretaryannouncedthatherepeatedlyheardexpressionssuchas,“Thisisthebestmeetingwehaveeverattended.Whencanwemeethereagain?”Aone-dayshoppingtripbybustoNuevoLaredo,Mexico,
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wasarranged.Therewasalsoaspecialshowingoftheplay,“ATasteofHoney.”The1971wintermeetingwasheldinAtlanticCity,NewJersey.Therewere3513registeredpersons,including2003membersoftheMAA.TheAssociationforWomeninMathematics(AWM)wasfoundedatthemeeting.ThereweretwojointsessionswiththeNCTM,oneonthepreparationofmathematicsteachersandoneon“Thecomputerandthecalculus.”TherewerefourMAAsessionsandsessionsonfilms.AttheBusinessMeeting,aresolutionwaspresentedconcerningthewarinVietnam.ThePresidentrequestedthattheSecretaryreadthatpartofthebylawsdescribingthepurposesoftheMAA.Hethenruledthemotionoutoforderand,uponappeal,therulingofthechairwassustainedbyavoicevote.ThismeetingoftheAssociationwasdisjointfromtheAMSmeeting,aswerethenextfewmeetings.The1972meetingwasheldinLasVegasattheSaharaHotel.TheRockyMountainMathematicsConsortium(RMMC)heldaboardmeeting.TherewereMAAsessionsontheOpenUniversityinGreatBritain,modernizingthemathematicscurriculumintwo-andfour-yearcolleges,and“Players,probabilities,andprofits,”andageneralsession.Therewerealsofilmsessions.TheBoardapprovedaresolutionstating:“TheBoardofGovernorsurgesgreaterparticipationbywomenintheaffairsoftheAssociationandurgestheAssociation’sofficers,atboththenationalandsectionlevels,tofacilitateandencouragesuchparticipation.”ItwasannouncedthattheBoardapprovedaproposalforinitiatingaUSAMathematicalOlympiadtobeconductedatthehighschoollevel.AMSPresidentSaundersMacLaneandotherswereupsetattheatmosphere.Forexample,onehadtowalkbygamblingtablestogettothemeetingrooms.SoattheAMSBusinessMeeting,itwasvotedthat,“itwasthesenseofthemeetingthattheSocietynotmeetagaininLasVegasinthiscentury.”Theattendancewas3495including1706Associationmembers.TheJanuary1973meetingwasheldinDallas,Texas,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,ASL,andNCTM.TherewasanMAApaneldiscussionon“Why,what,andhowtopublish.”OneofthejointsessionswithNCTMdealtwithnewdirectionsinmathematicseducation.Associationsessionsdealtwithusingthehistoryofmathematicsasapedagogicaltoolandtrendsintheapplicationsofmathematics.Therewasagreatdealofcomplainingthatcoffeeintheheadquartershotelwas50cents.AfterpollingattendeesattheDartmouthsummermeeting,andalsoconsultingtheMAAsections,theBoardvotedtoinstitutegraduatedMAAmembershipduesforthefirsttime;thedueshadbeen$12.50forseveralyears.TheJanuary1974meetingwasheldinSanFrancisco,jointlywiththeAMS.Amongthe3410registrantswere1903membersoftheMAA.Paneldiscussionson“Theproblemoflearningtoteach”and“Onproblemsolving”weresponsoredjointlywithAMS.TherewasaluncheonhonoringGeorgePólyaandGaborSzegö.Asessionwasofferedontheapplicationsofmathematicstobiology.AnothersessionincludedareportfromD.E.Knuthon“Computerscienceanditsrelationtomathematics.”InvitedaddressesweregivenbyOlgaTaussky-ToddandDonaldKnuth.VictorKleegavetheretiringpresidentialaddress.TheAMSprogramincludedaGibbslecture,
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twosetsofColloquiumLectures,and8invitedaddresses.TheBoardauthorizedenteringateamfromtheUSAinthe1974InternationalMathematicalOlympiad.TheJanuary1975meetingwasheldinWashington,D.C.,jointlywithAMS,NCTM,ASL,andtheAWM.ThefifthMAAsessionincludedtalksbyA.M.Gleason,MarkKacandBrankoGrünbaum.TheMAAsessionsonSaturdayandSundaywerejointwithNCTM,includingapaneldiscussiononteachingmathematicstobeginningundergraduates.AneveningsessionwasheldjointlywithAMS.TherewasanAMS-MAAjointsessionontraininggraduatestudentstoteach.TherewasanMAAfilmsession.TheBoardvotedtomaketheTwo-YearCollegeMathematicsJournalanofficialjournaloftheMAAbeginningJanuary1,1976.TheBoardvotedtonegotiateforthepurchaseoftheNewMathematicalLibrary(NML)fromRandomHouse.TheBoardalsovotedtoendorsetheAMS-MAA-SIAMJointProjectsCommitteeforMathematics,laternamedtheJointPolicyBoardforMathematics(JPBM).TheJanuary1976meetingwasheldinSanAntonio,Texas,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandAWM.Therewere2840registrants,including1640membersoftheMAA.Oneevening,therewasaninformalsessionontwo-yearcolleges.ThemainfocusatthemeetingwastheUnitedStatesBicentennial.ThefirstMAAsessionincludedpresentationsaboutmathematicsinAmericafromcolonialtimesuntil1941;thespeakerswereD.J.Struik,JudithV.GrabinerandGarrettBirkhoff.P.R.Halmosspokeatthesecondsession,onAmericanmathematicsfrom1940tothepresent.Therewerealsosessionsontwo-yearcollegemathematics,mathematicsinourculture,andmathematicsandgovernment.TheAMSprogramincludedasetofColloquiumLectures,8houraddressesandatwo-dayshortcourse.TheNationalAssociationofMathematicians(NAM)scheduledabusinessmeetingandprogramonJanuary25.TheAMSandMAAjointlysponsoredamusicrecitalforpianoandviolincello,performedbyLeonardGillmanandLouisRowen.Thewintermeetingin1977washeldattheChase-ParkHotelinSt.Louis,Missouri.Singlehotelroomswereavailablestartingat$24,doublesat$30.Thismeetingwasheldjointlywithseveralorganizations,includingNAM.Therewere2993registeredpersons,including1741MAAmembers.AgainmostoftheMAAsessionswerejointwithNCTM.TherewasaneveningjointsessionwiththeAMSonthe“ChinaReport”aboutadelegation’svisittothePeople’sRepublicofChinainMay,1976.ThreejointMAA-NCTMpanelsdealtwiththedeclineinpreparationofstudentsforcollegiatemathematics,howtocopewithavoidanceandanxiety,andthehistoryofwomeninmathematics.TherewasalsoajointAMS-MAAconcertandacocktailpartyfeaturingDixielandJazzfordancinginthehotel’sStarlightandZodiacRooms.TheJanuary1978meetingwasheldinAtlanta,Georgia,jointlywithAMSandNCTM.Approximately3100personsregisteredforthismeeting.PaulErdösspokeoncombinatorialproblemsinelementarygeometryandIvanNivenspokeonthefactthatcombinatoricsreallycounts.HenryPollakgavetheretiringpresidentialaddress.TherewasaChauvenetsymposium,whichconsistedoftwolecturesby
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winnersoftheChauvenetPrize.Therewasapanelonnumericalanalysisintheclassroom,onusingthehistoryofmathematicstoteachmathematics,onremediation,andoncreditandplacementbyexamination.Therewasalsoapaneldiscussiononthe“InterimreportoftheNationalResearchCouncilCommitteeonAppliedMathematicsTraining.”Specialsessionsincluded13films.Finally,therewasapostersessionwithsixdisplays.TheBoardratifiedanagreementtoestablishtheArchivesofAmericanMathematicsattheUniversityofTexas.TheBoardalsoapprovedpurchaseofthepropertyat1527and1529EighteenthStreet,N.W.,inWashington,D.C.DonaldE.KnuthgavetheAMSGibbslectureon“Mathematicaltypography.”TheJanuary1979meetingwasheldinBiloxi,Mississippi,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,AWM,NCTM,andtheMathematicsActionGroup.2069oftheattendeesregisteredasmathematicians.TherewereseveralpaneldiscussionsonmathematicseducationandajointsessionwithNCTM.ThefourthMAAsessionsponsoredtalksbyPersiW.Diaconis,AndrewM.GleasonandR.CreightonBuck.Diaconisspokeon“MathematicalproblemsinESPresearch.”TheCommitteeonTwo-YearCollegesheldaninformalmeeting.Apostersessionwasheldintheexhibitionhall.TheBoardapprovedestablishmentofaJointMAA-SIAMCommitteeonApplicationsofMathematicsintheCollegeCurriculum.TheBoardalsoapprovedcreationofastandingCommitteeonShortCourses.TheJanuary1980meetingwasheldinSanAntonio,Texas,inconjunctionwithameetingofAMS,AWM,NCTM,andtheMathematiciansActionGroup.HenryL.Aldergavearetiringpresidentialaddress.ThemeetingincludedajointMAA-SIAMsessionandasessiononmathematicsfortwo-yearcollegefaculty.ThefirstAWMNoetherLecturewasgivenbyF.JessieMacWilliamsofBellLabs.TherewasanMAAminicourseon“Precalculusandcalculuswithhand-heldcalculators.”Thereweretwo“MAASwapSessions”thatfocusedonsection-sponsoredshortcoursesandstudentparticipationatsectionmeetings.TheAMSandMAAsponsoredaconcertwithLouisRowenonviolincelloandLennyGillmanonthepianoplayingsonatasbyBach,Franck,Beethoven,andRachmaninoff.Therewere2758registrantsincluding1581MAAmembers.TheJanuary1981meetingwasheldinSanFrancisco,California,inconjunctionwithmeetingsofAMS,ASL,AWM,ConferenceBoardoftheMathematicalSciences,NCTM,andtheMathematiciansActionGroup.Therewere1635membersoftheMAAamongthe3165registrantsatthismeeting.TwooftheMAAsessionsweresponsoredjointlywithNCTM,includingapaneldiscussionongiftedstudents.TheAssociationsponsoreditssecondminicourse,“Topicsindataanalysis”organizedbyJohnKettenringandPaulTukey.Thefilmsessionsincluded14films.In1982,2345attendedthe65thannualmeetinginCincinnatiincluding1298Associationmembers.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandAWM.Therewerefiveinvitedaddresses,andDorothyL.Bernsteingaveherretiringpresidentialaddresson“Mathematicalexpectations.”Thereweretwo
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paneldiscussionsandanopenmeetingonsecondaryschoollectureshipprograms.DorothyBernsteingavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Twominicourseswereoffered:“Mathematicalmodelsinpoliticalscience”and“Theuseofcomputerstoteachmathematics.”TherewasasessioninhonorofMartinGardner,withDorisSchattschneiderpresiding.TheJanuary1983meetingwasheldinDenver,Colorado.OntwodaystheAssociationheldjointsessionswiththeNCTM.Thefirsttwocontributedpapersessionswereoffered.Onewasontheuseofcomputersinundergraduatemathematicsinstruction,theotherondiscretemathematicsinundergraduatemathematicsinstruction.TheCommitteeonCorporatemathematicssponsoredasessiononmathematicspublishing,copyright,andsoftware.TherewasaworkshopontheuseofPascal.Therewere1227Associationmembersamongthe2323registrants.TheJanuary1984meetingwasheldinLouisville,Kentucky.RichardD.Andersongavetheretiringpresident’saddresson“ReflectionsonthemystiqueofR.L.Moore.”Therewere7invitedaddresses,4paneldiscussions,and8minicourses.Atthebusinessmeeting,MAAPresidentIvanNivenreadacitationhonoringwomeninmathematics,whichwasreceivedbyJuliaB.RobinsonandLindaP.Rothschild,presidentsofAMSandAWM,respectively.ThesevenMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRichardA.Askey,AndrewM.Gleason,MelvinMaron,HenryO.Pollak,HerbertS.Wilf,FrancesYao,andonejointlybyRossFinneyandDonaldBermanofCOMAP.Thetotalnumberofattendeeswas2533.
TheJanuary1985meetinginAnaheim,California,washeldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,ASL,AWMandNAM.Therewere8invitedaddresses,10minicourses,and7paneldiscussions.Therewere5sessionsofinvitedcontributedpapers.Aspecialprogramwasdevotedtocomputersciencethatincludedapanelandworkshops.TheTwo-YearCollegeCommitteehostedaget-togethercocktailpartyforallthoseinterestedinTwo-Yearcolleges.TheeightMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyPersiDiaconis,HelamanR.P.Ferguson,JohnM.Guckenheimer,Gian-CarloRota,MurrayM.Schacher,FranklinD.Tall,GuidoL.Weiss,andJosephWeizenbaum.TheACM/MAAJointCommitteeonRetrainingforComputerSciencesponsoredtwospecialsessions,twoworkshopsandonepaneldiscussion.Therewere3116attendeesatthemeeting.The1986JanuarymeetinginNewOrleanswaspromotedasajointmathematicsmeeting;therewere3726attendeesatthemeeting.IvanNivengavearetiringpresidentialaddress.BenFusaroorganizedthefirstsessiononmathematicalcompetitioninmodelingtobeofferedatawintermeeting.ThefirstJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesonthehistoryanddevelopmentofmathematicsatwintermeetingsweregivenbyVictorW.Guilliemin,PaulR.Halmos,andThomasHawkins.Theoriginalgoaloftheseaddresseswastoinvitetrulygreatwell-knownmathematiciansandencouragethemtoappealtoawideaudience;historyand/orpersonalrecollectionswereencouraged.Inthefirstfewyears,JointInvited
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AddressesbyLipmanBers,JoeDauben,PaulHalmos,JohnKemeny,SaundersMacLane,andUtaMerzbach,andDavidMumfordwereespeciallywellattended.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyR.H.Bing,RonaldL.Graham,PeterJ.Hilton,JosephB.Keller,VictorL.Klee,HenryO.Pollak,andGailS.Young.Therewere3sessionsofcontributedpapersand12minicourses.[FiveofthosespeakerswerepastorfutureMAApresidents!]InJanuary1987,thejointmeetingwasheldinSanAntonio,Texas.TherewasanAMS-MAAsymposiumontheroleofmathematicsinprecollegeeducation.WarrenPageorganizedsessiononsoftware.AnAMS-MAAworkshoponpopularizingmathematicsthroughSquareOneTelevisionwasorganizedbyJoelSchneider.Therewere3385attendeesatthemeeting.AMS-MAAJointInvitedAddressesweregivenbyEdwardN.Lorenz,UtaC.Merzbach,andHughL.Montgomery.RichardK.Guy,PeterD.Lax,andJohnW.MilnorgaveMAAInvitedAddresses.Guyspokeon“Thestronglawofsmallnumbers.”Therewere5sessionsofcontributedpapersandnumerouspaneldiscussions.BenFusaroorganizedapresentation,“TheMathematicalCompetitioninModeling(MCM).”TherewasaJointAMS-MAAsymposiumon“Theroleofmathematiciansinpre-collegeeducation.”The1988jointmeetingwasheldinAtlanta,Georgia.Therewasajointsessionon100yearsofAmericanmathematics,anethno-mathematicspanel,andaspecialprogramonforcesofchangeinmathematicseducation.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyLipmanBers,JosephDauben,JohnG.Kemeny,andDavidMumford.LynnSteengavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Therewere6sessionsofcontributedpapers.Therewere7MAAInvitedAddresses.Theyweregivenby:LawrenceCouvillon,RonaldG.Douglas,DonaldL.Kreider,JeffreyC.Lagarias,CharlesC.Lindner,VeraS.Pless,andJaneCroninScanlon.ATexusersgroupworkshopwasthefirstofmanyworkshopstobeofferedbytheAssociationatwintermeetings.MAAPresidentLenGillmansang“HappyBirthday”totheAMSatthejointdinnerwhereHP-28sweregiventoattendeeswhooptedtopre-purchaseonewhenregisteringforthemeeting.MostmemorablewasthefactthatAtlantawassnowedinformostofthemeeting.Thenumberofmathematicianswhoregisteredforthemeetingtotaled3236..The1989jointmeetingwasheldinPhoenix,Arizona.JointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRalphP.Boas,RonaldL.Graham,CathleenS.Morawetz,andStephenSmale.ArnoldRossgaveaSpecialMAAReportonhelpingteachersdevelopcreativityinstudents.TherewasapanelsponsoredbytheJointCommitteeonEmploymentandEducationalPolicy,apaneloncomputersingeometry,asessiononmathematicalmodeling,apresidentialconcertwithWilliamBrowderonthefluteandLennyGillmanonthepiano,andaworkshoponteachingassistantsandpart-timeinstructors.AhiketoSouthMountainParkintheSonoraDesertwassoldout.TheMAAHedrickLecturewasgivenbyDonBernardZagier.ThesixMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyH.ThomasBanks,PeterB.Gilkey,AlfredW.Hales,MarianBoykanPour-El,GeorgeR.Sell,andRuthWilliams.Thetotalattendancewas3685.
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In1990theAssociationmetinLouisville,Kentucky.EventhoughtherehadbeensomeoverlaponAssociationandSocietysessionssince1986,theLouisvillemeetingwastheprototypeofwhathascometobeafullyintegratedjointmathematicsmeeting.TherewereJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddresses,givenbyJonBarwise,CharlesW.Curtis,BarrySimon,andNolanR.Wallach.Therewere5MAAInvitedAddresses,givenbyJamesD.Aczél,MichaelF.Barnsley,ThomasKailath,JudithD.Sally,andPeterWinkler.TherewasanAMS-MAA-SIAMforumonpreparationforcollegeteachers,acomputeralgebrasystemssession,asessiononcomputersintheclassroom,several5-dayworkshops,andthesecondpartofaspecialreportbyArnoldRossondevelopingteachers’abilitytoencouragecreativityinstudents.MathematicalReviewscelebratedits50thbirthdayatthemeeting.Therewasabanquettorecognizethe20thanniversaryofNAMandadinnerwasheldtohonorA.B.Willcox,whohadretiredafterservingasMAAExecutiveDirectorof21years.LeonardGillmangavetheretiringpresidentialaddresson“Teachingprogramsthatwork.”Theattendanceatthemeetingwas3680.The1991meetingwasheldinSanFrancisco,California.JointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyShiingS.Chern,RebeccaA.Herb,andFrankMorgan.FourMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyHaroldM.Edwards,JillP.Mesirov,CarlosJ.Moreno,andFloydWilliams.LesterH.LangegavethefirstMAAStudentChapterLecture.Histopicwas“DesirablescientifichabitsofmindlearnedfromGeorgePólya.”ChristelRotthausgaveaspecialAMS-AWM-MAAaddressinhonorofthe20thanniversaryofthefoundingoftheAssociationforWomeninMathematics.Acontributedpaperssessionwasofferedonhumanisticmathematics.TherewasanopendiscussionsponsoredbytheCommitteeontheMathematicalEducationofTeachers(COMET)onthedocument,“ACallforChange.”AworkshopsponsoredbytheCommitteeonStudentChapterswasfollowedbyastudentreception.ThecommitteealsoorganizedanexcursiontotheExploratoriumforstudents.TheCommitteeontheParticipationofWomensponsoredskitsandadiscussionon“Changingtheclimate.”Thetotalattendancewas4650.TheJanuary1992meetingwasheldinBaltimore.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJoanS.Birman,I.M.Singer,andJ.ErnestWilkins,Jr.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyDavidH.Carlson,IngridDaubechies,JamesW.Demmel,JeffreyShallit,andHaroldStevenson(fromaPsychologyDepartment).AretiringpresidentialaddressgivenbyLidaK.Barrett.TherewerethreejointAMS-MAAsessions,17MAAminicourses,and7MAAsessionsofcontributedpapers.ApanelwasofferedonstatisticsfortheTwenty-FirstCentury.TherewasaStrengtheningUnderrepresentedMinorityMathematicsAchievement(SUMMA)workshop.Asessionwasofferedonstartingandmaintainingadepartmentcolloquium.Therewerepoetryreadingsandacalculus/artpresentation.TherewasaspecialpresentationbyJohnvonNeumann’sbrother,NicholasA.Vonneuman.Thefirststudentpostersessionswereoffered.Thetotalattendancewas4061.In1993,thejointmeetingswereheldinSanAntonio,Texas.TherewerethreesessionsinhonoroftheMonthly’scentennial.ThefirstJointPrizeSessionoccurred
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atthismeeting.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyGeorgeE.Andrews,RichardBrualdi,RobertOsserman,andMaryF.Wheeler.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyPeterB.Borwein,SylviaT.Bozeman,andRobertD.Richtmyer.Untilthismeeting,AMSandMAAhadscheduledseparateprizesessions.TheCommitteeonStudentChapterssponsoredthefirststudentchapterpapersessionandthefirststudentchapterhospitalityandinformationcenterwhichwascoordinatedbyRichardandAraceliNeal.Therewasacareerfairforstudentsandastudentdayprogramforlocalhighschoolstudents.Thereweresessionsoncalculusreform,lifeoutsideacademia,quantitativeliteracyforcollegestudents,andmathematicalresearchforundergraduates.TheMAAsponsoredthefirstofmanyactuarialfacultyforuminformalsessiononactuarialeducationorganizedbyJamesDaniel.ThemeetingincludedthefirstofseveralMathchats,agraduatestudentreceptionwheremathematiciansrepresentingawiderangeofdisciplinesmetwithgraduatestudentsorganizedbyJimTattersall.TherewasalsoanMAASpecialInauguralTeachingAwardSession,thefirstsessionforpresentationsbyrecipientsoftheDeborahandFranklinHaimoAwardforDistinguishedCollegeorUniversityTeachingAward.SeveralsessionswereheldtocelebratethecentennialofthepublicationoftheAmericanMathematicalMonthly.SpeakersattheMonthlysessionswereRobertA.Rosenbaum,PaulR.Halmos,MurrayS.Klamkin,AndrewM.Gleason,HarleyFlanders,andGeorgeE.Andrews.ThesessionwerecomplementedwithaMonthlyCentennialCelebrationBanquet.Themeetingattendancetotalwas4093.AttheSanAntoniomeeting,theBoardofGovernorsoftheMAAmetinjointsessionwiththeCounciloftheAmericanMathematicalSocietytodiscusstheissuesposedbytheschedulingoftheJanuary1995meetinginDenverinviewofrecentpoliticaldevelopmentsinColorado.Afterdiscussionthegroupsreturnedtotheirrespectivemeetingrooms.TheBoardofGovernorsoftheMAAvotedtocancelplanstoholdthe1995JointMathematicsMeetinginDenver.AnothermotiontothecityofDenverpassedunanimously.“TheBoardofGovernorsoftheMathematicalAssociationofAmericawishtocommendtheCityofDenverforhavingdevelopedandimplementedwhatweunderstandareprogressivecivilrightsordinances;especially,thoseprohibitingdiscriminationbasedonsexualorientation.Wefurthercommendwhatweunderstandisthepositionofthecity’sleadershipandthepositionofthemajorityofthecitizensofDenvertochallengeandtoworkfortherepealofAmendment2thatpassedstatewideontheNovember1992ballot.Fortheseeffortsintheareaofhumanandcivilrights,wewishtoapplaudtheCityofDenver.However,justasthelawsandpowersoftheStateofColoradosupersedethoseoftheCityofDenver,ourcommitmentandconcernforthehumanandcivilrightsofallofourmembersmustsupersedeourappreciationforDenver’spastpoliciesandpracticesintheareaofhumanandcivilrightsandthecity’scurrentphilosophicalpositiononAmendment2.
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ThusthepositionthatwehavetakenintheResolutionconveyedtotheGovernorandthepeopleoftheStateofColoradoistheresolutionthatwillguideouractionsregardingholdingtheJanuary1995JointMathematicsMeetingsintheCityofDenveroranyotherplaceinColorado.ItisourhopethattheeffortsoftheCityofDenverandotherswillhelptoeradicatelanguagesimilartothatofAmendment2fromanyandallofColorado’sstatelaws.SuchanaccomplishmentwouldpermitustoconsiderfavorablyhavingaJointMeetingintheCityofDenverinthenearfuture.”Eachorganizationwasobligedtopay$10.000cancellationfee.TheJanuary1994meetingswereheldinCincinnati,Ohio.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyGeorgiaM.Benkart,SubrahmanyaChandrasekhar,LászlóLovász,andKennethA.Ribet.AretiringpresidentialaddresswasgivenbyDeborahTepperHaimo.MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyDeaneArgandbright,WilliamW.Dunham,StephenMonk,andBradG.Osgood.TheAssociationoffered16Minicoursesand12ContributedPapersessions.Therewerealsosessionsonmakingyourdepartmentinvitingforwomen,reformintheengineeringcurriculum,interactivemathematicstexts,andlifeafterretirement.TheCommitteeonStudentChaptersorganizedthefirststudentpostersessiononundergraduateresearchatawintermeeting.The1995annualmeetingwasheldinSanFrancisco.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyDorisSchattschneider,whospokeon“Mathematicalamateurs:M.C.Escher(artist)andMarjorieRice(homemaker)”andDavidA.Cox,whospokeon“Thealgebraofsolvingpolynomialequations.”TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyLenoreBlum,JoanFerrini-Mundy,DavidR.HillandDavidE.Zitarelli,MarioU.Martinelli,KarenH.Parshall,andKarenUlenbeck.Thereweresessionsonmathematicalcompetitions,thepreparationofK-6teachers,diversityinmathematicscourses,preparationforgraduatestudentteachingassistants,testingissueswithtechnology,howtohelpactuarystudentsprepareforandfindjobs,andundergraduatecurriculumreform.ThemeetingandseveralsubsequentannualmeetingswerebilledasjointwithAMS,AWM,NAMandASL.TheYoungMathematicianNetwork(YMN),foundedin1993,sponsoredatownmeetingontheconcernsofyoungmathematicians.TheRMMCheldaBoardofDirectorsmeeting.Twenty-ninecontributedpapersessionsandtwenty-twominicourseswereoffered.Thetotalattendancewas5038.Forthefirsttimethetotalattendancepassedthe5000mark.The1996annualmeetingwasheldinOrlando,Florida.Amajorstorminthenortheastkeptmanyfolksaway,andmanyarrivedlate.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyAndrewJ.Granville,WilliamC.Harris,andRogerA.Wiegand.TheGibbsLecturerwasStephenWeinberg.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyLászlóBabai,RobertL.Bryant,EttaZ.Falconer,DonaldL.Kreider,andRobertMoses.Thereweresessionsondistancelearning,thevisitinglecture
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program,womeninmathematics,makingteachingmorepublic,theuseofhistoryintheteachingofmathematics,encouragingdepartmentchange,researchinmathematicseducation,aquantitativeliteracyfoundationscourse,andcoordinatingmathematicsandscienceeducation.TherewasaNSFDivisionofEducationpostersessionandaPMEandMAAstudentchapteradvisors’breakfast.AProjectNExTsessionwasofferedon“Activitiesandlessonslearned.”Eighteenminicoursesandfourteencontributedpapersessionswereoffered.Thetotalattendancewas3729.The80thannualmeetingoftheAssociationwasheldinSanDiego,Californiain1997.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbySolomonFefermanandMichaelH.Freedman.PersiDiaconisgavetheGibbsLecture.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyGuershonHarel,MorrisHersch,CarlosImaz,DanKalman,JamesKaput,HaroldW.Kuhn,andChristineShoemaker.NineteenMinicourses,fourteenContributedPapersessions,andthirtyothersessionswereoffered.Amongtheothersessionswereonesonusingreal-worlddatatomotivatedteachingandlearning,innovativeprogramsusingtechnology,careersformathematicsmajorsinfinancialriskmanagement,actuarialeducation,achair’ssurvivalguide,advancedplacementstatistics,teachingprecollegemathematics,andcollegealgebrareform.Thetotalattendancewas4379.Thejointannualmeetingin1998washeldinBaltimore,Maryland.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJonathanAlperin,HaimBrezis,GailF.Burrill,NSADirectorKennethA.Minihan,andU.S.SecretaryofEducationRichardW.Riley.JointAMS-MAAsessionsdealtwithhistoryofmathematics,researchinundergraduatemathematicseducation,theuseofhistoryinteachingmathematics,newdirectionsininformationtechnology,andthefutureofNCTMstandards.TherewasaJointAMS-MAA-MERsessiononmathematicsandeducationreform.TheGibbsLecturewasgivenbyEdwardWitten.MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyThomasF.Banchoff,RogerE.Howe,JamesPropp,AlanH.Schoenfeld,MarjorieSenechal,andHerbertWilf.TheAssociationoffered16minicoursesand12contributedpapersessions.Othersessionsoffereddealtwithadviceforpreparingandsecuringanacademicposition,thecalculuswars–LeibnizversusNewton,professionaldevelopmentissuesconcerningyoungandfuturefaculty,successfularticulationforinnovativemathematicsprograms,keepingadjunctfacultyawareofchangesinteaching,environmentalmathematics.Theshortcoursedealtwithmathematicalimagingandimageprocessing.ItwasthefirstshortcourseofferedbytheAssociationatawintermeeting.Amongthe4581attendeeswere2426membersoftheAssociation.TheannualjointmeetingwasheldinSanAntonio,Texasin1999.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJenniferTourChayes,JoanFeigenbaum,andRitaColwell.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJeanPedersen,JohnH.Conway,JohnFauvel,JeremyKilpatrick,EdwardG.Dunne,RodicaSimion,andJonathanM.Borwein.TherewereJointAMS-MAAsessionsofferedongeometryindynamics,researchinmathematicsbyundergraduates,andhistoryofmathematics,andaJointAMS-MAA-MERsessiononmathematicsandeducationalreform.The
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subjectoftheMAAshortcoursewasfinancialmathematics.Sessionsincludedaperformanceofthe“MathematicsofLewisCarroll”withRobinWilsonasCharlesDodgson,theLegacyofR.L.MooreProject,involvingstudentsinindustrialconsultingexperiences,exemplarywomeninmathematicalcareers,usingthewebasatooltoteachcalculus,andwhatmathematicsteachersneedtoknow.Therewasaneveningofpoetryandmusicalpresentation“EineKleine(Mathematische)Nachtmusik”presentedbyEricNeuwirthoftheUniversityofVienna.Therewere4568attendees,including2287Associationmembers.TheJanuary2000annualmathematicsmeetingwasheldinWashington,D.C.Inspiteofthesnowyweather,themeetingcommencedwithagalaopeningbanquet.ThemeetingwasjointwithAMSandSIAMaswellasAWM,NAMandASL.ItwasthefirstmeetingjointwithSIAMin20years.ThethreeJointAMS-MAA-SIAMInvitedAddressesweregivenbyBrianGreene,KarlRubin,andJudithS.Sunley.AJointAMS-MAA-SIAM-MathematicalSciencesEducationBoard(MSEB)InvitedAddresswasgivenbyGeorgeC.Papanicolaou.TheGibbsLecturerwasSirRogerPenrose.ThereweresixJointAMS-MAA-SIAMspecialsessionsonhistoryofmathematics,innovativedevelopmentprogramsforteachingassistantsandpart-timeinstructors,linearalgebraandoptimization,mathematicsandeducationreform,mathematicsinbusiness,governmentandindustry,andasesioninmemoryofGian-CarloRota.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRonaldL.Graham,WadeEllis,Jr.,KarenH.Parshall,CarlPomerance,andEdwardBurger.ThomasF.BanchoffgavetheStudentLecture.TheAssociationoffered15minicourses,14contributedpapersessions,andashortcourse.Theprogramincluded46MAAsessionsincludingoneontenureandpost-tenurereviewpolicies,theArchimedes’Palimpsest,outreachprogramsforwomenandgirlsinmathematics,findingyoursecondjob,greattheoremsinmathematics,thenumberyears’(amathematicalgamesshow),aworkshopforteachingassistanttrainers,apostersessiononenvironmentalmathematics,andaninformalsessiononactuarialmathematics.HowardPennorganizedthefirstwintergraduatestudentpapersession.OneafternoontherewasareceptionforattendeesattheMAAHeadquarters.Theattendancewas4965including2287membersoftheAssociation.NewOrleanswasthesiteoftheJanuary2001annualmeeting.Themeetingwasjointwiththeusualorganizations(AMS,AWM,NAM,ASL),butnotwithSIAM.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyBarryMazurandJefferyR.Weeks.TherewereJointAMS-MAAspecialsessionsoneonTheJobmarketorganizedbyThomasRichelandoneontheNSFdigitallibraryprogramorganizedbyLeeZiaandJamesLightbourne.TheGibbsLecturewasgivenbyRonalL.Graham.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRobertF.Almgren,HymanBassandDeborahBall,RalphKeeney,PeterD.Lax,IvarsPeterson,EleanorRobson,andPeterWinkler.NineteenContributedPapersession,fourteenMinicourses,ashortcourse,and50othersessionswereoffered.ThefirstGeneralContributedPaperssessionswereoffered.TheywereorganizedbyHowardPenn,ElizabethM.Mayfield,JayA.Malstrom,andWilliamP.Wardlaw.TheSIGMAAonResearchonUndergraduateMathematicsEducationandtheSIGMAAonStatisticsEducationscheduled
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receptionsandbusinessmeetings.ThesewerethefirstSIGMAAeventstoappearonawinterprogram.Thereweresessionsonwritingbiographiesofmathematicians,keepingactiveinresearch,howtoattractmorestudentsintoadvancedmathematicsclasses,mathematicsinindustry,writingworkshops,andwhatmathematicsgraduatesshouldknowin2010.TheAssociationforResearchonUndergraduateMathematicsEducationheldareceptionandbusinessmeeting.Therewasareceptionforfirsttimeattendees.ThemeetingmarkedthefirsttimegeneralcontributedpapersessionswereofferedbytheAssociationatawintermeeting.Theattendancewas5134including2709Associationmembers.TheJanuary2002meetingwasheldinSanDiego,inconjunctionwithmeetingsofAMS,AWM,NAM,ASL.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyDennisDeTurck,HendrickW.Lenstra,andJamesR.Schatz.ThereweretwoJointAMS-MAAsessions,oneonhistoryofmathematicsandtheotheronmathematicsandeducationreform.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyManuelP.Berriozabel,PersiW.Diaconis,AndrewJ.Granville,SusanLandau,M.ElizabethPate-Cornell,andDavidJ.Pengelley.ThomasF.Banchoffgavearetiringpresidentialaddress.TherewerenineteencontributedpapersessionsofferedincludingageneralcontributedpapersessionorganizedbyShawneeL.McMurran,LaureWallace,andSarahL.Mabrouk.Forthefirsttimeatawintermeeting,theAssociationofferedinvitedpapersessions,akintoAMSspecialsessions.OtheractivitiesincludedsessionsonthenewCUPMCurriculumGuide,APcalculus,howtomakethemostofteachingevaluations,thehiringprocess,asessionforchairs,mathematicspreparationofdoctoratesinmathematicseducation,grantwriting,mathematicalexperiencesforstudentsoutsidetheclassroom,andhowtosuccessfullypublishabook.Therewere4665attendeesatthemeetingincluding2252Associationmembers.TheJanuary2003meetingwasheldinBaltimore,inconjunctionwithAMS,AWM,NAM,ASLandSIAM.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyNoamD.ElkiesandEdwardR.Scheinerman.ThefiveMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyIvorGrattan-Guiness,PaulJ.Sally,JosephH.Silverman.RichardA.Tapia,andRobinWilson.TheMAAprogramalsoincluded16minicourses,26contributedpapersessions,severalinvitedpapersessions,ashortcourseonmathematicsintheancientworld,and47othersessions.TherewerefourcontributedpapersessionssponsoredbySIGMAAs.Sessionsincludedsmallgroupprojectsincollegealgebra,writingandpublishingexpositoryarticlesonmathematics,firstcollege-levelmathematicscourses,howtoassessamathematicsprogram,improvinggraduateeducation,interdisciplinarybusinessmathematics,laptopsintheclassroom,andthestateofstatisticseducation.TheMAAshortcourseon“Mathematicsintheancientworld”wasorganizedbyV.FrederickRickey.Therewere5087attendeesincluding2413Associationmembers.TheJanuary2004meetingwasheldinPhoenix,Arizona.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyBonnieBergerandStephenWolfram.TheMAAretiringpresidentialaddresswasgivenbyAnnWatkins.OtherMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyManjulBhargava,WilliamW.Dunham,EricaL.Flappan,
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MarkM.Meerschaert,andNeilJ.A.Sloane.TherewerefivecontributedpapersessionssponsoredbySIGMAAs.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheASL,AWM,NAM,PME,SIAM,YMN,RMMC,andtheLondonMathematicalSociety.TheMathematicalArtExhibitwasanewfeatureatthismeetingandhasbeenaregulareventsincethen.StephenWolframpresentedalivecomputerexperiment.Therewasasessiononquantitativeliteracyacrossthecurriculum,mentoringnewfaculty,findingyournextjob,assessmentofstudentlearning,andoralpresentations.Theattendancewas4726including2212Associationmembers.Atlanta,Georgia,wasthesiteoftheJanuary2005annualmeeting.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyAndreaL.BertozziandBerndtSturmfels.TheGibbsLecturewasgivenbyIngridDaubechies.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyGeorgiaM.Benkart,ErikD.Demaine,FernandoQ.Gouvêa,StevenG.Krantz,RaviD.Vakil,andRobinJ.Wilson.Twenty-fourcontributedpapersession,sixteenminicourses,and50othersessions,includingseveralSIGMAAsessionswereoffered.TheMAAshortcourseonrandomgraphswasorganizedbyAlanM.Frieze.Sessionsincludedoneonthetwo-bodyproblem,howchangesinhighschoolmathematicscouldinfluencecollegiatemathematics,recruitingstudentsbymathematicsdepartments,strategiestoimprovestudents’proof-writingskills,inquiry-basedlearning,planningasabbatical,andfacultydevelopmentforadjunctsandnewfaculty.Thetotalattendancewas4874including2361Associationmembers.TheJanuary2006annualmeetingwasheldinSanAntonio.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbySvetlanaY.JitomirskayaandLászlóLovász.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyMarcChamberland,KeithJ.Devlin,NaomiFisher,BenGreen,RobertE.Megginson,andFrancisE.Su.Therewerethreeinvitedpapersessions,16minicourses,29contributedpapersessions,andashortcourse.Therewere9SIGMAAsessionsand3ProjectNExTsessions.Othersessionsofferedwereonrequiringstatisticsofeverymathematicsmajor,teachingacourseonwomenand/orminoritiesinmathematics,thegreatπ/edebate,transitioningintograduateschool,whatbusinesslooksforinnewhires,andtopicsofethicsinmathematics.Thetotalattendancewas5131including2319Associationmembers.Thegraduatestudentreceptionandfirst-timersreceptionweremergedintooneevent.The2007meetingwasheldinNewOrleans.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyBrynaR.KraandPersiW.Diaconis.TheGibbsLecturewasgivenbyPeterD.Lax.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJerryL.Bona,JeffreyBrock,BradleyEfron,DellaFenster,PennyHaxell,andJanvanMannen.ThelocalsweregratefulthatthemeetingswerenotmovedbecauseofthedevastationcausedbythehurricaneKatrina.Inrecognitionofthe300thanniversaryofEuler’sbirth,theMAAshortcoursewason“LeonhardEuler:lookingbackafter300years.”Sessionsofferedincludedoneonkeepingyourresearchalive,Euler’scontinuinginfluence,studentplacement,engagingstudentsinresearch,clubs,studentchapters,and
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internships,reshapingundergraduatemathematicsforbiology-relateddisciplines,andelectronicstudentassessment.Thetotalattendancewas5236including2245Associationmembers.TheJanuary2008annualmeetingwasheldinSanDiego.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyFanChungandTerranceTao.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyPaulH.Edelman,KarenH.Parshall,andCarlPomerance.CarlC.Cowengavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Therewere16minicourses,26sessionsofcontributedpapers,and22SIGMAA-relatedevents.Amongtheother31sessionswasasessiononmathematicsinHollywood,asessiononwhateverychairshouldknowaboutfunding,ademonstrationandperformanceofthemathematicsofdance,andashowingofthemovieFlatland.Theshortcourseon“Combinatorics:past,present,andfuture”wasorganizedbyRobinWilson.TheMAAheldancillaryconferenceson“Introductoryconceptsofstatisticalinference”and“Buildinganundergraduatestatisticsprogram.”Thetotalattendancewas5653including2419Associationmembers.Washington,D.C.wasthehostofthe92ndannualmeetingoftheMAAinJanuary2009.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyDouglasN.ArnoldandMaryamMirzakhani.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyMariaChudnovsky,IvarsPeterson,DanielC.Rockmore,PeterSarnak,andPeterM.Winkler.Twenty-sixcontributedpapersessions,fourteenminicourseswereoffered.Inaddition,therewereinvitedpapersessions,paneldiscussions,workshops,postersessions,sessionsandactivitiesforundergraduateandgraduatestudents,poetryreadings,adramaticperformance,andashortcourse.TherewerethirtySIGMAA-relatedevents.AshortcourseondataminingwasorganizedbyRichardD.deVeaux.TheMAAancillaryprogramwason“Teachingintroductorydataanalysisthroughmodeling.”AmongtheMAAsessionsforstudentswasacareerfair,alectureforstudents,apostersession,areceptionforundergraduates,apanelonchoosing,gettingin,andstayingingraduateschool,apaneloncareeropportunitiesforundergraduates,agraduateschoolfair,andtheStudentHospitalityCenter.Therewere5965attendeesincluding2288MAAmembers.TheJanuary2010meetingwasheldinSanFranciscoinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheASL,AWM,NAM,PME,RMMC,YMN,andSIAM.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJosephHarrisandBrianWhite.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyManjulBhargava,LenoreBlum,DusaMcDuff,GlenvanBrummelen,andSueWhitesides.TheFirstAMS-MAA-SIAMGeraldandJudithPorterPublicLecturewasgivenbyStevenH.Strogatzwhospokeon“Thecalculusoffriendship.”Thereweresixinvitedpapersessions,13minicourses,27sessionsofcontributedpapers,and22panels,postersessionsandothersessions.Ashortcourseon“Exploringthegreatbooksofmathematics”wasorganizedbyAmyShellGellaschandGlenVanBrummelen.Thereweretwoancillaryworkshops,oneon“Teachingintroductorystatistics”andonetitled,“Becomeacatalystforchangeinstatisticseducation.”AmongthemanysessionsofferedbytheAssociationwasoneonfindingthebalancebetweenmathematicsandfamilydemandsandoneon
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promotionandtenure.TheMobiusbandaidplayerspresentedseveralmathematically-relatedpieces.Thetotalattendancewas5798including1991MAAmembers.NewOrleanswasthevenueforthejointmeetingsin2011.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyKannanSoundarajanandChuu-LianTerng.ThesecondGeraldandJudithPorterPublicLecturewasgivenbyRobertJ.Lang.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRobertM.Bell,EdwardR,Scheinerman,KatherineSocha,andMelanieWood.DavidM.Broussoudgavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Thereweresixinvitedpapersessions,13minicourses,and26contributedpapersession.Inaddition,therewerethirty-eightSIGMAA-relatedsessions,andthirty-oneMAApanels,postersessionsandothersessions.Therewasasessiononmentoringunderrepresentedstudents,improvingbiomathematicscourses,regionalundergraduatemathematicsconferences,recruitmentoffuturegraduatestudents,andinquiry-proofinstructionaltechniques.NancyAnnNeudauerorganizedashortcourseonmatroids.Besidesthesectionofficersmeeting,thebusinessmeetingandnumerouscommitteemeetings,thereweremeetingsforbothdepartmentliaisonsandminoritychairs.Therewasaperformancetitledthe“Derivativevs.integral”presentedColinAdamsandThomasGarrity.Thetotalattendancewas5968including2036membersoftheAssociation.TheJanuary2012annualmeetingwasheldinBoston,Massachusetts.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyAlanKnutsonandHeeOh.TheGibbsLecturewasgivenbyBradleyEfron.ThePorterLecturerwasErikDemaine.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJenniferQuinn,SethM.Sullivant,CarolynS.Gordon,RekhaR.Thomas,andMaryLouZeeman.TherewasaMAA-AMSInvitedPaperSessiononrecentdevelopmentsinthephilosophyofmathematics,9MAAinvitedpapersessions,14minicourses,29contributedpapersessions,and31SIGMAA-relatedevents.Thereweresessionsontransitioningfromhighschooltocollege,onadministrativestrategiesfordealingwithbudgetcuts,ongettingyourtextbookpublished,mathematicsfornon-STEMstudents,engagingsecondaryteachersindoingmathematics,andamathwrangleorganizedbytheAmericanMathematicsCompetitionsOffice.Therewasashortcourseonthetopicof“Discreteandcomputationalgeometry”organizedbySatyanL.DevadossandJosephO’Rourke.Therewere7156participantsatthemeeting,including2286MAAmembers.Itwasthefirsttimeattendanceexceeded7000.TheJanuary2013meetingwasheldinSanDiego.TheAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyRobinPemantleandEmilyShuckburgh.ThePorterLecturerwasKennethGolden.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyTimothyChartier,TonyDeRose,ChrisRasmussen,SuzanneWeekes.PaulZorngavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Therewerepresentationsbyteachingawardrecipients,invitedpapersessions,contributedpapersessions,minicourses,postersession,panels,workshops,specialinterestgroupsessionsandevents,andancillaryworkshops.Therewereover40MAApaneldiscussions,postersessions,workshopsandothersessions.Amongthosethereweresessionsonplacementtestingandthecommon
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corecurriculum,whateverystudentshouldknowaboutthejointmathematicsmeetings,benefitsofresearchwithundergraduates,mathematicsexaminationsforprospectiveteachers,parentalandfamilyleaveforgraduatestudents,andrandomizationandbootstrapmethodsinanintroductorystatisticscourse.Therewasapoetryreadingsession,aperformancebytheMobiusbandaidplayers,afilmonthelifeofShiing-ShenChern,anexhibitofthePaulHalmosphotographcollection,andashortcourseonconceptualclimatemodels.Thetotalattendancewas6672,including2096MAAmembers.The97thannualmeetingoftheAssociationwasheldinBaltimoreinJanuary2014.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyBensonFarbandCarlPomerance.ThePorterLecturerwasEitanGrinspun.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbySarah-MarieBelcastro,WilliamDunham,HelamanandClaireFerguson,JillPipher,andMichaelStarbird.Inadditiontherewereseveninvitedpapersessions,fifteenminicourses,twenty-eightcontributedpapersessions,fortyothersessions,includingpanels,posters,workshops,poetryreadings,andamathwrangle.TheshortcourseonlearningthemethodsofhistoricalresearchorganizedbyAmyShell-Gellaschwaswellattended,buttheBoardvotedatthemeetingnottooffershortcoursesatfuturemeetings.Thetotalattendancewas6448,including1663MAAmembers.TheJanuary2015annualmeetingwasheldinSanAntonio.TheJointAMS-MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyJordanEllenbergandRichardTapia.ThePorterLecturerwasDonaldG.Saari.TheMAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyCatherineO’Neil,KenOno,ChristineRousseau,andDianaL.Thomas.RobertDevaneygavearetiringpresidentialaddress.Seveninvitedpapersessions,sixteenminicourses,thirty-threecontributedpapersessionswiththemes,andahostofgeneralcontributedpapersessionwereoffered.Inadditionthirty-threepanels,posters,orworkshopswereontheprogram.TwelveSIGMAAssponsoredvariousevents.Therewereseveralsessionforstudentsincludingaspeedinterviewingmarathon,agraduateschoolfair,apostersession,andalecture.Inaddition,threeancillaryworkshopswereontheprogram.
SUMMERMEETINGS(1929topresent)ThefirstfarwesternmeetingwasheldinBoulder,Colorado,inAugust1929.Consideringthetimesandlocation,itwaswellattendedwith239inattendance,including121MAAmembers.Indeed,“Theattendancewasbeyondtheexpectations,almostbeyondthehopesofthoseincharge,”since“themembershipintheRockyMountainregionisquitescattered.”Mostattendeeslodgedinfraternityhouses.However,severalmembersfounditquitefeasibletopitchtheirtentsintheBoulderMunicipalCamp.TherewasanexcursionbyuniversityandprivateautomobiletoEstesParkVillageandthenuptotheFallRiverPassatanaltitudeof11,797feet.Manyattendeeshadplannedtheirvacationstoincludeastayinthemountainsfortwoorthreeweeksprecedingorfollowingthemeeting.
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AtthesummermeetingatBrownUniversityinSeptember1930,EnricoBompianioftheUniversityofRomespokeonItaliancontributionstomathematics.G.D.Birkhoffspokeonthemathematicaltheoryofharmonyandmelody.HistalkwasassistedbyMarstonMorseatthepiano,whodevelopedatheoryofharmonyinwhichacomparisonofchordsandsequencesofchordswasanalyzedusingunderlyingaestheticfactorsandaformulaofhis.TheAMScolloquiumlecturesweregivenbySolomonLefschetzon“Topology.”AddresseswerealsogivenbyT.H.HildebrandtandJ.D.Tamarkin.TherewasanexcursiontoNewportthatincludedtheCliffWalkandtheCasinowhereashoredinnerwasprovided.ThefifteenthsummermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofMinnesota(Minneapolis)onSeptember4,7and8,1931.TheSeptember4meetingwasattheendoftheSummerSessionoftheSocietyforthePromotionofEngineeringEducation,providinganimportantlinkbetweenthemeetingsofthetwomathematicalorganizations.Oneofthejointtalkswiththisorganizationwasabout“Somegreatengineer-mathematicians,”startingwithArchimedes.TheAMScolloquiumlecturesweregivenbyMarstonMorseon“Thecalculusofvariations.”InvitedaddressesweregivenbyEdmundLandauandC.C.MacDuffee.259werepresentatthemeeting,including148MAAmembers.Thesummermeetingin1932atUCLAwasheldinconjunctionwiththeAMSsummermeeting.TherewasanexcursiontoMountWilsonObservatoryandlunchattheAthenaeumattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.Thestaffattheobservatorygraciouslyexhibitedboththe100inchandthe60inchtelescope.Ofthe210inattendance,92weremembersoftheMAA.The1933summermeetingwasheldforaweekinJuneattheUniversityofChicagoandNorthwesternUniversity,byinvitationof,“ACenturyofProgressExposition.”Nearly500peopleattended,including193membersoftheMAA.TheScienceCongress,jointlysponsoredbyAAASand“ACenturyofProgress,”washeldJune19-30,thefirstweekbeingdevotedtopurescienceandthesecondtoappliedscience.Anotedfeatureofthefirstweekwasthepresenceof27distinguishedforeignscientists,includingLipótFejér,NielsBohr,TullioLevi-CivitaandEnricoBompiani.BoardbusinessincludedareportonthepartoftheMAA’sfundswhichweretiedupintheOberlinSavingsBanksincethe“bankholiday”inFebruary.WilliamsCollegeinWilliamstown,MA,hostedtheSeptember1934summermeeting,heldjointlywiththe40thsummermeetingoftheAMS.TheAMScolloquiumlecturesweregivenbyNorbertWieneron“Fouriertransformsinthecomplexdomain,”asoriginallyplannedbyWienerandR.A.C.Paley,recentlydeceased.ThesecondMAAsessionincludedE.T.Bell’sretiringpresidentialaddress,“Theplaceofrigorinmathematics,”whichwasreadbyH.W.Brinkman.TherewasreferencetoanexhibittobeshownattheupcomingDecemberNCTM-MAAmeetinginPittsburgh,thefirstMAAmeetingsharedwithNCTM.Ofthe267attendees,145wereMAAmembers.
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TheSeptember1935meetingwasheldattheUniversityofMichigan.Ofthe310attendeesatthisAMS-MAAmeeting,169weremembersoftheMAA.TherewasalsoajointsessionoftheAMSandthenewly-formedInstituteofStatistics.J.D.Tamarkinindicatedthatsomemathematicianshaveaninferioritycomplex,butthatothershaveanunfortunatesuperioritycomplex.“Foritisonethingtodevelopacorrectmathematicalpaper,andquiteanothertoprepareitinaformthatisclearandreadable,somemathematiciansnotdeigningtodescendtothelevelofthosewhoseektounderstandtheirpapers.”TheAMScolloquiumlecturesweregivenbyH.S.VandiveronFermat’slasttheoremandrelatedtopics.OneoftheexcursionswastoGreenfieldVillagewhereHenryFordhadassembledexhibitsofmaterialsofthepast“whichareofinteresttothepresentandposterity.”OthersvisitedtheFordfactory.TheAugust1936meetingwasheldatHarvardUniversityinconjunctionwiththeproceedingsoftheTercentenaryofHarvardCollege.G.H.Hardybroughtgreetingsfrom“CambridgeontheCam”to“CambridgeontheCharles.”HealsogaveanAMS-MAAlectureon“TheIndianMathematicianRamanujan.”OtherspeakersincludedR.Carnap,E.J.Cartan,L.E.Dickson,T.Levi-Civita,andatanAssociationsession,C.Carathéodory.TherewereexcursionstohistoricalsitesinBostonandtoanexhibitatMIToftheirdifferentialanalyzerthatcouldsolvecomplexdifferentialequations.AgardenpartyattheHarvardCollegeObservatorywashostedbyMrs.HarlowShapley.AgroupphotooftheattendeeswastakenonthestepsoftheWidenerLibrary.With1000participants,themeetingsurpassedbothAMSandMAArecords.Therewere351MAAmemberspresent.Atthe1937summermeetingatPennsylvaniaStateCollege,MAApresidentA.J.KemperspokeabouthisdismayuponcomingtotheUnitedStatesandoffindingthelowcharacteroffreshmanandsophomorecoursesincollegemathematics.HeurgedtheenrollmentofamuchlargernumberofsecondaryschoolteachersintheAssociationandmorefrequentmeetingsoftheSectionswithhighschoolteachers.AMSpresidentR.L.Mooreexpressedalarmthat,upto1933,only22AmericanPhDsinmathematicshadpublishedmorethan30papers.TherewasdismaythatH.E.SlaughthaddiedonMay21,1937.Therewerepresentationsabouthiscareerandreferencetomemorialpapers.TheAMSColloquiumLectureson“Continuousgeometry”weregivenbyJohnvonNeumann.TheBoardreaffirmeditsendorsementoftheWorldCalendarandrequestedthatthegovernmentsupportthisattheLeagueofNations.Lessthanhalf(209)ofthe457attendeeswereMAAmembers.Theusualsummermeetingwascanceledfor1938indeferencetotheSemicentennialCelebrationoftheAMS.TheSeptember1939meetingwasheldattheUniversityofWisconsin.ExcursionsincludedacomplimentarytriptoandtouroftheGeorgeBantaPublishingCompany’splantinMenasha.BantawasthepublisheroftheMonthlyformany
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years,includingdifficulttimesduringWorldWarII.AMSColloquiumLecturesweregivenbyA.A.Alberton“Structureofalgebras,”andbyM.H.Stoneon“Convexbodies.”371attendedthemeeting,amongthem181MAAmembers.AttheSeptember1940meeting,theBoardvotedasubventionof$1000thisyearand$500foreachofthenextfouryearstowardMathematicalReviews.Asaconsequence,memberscouldsubscribeannuallytothejournalfor$6.50duringthatperiod.AsessionwasdevotedtoproblemsinballisticsandaviationandtoareportofthejointAMS-MAAWarPreparednessCommittee.Thereportemphasizedwaysmathematicianscouldservetheircountryintimeofwar:(1)Throughthesolutionofmathematicalproblemsessentialformilitaryornavalscienceorforrearmament;(2)Throughthepreparationofmathematiciansforresearchessentialinconnectionwithitem(1);and(3)Throughthestrengtheningofundergraduatemathematicseducationsothatitaffordsadequatepreparationinmathematicsformilitaryandnavalservice.ThecommitteealsosuggestedthreeresolutionstotheBoardrecommendingwaysthatschoolscanimplementitem(3).Thenextsummermeeting,inChicagoin1941,washeldjointlywiththeAMS,theInstituteofMathematicalStatistics(IMS)andtheEconometricSociety,andhad649attendees,including313MAAmembers.ThismeetingwaspartoftheUniversityofChicago’scelebrationofits50thanniversaryofitsfounding.Thethemeofthecelebrationwas,“NewFrontiersinEducationandResearch.”TheBoardvotedthattheDecember1942meetingwouldbeinNewYorkCity,butthismeetingwaslatercanceledattherequestoftheOfficeofDefenseTransport.AttheChicagomeeting,theSecretary-Treasurer,W.D.Cairns,indicatedthathewouldretireattheendof1942,“intheconvictionthatayoungerpersonshouldsucceedtothisposition.”HehadheldthispositionsincethefoundingoftheMAAin1915.The25thsummermeetingwasheldinSeptember1942atVassarCollegeinPoughkeepsie,NewYork.ThismeetingwasinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandtheIMS.Therewasalreadydiscussionaboutthechallengeofadaptingmathematicstothewareffort.TherewasajointsessionwithIMSon“Theapplicabilityofmathematicalstatisticstowarefforts.”AMSPresidentMarstonMorseaddressedtheMAABoardaboutdefermentsformathematicsstudentswho(1)givepromiseofbecomingresearchers,(2)plantobecomecollegeteachers,or(3)plantogointohighschoolteaching.Boardmembersagreedwithdefermentsforthefirsttwogroupsbutnotthethird,eveninstateswithshortagesofhighschoolteachers.FutureMAA-PresidentR.L.WildergavetheAMSColloquiumLectureson“TopologyofManifolds.”TheBoardvotedto“recallouracceptanceoftheinvitationtomeetatBoulderinthesummerof1943,andtoexpressourhopethatwemaymeettherewhennormaltimesreturn.”Therewasasummermeetingin1943,butlocatedclosertopopulationcenters.ItwasheldattheNewJerseyCollegeforWomen(nowassociatedwithRutgers
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University)inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandIMS.E.J.McShanegavetheAMSColloquiumLecturesandotherAMSlecturesweregivenbyAntoniZygmundandF.D.Murnaghan.MAApresentationsincludedoneon“Mathematicalpropertiesofmilitarymaps,”twoabouttheNavyV-12collegetrainingprograms,andtwoaboutArmymeteorologytrainingprograms.TherewasalsoareportfromtheWarPolicyCommittee.Atthismeeting,theBoarddiscussedwhethertoholdmeetingsduringthewaremergency.Itwasagreedtoholdthesummerandannualmeetingsfor1944jointlywiththeAMS,“attimesandplacestobedeterminedlater.”314peopleattendedthemeeting;173weremembersoftheMAA.TheAugust1944meetingatWellesleyCollegewasjointwithAMSandIMS.ThejointdinnerforthethreeorganizationswaswelcomedbyCaptainMildredH.McAfee,presidentofWellesleyCollege,NavalReserveLieutenantCommander,andheadoftheWAVEorganization;WAVEisanacronymforWomenAcceptedforVolunteerEmergencyService.EinarHillegavetheAMSColloquiumLectures.TherewasajointMAA-IMSsessionon“Potentialopportunitiesforstatisticiansandtheteachingofstatistics.”TheBoardvotedtosupportMathematicalReviewsforthreemoreyears.TheBoardalsovotedinfavorofabylawamendmenttoabolishinstitutionalmemberships.Therewasnosummermeetingin1945,thoughatthe1944wintermeeting,theBoardvotedtoacceptaninvitationtomeetinJune1945atMcGillUniversityinMontreal,followingameetingoftheCanadianMathematicalCongress(CMC).However,thisAMS-MAAmeetingwascanceledbyorderoftheOfficeofDefenseTransport.ThemeetingoftheCMCwaswhereit“wasoriginallyconceivedastheCanadianMathematicalCongress."(Thecurrentname,CanadianMathematicalSociety,wasadoptedin1979.)AlmostnoAmericansattended,butMr.andMrs.GarrettBirkhoff,ClaudeChevalley(thenatPrinceton),LouisNirenberg,JohnvonNeumannandafewothersdid.Totalattendance:239.TheAugust1946meetingwasheldatCornellUniversity;584peopleattended,including277MAAmembers.ThesixMAApresentationsweregivenbyG.B.Price,D.V.Widder,R.P.Agnew,H.M.Gehman,Lt.Col.R.C.Yates,andE.A.Whitman.AttheBoardmeeting,itwasreportedthattheAnnalsofMathematicswereincreasingtheirsubscriptionrateandthatitwouldnolongerbeabletoofferthespecialrateof$2.50peryeartoMAAmembers.Thesummermeetingin1947washeldatYaleUniversityinNewHaven,Connecticut,jointlywithAMSandIMS.AssociationspeakersincludedC.B.Allendoerfer,E.Artin,A.Zygmund,andM.Kac.AnMAAsession,titled“Howtosolveit”andchairedbyGeorgePólya,wasasymposiumonmathematicalproblemsatthecollegelevel.ParticipantsincludedJ.L.Synge,H.S.M.Coxeter,A.M.Gleason,TiborRado,L.M.KellyandE.P.Starke.Shorttalksweregivenbypresidentsofthethreeorganizations,IMS,MAAandAMS:WilliamFeller,L.R.Ford,andEinarHille.TheAMSColloquiumLecturesweregivenbyOscarZariski.Therewere730inattendanceincluding700mathematiciansofwhom297weremembersofthe
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Association.TherewasasymposiumofcomputingmachinesfeaturingJohnvonNeumannofPrincetonUniversity.The30thsummermeetingwasheldinSeptember1948attheUniversityofWisconsin.ThismeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,IMS,theEconometricSociety,andSectionAofAAAS.Ajointsessiononstochasticprocesseswasdevotedtoasymposiumonthetheoryofgames.TwoofthefiveMAApresentationswereon“Mathematicalproblemsassociatedwiththeuseoflaminatesinaircraft”and“Exteriorballisticsofartilleryrockets.”TherewereopportunitiestovisittheWashburnAstronomicalObservatory,theU.S.ForestProductsLaboratory,andtheHeadquartersoftheU.S.ArmedForcesInstitute.Thereweremorethan700attendees,including320MAAmembers.TheMAA’ssessionswereheldonaMondayafternoonandaTuesdaymorning.AMSsessionsbeganonTuesdayafternoonandcontinuedthroughFridaymorning.AspecialjointmeetingwiththeAmericanSocietyforEngineeringEducationwasheldatRenselaerPolytechnicInstituteinTroy,NewYork,June20-21,1949.About150personsattendedsessionsoftheMAA,including88MAAmembers.TherewasaneveningmeetingoftheBoard.TheMAAmetattheUniversityofColoradoinAugust1949,jointlywithAMS,IMS,andtheEconometricSociety.Atotalof770peopleregisteredforthemeeting,with335ofthemfromtheMAA.TheMAAsessionswereheldMondayafternoonandTuesdaymorning,whereastheAMSsessionsranfromTuesdayafternoonthroughFridayafternoon.ThisincludedanMAAsymposiumonthemathematicaltrainingforsocialscientists.Duringthesameweek,theNCTMmetattheUniversityofDenver.AgaintherewasaneveningmeetingoftheBoard.Therewasnosummermeetingin1950,becausetheInternationalCongressofMathematicianswasheldatHarvardUniversitythatyear.The1951summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofMinnesota,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,IMS,theEconometricSociety,andSectionAoftheAAAS.ThefirstMAAsessionwasdevotedtotheteachingofundergraduatecollegiatemathematicsandincludedanaddress,“Letusteachguessing,”byGeorgePólya.Therewasalsoapaneldiscussiononthecontentoftheundergraduatemathematicscurriculum.TheBoardadoptedaresolutionaffirmingitssteadyintentiontoconductscientificmeetings,socialgatheringsandotheraffairssoastopromotetheinterestsofmathematicswithoutdiscriminationastorace,creed,orcolor.ItauthorizedandrequestedthePresidenttodeterminethebestmeanstoavoiddiscriminationbyconsultingwithchairmenandsecretariesofthesectionsandwithotherappropriateMAAmembers.Therewere623attendees,including269MAAmembers.The1952summermeetingwasheldatMichiganStateCollegeinEastLansing.ThismeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,IMS,theEconometric
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Society,andPiMuEpsilon.ThefirstseriesofMAAHedrickLecturesweregivenbyTiborRadoon“DerivativesandJacobians.”TherewasanMAAsymposiumonthemathematicaltrainingofengineers.TouropportunitiesincludedtripstotheOldsmobileplant,theHenryFordMuseumandGreenfieldVillageinDearborn.TheAMSColloquiumLecturesweregivenbyAlfredTarski.Ofthe734registrants,321weremembersoftheMAA.TheBoardapprovedpublicationofaJointListofMemberswiththeAMS.TheBoardalsoauthorizedalettertoOklahomainstitutionsindicatinggravereservationsaboutthestate’sLoyaltyOathLawofApril9,1951.ThefirstsummermeetingheldoutsideoftheUnitedStateswasheldin1953atQueen’sUniversityandtheRoyalMilitaryCollegeinKingston,Canada.(Previously,the1921wintermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofToronto.)Amongthe637registrants,293wereMAAmembers.ThismeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,theCanadianMathematicalCongress,theIMS,andtheEconometricSociety.TherewerejointsessionswiththeCanadianMathematicalCongress.PaulR.HalmosgavetheHedrickLectureson“Axiomaticsettheory,”andtheAMSColloquiumLecturesweregivenbyAntoniZygmund.
The35thsummer1954meetingwasheldattheUniversityofWyoming,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandCanadianMathematicalCongress.L.H.LoomisgaveaseriesofHedrickLecturesonconvexsets.About450peopleregistered,and235ofthemwereMAAmembers.TheattendancewasthelowestsincetheWellesleyCollegesummermeetingin1944.ThelocationoftheAmsterdamInternationalCongressofMathematicians(ICM)scheduledforSeptember2-9couldhavebeenpartlytoblameforthelowattendance.Theregistrationfeewas$1with$0.50foranaccompanyingadult.Dormitoryaccommodationswereavailableatarateof$4foradoubleand$3forasingle.ParticipantscouldbookroomswithprivatebathsattheConnorHotelfor$3.75forasingleand$5.50foradouble.Busfarefromtheairportwas$1.10andcabfareforonepersonperrideanywhereinthecitywas$0.35.Inaddition,five-dayfishinglicenseswereavailable.Therewasateaforwomen,atriptoVedauwoo,aplaceofgreatnaturalbeautyinthemountainseastofLaramie,asquaredanceattheUniversity,andanexcursiontotheSnowyMountains.Itwassuggestedbytheorganizersthatvisitorsbringwarmclothingforexcursionsbecausethedaysareseldomhotandthenightsarealwayscold.ItwasannouncedattheBoardmeetingthat,effectiveAugust20,therewere5,615membersoftheMAA.Apparently,thefirstsectionofficersmeetingoccurredatthismeeting.The1955summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofMichigan,inconjunctionwithsevenothermathematicsandstatisticsorganizations.MarkKacgavetheHedrickLectures.Ofthe1170registrants,489belongedtotheMAA.ItisinterestingtoobservethatthisisthelastmeetingforwhichthereportintheAmericanMathematicalMonthlylistsalltheattendeeswhoweremembersoftheMAA,fromSmbatAbiantoR.E.Zindler.TherewasanoutingandpicnicatKensingtonMetropolitanParkafewmilesnorthofAnnArbor.Asummermeetingregistrationfeeof$1wasinstituted.
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The1956summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofWashington.ThismeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,IMS,theBiometricSociety,andtheEconometricSociety.TheHedrickLectures,“Categoryandmeasure,”weregivenbyJ.C.OxtobyofBrynMawrCollege.Therewere919personsregistered,including303MAAmembers.TherewasaninformalpartyattheOfficers’ClubattheSandPointNavalAirStation,asalmonbakeatSewardPark,andaboatcruisealongtheSeattlewaterfrontandaroundBainbridgeIsland.AttheBoardmeeting,theSecretary-Treasurerwasinstructedtopreparebylawamendmentswhichincludedtheprovisiontoincreasetheannualduesfrom$4.00,setin1920,to$5.00.Heretofore,MAAdueshadbeenregardedasoneofnature’sconstants.In1957,thefour-daysummermeetingwasheldatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,inconjunctionwithmeetingsofAMS,SIAMandPiMuEpsilon.Therewere924registeredpersons,including451membersoftheMAA.Twosymposiawereontheprogram,oneon“Probability,Statistics,Logic,andFoundations”organizedbyS.S.Wilksandanotheron“FreshmanCalculusandCalculusforFreshmen.”The1958summermeetingwasheldatMIT,theMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,jointlywithseveralorganizations.Therewere1232registrants,with519membersoftheMAA.ThemeetingincludedaSpecialSessiononFilms.TheBoardvotedthat“futureannualmeetingsaretobescheduledduringthelastweekinJanuaryandaretobeprimarilyhotelmeetings.”ProposedamendmentstothebylawsincludedseparationoftheofficeofSecretary-TreasurerintoofficesofSecretaryandTreasurer,tobeheldbyseparatepersons.Theregistrationfeewasraisedto$2.In1959,thefour-daysummermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofUtah.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,theAssociationforSymbolicLogic,SIAM,PiMuEpsilon,andMuAlphaTheta.TheeighthseriesofHedrickLecturesweregivenbyWilliamFeller.PresidentCarlB.AllendoerferpresidedoveranopenconferenceonHighSchoolContestsatthissummermeetingandatthenextsummermeeting.TheBoardauthorizedpublicationofCarusMonographNo.13,“APrimerofRealFunctions,”byR.P.Boas.VictorKleereportedontheupcomingStockholmICMin1962.TheMAAransessionsonfourconsecutivedays.Therewere985personsregistered,and423wereMAAmembers.Therewere760registrants,including568MAAmembers,atthesummermeetinginAugust1960,heldatMichiganStateUniversity.Nearly75%ofthoseinattendancewereMAAmembers.SessionswerescheduledforMondayandTuesdaymorning,andforTuesdayandWednesdayafternoon.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyIvanNiven.Therewasasessiononspecialprogramsintheteachingofundergraduatemathematics,highlightingprogramsatPrinceton,Wesleyan,Dartmouth,ReedCollege,andHaverford.TheBoardabolishedtheCarusandSlaughtCommitteesand,intheirplace,establishedastandingCommitteeonPublications.
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TheAugust1961meetingwasheldatOklahomaStateUniversity.ThetenthseriesofHedrickLecturesweregivenbyR.H.Bing.R.J.WisnerreportedonthefirstfullyearofoperationoftheCommitteeontheUndergraduatePrograminMathematics(CUPM)underits1960grantfromtheNationalScienceFoundation.CUPMwasoriginallyestablishedinabout1953.Therewere580attendees,including394MAAmembers.Theprogramincludedasessiononcomputers.Onespeaker,M.deV.RobertsfromIBM(InternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation)concludedthatinthefuture,optimizationwillprobablybecomesoimportantthattheideaofafastinefficientcompilerwillbecomeobsolete.The1962summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofBritishColumbia,inconjunctionwithmeetingsofAMSandSIAM.Ofthe594personsregistered,407weremembersoftheMAA.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyAndrewM.Gleason.TheMAAransessionsonteachingmachinesandoninequalities.VictorL.Kleereportedonthe1962InternationalCongressofMathematiciansinStockholm.HebrieflydiscussedtheworkofHörmanderandMilnor.Amongthefilmspresentedwasthelatestproducedbythefilmscommittee,“TheKakeyaProblem”(incolorandwithanimation)withA.S.Besicovitchaslecturer.The1963summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofColoradoinBoulder.Therewere1302registeredpersons,and915wereMAAmembers.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,SIAM,PiMuEpsilonandMuAlphaTheta.ThescheduledHedrickLecturer,HansRademacher,wasunabletoattendthemeeting.HispreparedlectureswerepresentedbyhiscolleagueEmilGrosswald.TherewasasessiondevotedtoEmilArtin,hislifeandworks,withlecturesbyH.J.Zassenhaus(NotreDame)andHelmutHasse(HamburgUniversity).Therewasasessionontrainingsecondaryschoolteachersandthesecondary-schoolmathematicscurriculum.Thesummermeetingin1964washeldattheUniversityofMassachusettsinAmherst.Registeredattendancewas1495,including958MAAmembers.TherewerejointsessionswithSIAMandtheIMS.Priortothismeeting,sectionshadtheoptionofinvitingthePresidenttoattendtheirsectionmeetings,withthenationalMAAcoveringtheexpenses.ThePresidentwasunabletoacceptmanyoftheinvitations.Atthismeeting,thepolicywaschangedsothatsectionscouldinviteMAAofficersoftheirchoice.The1965summermeetingwasheldatCornellUniversityinIthaca,NewYork.Therewere1470registrants,with1014MAAmembers.Forthefirsttime,andonanexperimentalbasis,mostlectureswerevideotaped.TheHedrickLectureswereon“DifferentialTopology”andweregivenbyJohnW.Milnor.SincetheMAAwascelebratingits50thyear,therewasadinnerinhonorofthechartermembers.Itwasattendedby18ofthe121livingchartermembers.The1966summermeetingwasheldatRutgers—TheStateUniversity,inNew
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Jersey.ThismeetingwasinconjunctionwiththeIMSaswellasAMS,SIAM,PiMuEpsilonandMuAlphaTheta.Therewasareportonthe1966InternationalCongressofMathematiciansinMoscow.ThiswasthelargestCongresssofar,withabout5000mathematiciansfromeverymajorcountryexceptforCommunistChina.ThepresentationwasbySeymourSherman,JohnR.IsbellandW.WistarComfort.Therewere1856registeredperson,926ofwhomwereMAAmembers.The1967summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofTorontoinCanada.Amongthe2250registrants,therewere850MAAmembers.TherewasajointsessionwiththeEconometricSociety.TheBoardelectedA.B.WillcoxasExecutiveDirectoroftheMAA,effectiveaboutAugust1,1968.ThemoveoftheMAAheadquartersfromBuffalo,NewYork,toWashington,D.C.wasannounced.TherewasalsoannouncedtheappointmentofaCommitteeonAssistancetoNegroColleges.The1968summermeetingwasathree-daymeetingheldattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison.ThefilmshowingsincludedallthefilmsproducedbytheCalculusFilmProject.AttheBusinessMeeting,thetitleofExecutiveDirectorEmeritusoftheAssociationwasconferredonHarryM.Gehman,andA.B.WillcoxwasintroducedasthenewlyappointedExecutiveDirector.Therewere2029registeredindividuals,amongthem891membersoftheMAA.Theregistrationfeewasraisedto$3.The1969summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofOregon,Eugene.Ofthe1398registeredpersons,588wereMAAmembers.TheBoardapprovedholdingjointmeetingswithNCTMatthetimeoftheirAnnualMeetingsinAprilineven-numberedyears,whilecontinuingtomeetjointlywithNCTMinJanuaryinodd-numberedyears.Atthebusinessmeeting,amotiondeploringadecisionoftheBoardofAdministratorsofTulaneUniversitythatwentagainsttheadviceofitsfacultycommitteewastabledbyavoteof135infavorto92against.Thesummer1970meetingwasheldattheUniversityofWyoming,Laramie,inconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,theIMS,andPiMuEpsilon.Therewere928registrants,including574MAAmembers.ThemeetingincludedajointsessiononpopulationecologywiththeIMS.Thesummer1971meetingwasheldatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,inconjunctionwiththeAMS,PiMuEpsilonandMuAlphaTheta.Ofthe910registeredpersons,683wereMAAmembers.Themeetingincludedapaneldiscussionon,“WhatUndergraduateCoursesWillbeTaughtin1984?”ThepanelincludedGarrettBirkhoff,MurrayGerstenhaberandJ.B.Rosser,andthefocuswasonhowcomputerswillimpactthemathematicstaught.AttheBusinessMeeting,aresolutionwaspresentedconcerningthewarinSoutheastAsia.ThePresidentthenreadthefollowingfromRobert’sRulesofOrder:“amainmotionthatproposesactionoutsidethescopeoftheorganization’sobjectasdefinedintheBy-Lawsorcorporatecharterisoutoforderunlesstheassemblybyatwo-thirdsvoteauthorizesitsintroduction.”ThePresidentruledthemotionoutoforder,andthis
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TheAugust1978meetingwasheldatBrownUniversityinProvidence,RhodeIsland,jointlywithAMSandtheAssociationforWomeninMathematics(AWM).Therewere963registeredpersonsincluding578MAAmembers.TheseriesofHedrickLecturesweregivenbyRichardK.Guy.Atthebusinessmeeting,itwasannouncedthattheMAAhadpurchaseditsnewheadquartersat1527-29EighteenthSt.,Washington,D.C.,onJuly10,1978.ItwasalsoannouncedthatEdmundGregoryLeehadbeenselectedasthefirstAMS-MAA-SIAMCongressionalFellow,andthatMAAwillcontinuefundingthepositionfor1979-1980.Thesummer1979meetingwasheldattheUniversityofMinnesotainDuluth.ThemeetingwasheldinconjunctionwithAMS,AWM,andPiMuEpsilon.Therewere833registrants,including581membersoftheMAA.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyMaryEllenRudin,andoneofthehourlectureswaspresentedbyConstanceReid,anon-mathematicianauthorwhosesisterwasJuliaRobinson,whoin1983wouldbecomethefirstwomanpresidentoftheAMS.ThefirstMAAminicourseswereofferedatthismeeting.TheBoardgavetentativeapprovalforthepublicationofanAssociationnewsletter,tocommenceinJanuary1981.The1980summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofMichiganinAnnArbor.Therewere1225mathematiciansregisteredforthemeeting.GeraldPorterspokeontheuseofcomputergeneratedgraphicsinundergraduatematheducation,andFrankWattenbergofferedaminicourseonteachingcalculususinginfinitesimals.TherewasareceptionhostedbytheMichiganSectionoftheAssociation.Itwasafullprogram.OneeveninganMAA-CUPMpaneldiscussiononmodelingandoperationsresearchwasheldconcurrentlywiththe25-memberbanquetandafilmprogram.TherewasasessiononarchivesandhistoryofmathematicsandapicnicandbeerpartyatRomanoff’sonthePontiacTrail.The1981summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofPittsburghinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMS,AWM,andPiMuEpsilon(PME).Therewere692mathematiciansinattendanceincluding534MAAmembers.Therewasaspecialeveningsessiondevotedtocomputersintheundergraduatemathematicseducationalcurriculum.TherewasawineandcheesereceptionhostedbytheAlleghenyMountainSectionfollowedbyaspecialeveningsessiondevotedtomicrocomputergraphicsinundergraduatemathematics.Thesummermeetingin1982washeldattheUniversityofToronto.Therewere1183mathematiciansinattendanceincluding762MAAmembers.Therewerefourone-hourjointAMS-MAAlectures.Inaddition,J.BarkleyRosser,G.W.Whitehead,CliffordTruesdell,andJeanDieudonnéparticipatedinajointAMS-MAAsessiononhistoryofmathematics.RossA.Honsbergerspokeonacollectionofmathematicalmorsels.Thefirstcontributedpapersessions,sponsoredbytheCommitteeonTwo-YearColleges,wereofferedatthemeeting.Twominicourseswereoffered,oneof
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themarepeatofaverypopularcourseofferedinPittsburghtheprevioussummerandinCincinnatiinJanuary.Therewerecontinuousshowingsoffilmsandvideotapesthroughoutthemeeting.The1983summermeetingwasheldattheStateUniversityofNewYorkinAlbany.Therewere822registeredmathematicians.TheMAACommitteeonExchangeofInformationinMathematicssponsoredaneveningsession,“TheMAAnewsletters:adialogueamongeditors,”featuringFocuseditorMarciaSward.Priortotheformalmeeting,therewasadinnercruiseonLakeGeorgeaboardtheTiconderoga.The1984summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofOregoninEugeneinconjunctionwithmeetingsoftheAMSandPME.Therewere699mathematiciansinattendance.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyNeilJ.A.SloaneofAT&TBellLabs.CarlPomerancespokeonhownottofactoraninteger.ConstanceReiddiscussedtheproblemsinwritingaboutthenon-technicallivesofscientists.RobertJewettspokeontheapplicationsofgeometrytothesocialsciences.Therewasapaneldiscussiononcurriculaattwo-yearcollegesandaone-hourpresentationofAAAS’s“ChallengeoftheUnknown.”Themeetingalsofeaturedasalmonbake.Inaddition,thelocalarrangementscommitteesponsoredanumberofexcursionsfollowingthemeetingincludingonestoCraterLakeandtheOregonCoast.The1985summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofWyominginLaramiewith713mathematiciansinattendance.JointAMS-MAAinvitedaddressesonthehistoryanddevelopmentofmathematicsweregivenbyRichardA.Askey,SaundersMacLane,andBenoitMandelbrot.TheCommitteeonComputersinMathematicsEducationsponsoredasessionmoderatedbyGeraldPorterontheuseofsymbolicmanipulationprogramsinundergraduatemathematics.TheICMmeetingwasheldatBerkeleyin1986.Asaresult,therewasnojointsummermeeting.The1987summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofUtahinSaltLakeCitywith634mathematiciansinattendance.Itwasheldinconjunctionwiththe90thsummermeetingoftheAMS.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyWilliamP.Thurston.TheCommitteeontheMathematicalEducationofTeacherssponsoredapaneldiscussionontheprosandconsofthenewdirectionsinteachereducation.TheCommitteeontheParticipationofWomensponsoredapaneldiscussiontitled“Whataretheproblems?WhataretheSolutions?”TheCommitteeonStudentChaptersandActivitiessponsoredthefirstMAAstudentpapersession.TheAWM,JointPolicyBoardforMathematics(JPBM),PME,NSF,andtheInteragencyCommissionfromExtramuralMathematicsProgramssponsoredsessionsatthemeeting.Therewasanoutingincludingdinnerandsight-seeingatthenearbySnowbirdSkiandSummerResort.In1988the67thsummermeetingoftheAssociationwasheldinProvidence,RI,inconjunctionwiththecentennialmeetingoftheAMS.Therewere1949
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mathematiciansinattendance.JointAMS-MAAinvitedaddressesweregivenbyRaoulBott,PeterLax,andSaundersMacLane.TheonlyotherMAAactivitiesofferedatthemeetingwereminicourses.Nearly500registeredforanAMSshortcourseonchaosandfractalscoordinatedbyRobertDevaneyandLindaKeen.RegistrantsandtheirguestswereofferedaNewEnglandclambakeatFrancisFarminRehoboth,Massachusetts.The1989summermeetingwasheldattheUniversityofColoradoinBoulder.Therewere1001mathematiciansinattendance.AtourofRockyMountainNationalParkwasofferedpriortothemeeting.The37thEarleRaymondHedrickLecturesweregivenbyPersiDiaconis.JointAMS-MAAlecturesweregivenbyJohnH.Conway,SergeLang,andJeanTaylor.TherewasapublichearingonconcernsofmathematicsmajorssponsoredbytheMAACommitteeonAccreditation.ApaneldiscussiononcomputersincalculusreformwassponsoredbytheCommitteeonComputersinMathematicsEducation.Incelebrationofthe75thanniversaryofPME,theMAAcosponsoredatalkonthemathematicsofidentificationnumbersgivenbyJosephGallian.PMEsponsoredaWesternHoeDowninthegardensoftheClarionHarvestHotel.TheMAA’s75thanniversarymeetingwasheldin1990atOhioStateUniversityinColumbuswith1299mathematiciansinattendance.ThefirstdayofthemeetingwasdevotedentirelytoactivitiesoftheAssociation.Nocommitteemeetingswerescheduledforthatday.ThedaybeganwithanopeningceremonyfollowedbyanMAAInvitedAddressbyG.BaileyPriceandtheinstallationofaplaqueoutsideoftheroomwheretheAssociationwasorganizedin1915.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyPhilipDavis.Inaddition,thereweretenjointinvitedaddressescosponsoredbyrepresentativesfromAAAS,ACM,AMATYC,AMS,AWM,CMS,NAM,NCTM,PME,andSIAM.SaundersMacLane,JohnW.MorganandMichaelG.CrandallgavetheAMS-MAAInvitedAddresses.MAAInvitedAddressesweregivenbyG.BaleyPrice,JudithV.Grabiner,WadeEllis,Jr.,PaulR.Halmos,PeterJ.Hilton,andCathleenS.Morawetz.AspecialMAAtalkwasgivenbyArthurBenjamin.OtherjointinvitedaddressesweregivenbyRichardA.Askey(AAAS-MAA),JohnA.Dossey(MAA-NCTM),IvanNiven(MAA-PME),PauloRibenboim(CMS-MAA),RichardTapia(MAA-SIAM),JurisHartmanis(ACM-MAA),CarlL.Prather(MAA-NAM),JudithRoitman(AWM-MAA),andKarlJ.Smith(AMATYC-MAA).Therewasaspecialpresentationbythesculptor/mathematicianHelamanFerguson.In1991theAssociationheldits70thsummermeetingattheUniversityofMaineinOrono.Mathematiciansinattendancenumbered1052.Thebasicregistrationfeewas$85.Inordertomakethesummermeetingmoreattractivetoparticipantsandtheirfamilies,theAMS-MAAJointMeetingsCommitteemadesomechangesintheprogram.ThemeetingwaspromotedasaMathfest.Anewformatwasusedwherebyallmajoraddresseswereheldinthemorningsandotherprogramelementswerescheduledintheafternoons.Intheeveningpriortothescientificsessions,therewasanopeningbanquet.TheMuAlphaThetaLecture,anewprogramelement,wasgivenbyPaulA.Foersterwhospokeoncalculusinanageof
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technology.G.W.MackeygavetheAMShistoryofmathematicslecture.ThefirstSUMMA(StrengtheningUnderrepresentedMinorityMathematicsAchievement)Workshopwasheld.TherewereskitsonchangingtheclimatesponsoredbytheCommitteeonParticipationofWomen.TheCommitteeonStudentChaptersandActivitiessponsoredthefirststudentpostersession.TheMAAMathematicalContestinModelingwinnerswerefirstrecognizedatasummermeeting.ThisformatwasretainedfortheremainingjointAMS-MAAMathFests(throughtheSeattlemeetingin1996),exceptforthe1993meetinginCanada.MAAsummermeetingsafter1996havebeencalledMathFests,thoughtheformatofthesemeetingshasevolved.TherewasnoMathfestinthesummerof1992.TheAMSmetwiththeLondonMathematicalSocietyattheUniversityofCambridge.TheMAABoardofGovernorsandseveralcommitteesmetinQuebecCity,Canada.InAugustof1993aninternationaljointAMS-CMS-MAAmeetingwasheldattheUniversityofBritishColumbiainVancouver,Canada.Therewere1143mathematiciansinattendance.SirMichaelAtiyah,MasterofTrinityCollege,Cambridge,gavetheHedricklecturesonrecentdevelopmentsingeometryandphysics.Therewereanumberofjointactivities.TheAMS-CMS-MAA-NAMinvitedaddresswasgivenbyAderemiOluyomiKukufromtheUniversityofIbadaninNigeriaandPresidentoftheAfricanMathematicalUnion.BarryMazurgavetheAMS-CMS-MAAinvitedaddress.TherewerefourCMS-MAAinvitedaddressesgivenbyJonathanBorwein,GillesBrassard,DeborahHughesHallett,andUriTreisman.TheMAA-MAT(MuAlphaTheta)LecturewasgivenbyRichardRhoad.TherewasaCMS-MAAsessiononinteractingwithelementaryschoolchildren.TheCMS-MAAStudentLectureontheunityofcombinatoricswasgivenbyRichardK.Guy.The1994MathfestwasheldattheUniversityofMinnesotainMinneapoliswith766mathematiciansinattendance.Thebasicregistrationfeewas$125.TheMAACommitteeonStudentChapterssponsoredthefirststudenthospitalityandinformationcenterwhichwasorganizedbyRichardandAraceliNeal.ThismeetingintroducedthefirstclassofProjectNExTfellowstothemathematicalcommunity.The1995MathfestwasheldattheUniversityofVermontinBurlington.Therewere1009mathematiciansregisteredforthemeeting.ItwasannouncedthattheJointMeetingsCommittee,whichbearsfinancialresponsibilityforthesemeetings,decidedtoreducecostsbyeliminatingsometraditionalservicesatMathfestandmakingsubstitutionsforsomeothers.ActivitiesatthemeetingincludedabreakfastforMAAchapterfacultyadvisors,sectioncoordinators,andPMEadvisors,anAMShistoryofmathematicslecture,andaSUMMAspecialpresentation.TheMAAstudentlecturewasgivenbyDavidBressoud.Atthe25-yearmemberbanquet,ColinAdamsperformedhisMelSlugbateroutinegivingtheaudienceatourofahyperbolicuniverseandbeyond.ThemainsocialeventwasadinnercruiseonLakeChamplain.
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The1996MathfestwasheldinSeattle,Washingtonwith1177mathematiciansinattendance.ThiswasthelastsummermeetingheldjointlywiththeAMS.AtleSelberggaveanAIM-MAAinvitedaddressonthehistoryoftheprimenumbertheorem;AIMreferstotheAmericanInstituteofMathematics.TherewasasymposiumontheRiemannHypothesisorganizedbyJ.BrianConrey,DouglasLind,andStephenSorenson.ThereweresevenjointAMS-MAAinvitedaddressesgivenby:ColinC.AdamsandEdwardB.Burgerjointly,SylvainE.Cappell,JoelHass,RobertMoses,Gian-CarloRota,AlanC.Tucker,andonebytheSecretaryofDefense,WilliamJ.Perry.TheHedrickLecturesweregivenbyRichardA.Askey.TherewerealsotworegularMAAinvitedaddresses.TheMAAStudentLecturewasgivenbyKennethA.Ross.VictorHillgaveaperformanceonthemathematicalaspectsofthemusicofBach.TheCommitteeonCurriculumRenewalAcrosstheFirstTwoYearsofferedatwo-dayworkshoponcalculuspriortothemeeting.TheMathfest1997washeldinAtlanta,Georgia.Therewere767attendees.Themeetingbeganwitha“GeorgiaonmyMindMathfestival.”ThefirstMAAsummershortcoursewasoffered.Thesubjectwas“EpidemiologyModeling”anditwasco-sponsoredbytheCenterforDiseaseControl.TherewasatributetoPaulErdősconsistingofaninvitedaddressbyRonGrahamandaspecialsessionfocusingonErdős’life,mathematics,andhisimpactonindividualsandtheprofession.TheMathfestin1998washeldinToronto,Canada.Therewere746inattendance.Atthe25-yearmemberbanquet,PeterRosenthalspokeon“WhyI’dratherbeamathematicianthanalawyer.”ThemeetingwasintendedtobejointwithSIAM,butthatorganizationheldtheirmeetingattheUniversityofTorontowhiletheAssociationmetatRyersonUniversity.Therewerenojointsocialevents.Thesummermeetingin1999washeldinProvidence,RhodeIsland.Therewere1089inattendance.Attheopeningbanquet,ColinAdamsemceedtheNumberHallofFameAwardsCeremony.Therewereanumberofnewfeaturesatthismeeting.TomRishelofferedthefirstteachingworkshopforgraduatestudents,TomBanchoffgavethefirstJamesR.C.Leitzellecture,andtheCommitteeonContributedPaperssponsoredthefirstgeneralcontributedpapersession.ProvidenceMayor‘Buddy’Cianciwelcomedattendeesofthe25-yearmemberbanquetbygivingaspiritedlectureonthebeautiesofthecity.CarlPomerancegavetheHedrickLectures.AndrewGleasonspokeatthe25-YearMemberBanquetonthehistoryofcryptography.ThemeetingconcludedwithagenuineRhodeIslandClambake.Inthesummerof2000,theMAAmetattheSunsetVillagecomplexontheUCLAcampusjustpriortoanAMSmeetingatUCLAonMathematicalChallengesofthe21stCentury.Therewere870inattendance.ConstanceReidspokeattheopeningbanquetonthealternativelifeofE.T.Bell.JeffreyLagariasspokeonthe3x+1problem.RonGrahamgaveanAMS-MAAPresidents’Address.AtourofthenewGettyMuseumwasoffered.
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TheMathFestwasheldinMadison,Wisconsinin2001.Therewere1057inattendance.MostsessionswereheldattheMononaTerraceCommunityandConventionCenterwhichhadbeendesignedbyFrankLloydWright.RobertE.WitteoftheExxonMobileFoundationgavetheLeitzelLectureonwhathehaslearnedfromthemathematicscommunity.FrankMorganspokeontheproofofthedoublebubbleconjecture.Therewasaspecialsessiononincreasingtheparticipationofwomeninmathematics.B.LynBodnerorganizedanIslamicworkshop.FrankMorganorganizedthefirstinvitedpapersessionwhosetopicwas“SoapBubbleGeometry.”The2002MAAMathFestwasheldinBurlington,Vermont.Therewere1239inattendance.CatherineGoldsteingaveaninvitedaddressonFermat’sarithmetic.CharlieSmithofferedapopularcinemathsessionwhichfeaturedclipsforthesilverscreenrelatingtomathematics.ThefirstSIGMAAsessiontoappearonasummermeetingprogramwassponsoredbytheSIGMAAonResearchinUndergraduateMathematics.Therewasacontributedpapersessiononresearchinundergraduatemathematics,anAWMreception,andanAssociationofGay,Lesbian,Bisexual,andTransgenderedReception.The25-yearmemberbanquetbecametheSilverandGoldbanquet.ALakeChamplaindinnerandcruiseaboardtheSpiritofEthanAllenIIIwasoffered.The2003MathFestwasheldinBoulder,Colorado.Therewere1021inattendance.SessionswereheldintheMillenniumHarvestHotelandattheUniversityofColorado.JoanR.LeitzelgavetheLeitzelLecture.TheAWM-MAALouiseHayLecturewasgivenbyKatherineP.LaytonwhospokeonwhatshehadlearnedinfortyyearsofteachinginBeverlyHills90210.ArtBenjamin,theMAAStudentLecturer,spokeonthementalartofcalculation.JanetAnderson,AnnalisaCrannell,MaryEllenFoley,andTommyRatlifforganizedaworkshoponstudentwriting.Therewasawesternbarbequeandsquaredance.The2004MathFestwasheldinProvidence,RhodeIsland.Therewere1232inattendance.DawnAlishaLott,astheMAA-NAMDavidBlackwellLecturer,spokeonmathematicalpredictorsandaneurismtreatment.StevenSigurspokeonthemysteryofthemissingtangents.TonyDeRoseofPixarStudiospokeonfilmmakingandhowcomputergraphicsischangingHollywood.H.W.(Chuck)StraleyappearedinperiodcostumetogiveaNewtoniandramaticpresentation.AsStudentLecturer,MarioMartellispokeonthesecretofBrunelleschi’scupola.TheAMSsponsoredanopenhouseattheirheadquarters.Agraduatestudentreceptionandsixsessionsaimedatconcernsofgraduatestudentswereoffered.ThemeetingconcludedwithaNewEnglanddinnerfollowedbyasockhopdance.The2005MathFestwasheldinAlbuquerque,NewMexico.Therewere1135inattendance.AsJ.SutherlandFrameLecturer,ArtBenjaminspokeonproofsthatreallycount.FernHunt’sDavidBlackwellLecturewasentitled,“TechniquesforvisualizingfrequencypatternsinDNA.”AparnaHigginsorganizedaninvitedpaper
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sessionongraphtheoryforundergraduateresearch.TheCommitteeonGraduateStudentsandtheYoungMathematician’sNetworksponsoredthefirstgraduatestudentpostersession.ThesocialhighlightofthemeetingwasaLosAmigosRoundup,asouthwesternbarbequeattheRioGrandeBosqueamonggiant150-year-oldcottonwoodtrees.The2006MathFestwasheldinKnoxville,Tennessee.Therewere1070inattendance.Theregistrationfeewas$200.TherewasabanquetinappreciationofDonAlbers’manycontributionstotheAssociation.TrachetteJacksongavethefirstAWM-MAAEttaZ.FalconerLecture.TheSIGMAAonEnvironmentalMathematicsofferedageologytourconductedbyGarethDaviesoftheCambrianGroundwaterCompany.TimothyGowers,aFieldsMedalistfromCambridgeUniversity,gavetheHedrickLecturesonarithmeticcombinatorics.BudBrownandArtBenjaminorganizedaninvitedpapersessionongemsofrecreationalmathematics.DavidManderscheidorganizedaworkshopontrainingteachingassistants.ThefirstMathJeopardyundergraduateteamcompetitionwasoffered.ThedaypriortothemeetingaGreatSmokyMountainsArtsandCraftsCommunitytourwasoffered.Inaddition,therewasaTennesseeriverboatdinnercruiseaboardtheStarofKnoxville.The2007MathFestwasheldinSanJose,California.Therewere1410inattendance.JenniferTourChayesgavetheEarleRaymondHedrickLecturesonthemathematicsofdynamicrandomnetworks.Thefirstsessiononmathematicalcircles,whichbringmathematiciansintodirectcontactwithhighschoolandmiddleschoolstudents,washeld.Historicallyspeaking,JudithGrabinerspokeonLagrangeandtheparallelpostulate,andWilliamDunhamspokeonEuler.KatherineSt.JohngavetheAWMEttaZ.FalconerLectureoncomparingevolutionarytrees.TheMAAmetjointlywiththeSocietyforMathematicalBiologyandtheEulerSociety.ThesilverandgoldbanquetwasheldatSantaClaraUniversity.The2008MathFestwasheldinMadison,Wisconsin.Therewere1402inattendance.ErikDemainegavetheEarleRaymondHedrickLecturesonfunwithalgorithmsandfolding.LauraTaalmangavetheMAALectureforStudentsonSudoku.TomBanchoffnarratedamovieaboutFlatland.Atwo-dayshortcourseongame-theoreticmodelingwasorganizedbyMichaelA.Jones.TheSIGMAAonMathematicsandtheArtsorganizedanartexhibit.ThefirstannualMathFest5Kfunrun/walkwasheld.The2009MathFestwasheldinPortland,Oregon.Therewere1516inattendance.RaviVakilgavetheHedrickLecturesonclassicalandmoderngeometryideas.RobertOssermanspokeontheshapeofthegatewayarch.JoanFerrini-MundygavetheLeitzelLecture.PersiDiaconisgavetheJ.SutherlandFrameLecture.TourswereofferedtothePortlandRoseGardensandtoColumbiaRiverGorge.The2010MathFestwasheldinPittsburgh,Pennsylvania.Therewere1548inattendance.TheMAALectureforStudentswasgivenbySommerGentrywhospokeonbeingfaster,safer,andhealthierwithoperationsresearch.AmiRadunskaya’s
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FalconerLecturefocusedonthemathematicalchallengesinthetreatmentofcancer.NineSIGMAAssponsoredthirteensessionsatthemeeting.AtouroftheClaytonandFrickMuseumandVictorianhomeofHenryClayFrick,artpatronandchairmanofCarnegieSteelCompany,wasoffered.MathFestwasheldinLexington,Kentuckyinthesummerof2011.Therewere1400inattendance.ManjulBhargavagavetheHedrickLectures.TherewasanAWM-MAA“MorningCoffee”receptionbeforetheEttaZ.FalconerLectureandaneveningdevotedtobackgammon.Tourswereofferedtoexperiencedifferentaspectsofthebluegrassregion.The2012MathFestwasheldinMadison,Wisconsin.Therewere1473inattendance.DavidMumfordgavetheAMS-MAAJointInvitedAddresson“TheSynergyofPureandAppliedMath,oftheAbstractandtheConcrete.”MelanieWoodgavethePMEJ.SutherlandFrameLectureon“Thechemistryofprimes.”Therewasasessionon“FaceOff”,theWisconsinSection’smathematicsgameshow.The2013MathFestwasheldinHartford,Connecticut.Therewere1505inattendance.Inlieuofanopeningbanquet,agrandopeningreceptionwasheldintheexhibitionhall.PatriciaKenschaftgavetheFalconerLecture,AnnWatkinstheLeitzellecture,andFrankMorgantheMAALectureforStudents.TheCanadianSocietyforHistoryandPhilosophyofMathematicshelditsannualmeetinginconjunctionwithMathFest.JeremyGraygavetheCSHPMKennethO.MayLecture.ExcursionswereofferedtoYaleUniversity,andtoNookFarmtotourtheMarkTwainandHarriettBeecherStowehomes.
