Glimm, James (1965), "Solutions in the large for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of equations", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 18 (4): 697–715, doi: 10.1002/cpa.3160180408.Temporary Member, Institute for Advanced Study Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, MIT Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University Staff Member, Computational Science Center, Brookhaven National Laboratoryĭistinguished Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Starting January 1, 2007, he served a 2-year term as president of the American Mathematical Society. He won the National Medal of Science in 2002 "For his original approaches and creative contribution to an array of disciplines in mathematical analysis and mathematical physics". Steele Prize for his contribution to solving hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1970 at Nice and a Plenary Speaker of the ICM in 1974 at Vancouver. Glimm was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1984. More recently, the United States Department of Energy adopted Glimm's front-track methodology for shock-wave calculations, e.g., simulating weapons performance. His early work in the theory of operator algebras was seminal, and today the "Glimm algebras" that bear his name continue to play an important role in this area of research. Together with Arthur Jaffe, he has founded a subject called constructive quantum field theory. He has been noted for contributions to C*-algebras, quantum field theory, partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, scientific computing, and the modeling of petroleum reservoirs. Glimm had significant stints at New York University, and at Rockefeller University, before arriving at Stony Brook University in 1989. in mathematics in 1959 his advisor was Richard V. He continued on to graduate school at Columbia where he received his Ph.D. He received his BA in engineering from Columbia University in 1956. James Glimm was born in Peoria, Illinois, United States on 24 March 1934.