2011 Abel Prize Awarded to John Milnor

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2011 Abel Prize to John W. Milnor for his pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra. Milnor served on the Faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute from 1970 to 1990 and was a Member in the School in 1966. He recently visited the Institute for its eightieth anniversary celebration, where he gave a talk that may be seen here. Milnor is currently Co-Director of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Stony Brook University.