Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award to Hyman Bass for Distinguished Service to Mathematics

Abstract

The Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics is the most prestigious award made by the Association. This award, first given in 1990, is the successor to the Award for Distinguished Service in Mathematics, awarded since 1961, and has been made possible by the late Dr. Hu and his wife Yueh Gin Gung. It is worth noting that Dr. Hu was not a mathematician. He was a retired professor of geology at the University of Maryland. He had such strong feelings about the basic nature of mathematics and its importance in all human endeavors that he felt impelled to contribute generously to our discipline. This year's award goes to Professor Hyman Bass of the University of Michigan. Professor Bass has compiled an outstanding record as a research mathematician, he has served with distinction on numerous boards and committees within our profession, and he has worked hard and effectively in the area of mathematics education. Hy cites the honors calculus course he took from Emil Artin at Princeton as the birthplace of his career as a mathematician. From Princeton, he went to the Graduate School at the University of Chicago just as Cartan and Eilenberger's Homological