[cmath] Hugh Morris endows lecture series at PIMS

[Alejandro Adem]

Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board, Endows
Lecture Series at PIMS


Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board of Directors and a
longtime friend of the mathematical sciences, has endowed a yearly 
lecture series to be held PIMS. To recognize his generous gift, it
will be called the Hugh C. Morris Lecture Series. The objective will
be to attract the top mathematical scientists in the world to deliver 
presentations on current research topics at PIMS sites in Western
Canada and Washington State.

Dr. Morris served on the PIMS Board for over ten years and has over
40 years of experience in the mineral industry, including a term as 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Metals. He is also a 
fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Morris has demonstrated
special interest in national and international scientific and
professional associations and has been a member of NSERC's Council
and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lithoprobe Project.

The first speaker for what will be the most prestigious lecture
series hosted by PIMS is George Papanicolaou from Stanford University,
who will deliver the inaugural Hugh C. Morris Lecture on March 11 in 
Vancouver. Prof. Papanicolaou is a highly regarded applied mathematician,
a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, winner of the SIAM
von Neumann Prize (2006) and the William Benter Prize in Applied 
Mathematics (2010).

For more information about PIMS please see http://www.pims.math.ca