The George David Birkhoff Prize
in Applied Mathematics
This prize was established in 1967 in honor of Professor George
David Birkhoff. The initial endowment of $2,066 was contributed by
the Birkhoff family and there have been subsequent additions by
others. It is normally awarded every five years, beginning in 1968,
for an outstanding contribution to ``applied mathematics in the
highest and broadest sense.'' The award is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the
Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics. The recipient must be a member of one of these
societies and a resident of the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
Sixth Award, 1978, to Clifford A. Truesdell
The sixth award was given in 1978 to Clifford
A. Truesdell for his outstanding contributions to our
understanding of the subjects of rational mechanics and nonlinear
materials, for his efforts to give precise mathematical formulation to
these classical subjects, for his many contributions to applied
mathematics in the fields of acoustic theory, kinetic theory, and
nonlinear elastic theory, and the thermodynamics of mixtures, and for
his major work in the history of mechanics.
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