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The National Research Council established the Board on Mathematical Sciences in 1984. The objectives of the Board are to maintain awareness and active concern for the health of the mathematical sciences and to serve as the focal point in the National Research Council forissues affecting the mathematical sciences. The Board holds symposia and workshops and prepares reports on emerging issues and areas of research, conducts studies for federal agen- cies, and maintains liaison with the math- ematical sciences communities, academia, professional societies, and industry. The Board on Mathematical Sciences gratefully acknowledges support from the National Research Council for the development of this document. The Board gratefully acknowledges ongoing core support from the following federal agencies: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Office, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, and Office ofN a val Research. Support for this project was provided by the Basic Science Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, whose contributors include: Atlantic Richfield Foundation, AT&T Foundation, BP America, Inc., Dow Chemical Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, IBM, Merck & Company, Inc., Monsanto Company, and Shell Oil Company Foundation.
Actions for Renewing U.S. Mathematical Sciences Departments Board on Mathematical Sciences Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council Washington, D.C. 1990
NOTICE: The project that is thesubjeaofthis report was approved bytheGoveming Board of the National Research Council, whosememben are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the Nllional Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. This report has been reviewed by a group ocher than the authon according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of memben of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distin- guished scholan engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technicalmatten. Dr. Frank Press is president of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, u a parallel organization of outstanding engineen. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its memben, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal governmenL The National Academy of Engineering also sponson engineering programs aimed at meeting natiooal needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineen. Dr. Robert M. White is president of the Natiooal Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent memben of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matten pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Samuel 0. Thier is president of the Institute of Medicine. The Natiooal Research Council was organized by the Natiooal Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the Natiooal Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M. White are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council. The Natiooal Research Council established the Board on Mathematical Sciences in 1984. The objectives of the Board are to maintain awareness and active concern for the health of the mathematical sciences and to serve as the focal point in the National Research Council for issues connected with the mathemllical sciences. In addition, the Board is designed to conduct studies for federal agencies and maintain liaison with the mathematical sciences communities and academia, professiooal societies, and indusuy. Support for this project was provided by the Basic Science Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, whose contributon include the Atlantic Richfield Foundation, the AT&T Foundation, BP America, Inc., Dow Chemical Company, E.L duPont de Nemoun & Company, mM, Merck & Company, Inc., Moosanto Company, and the Shell Oil Company Foundation. Available from Board on Mathemllical Sciences National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washingtoo, DC 20418 Printed in the United States of America
BoARD oN MATHEMATICAL SciENCEs Phillip A. Griffiths (chair), Duke University Lawrence D. Brown, Cornell University Sun-Yung Chang, University of California at Los Angeles Ronald Douglas, State University of New York-Stony Brook David Eddy, Duke University Avner Friedman, University of Minnesota Frederick W. Gehring, University of Michigan James Glimm, State University of New York-Stony Brook Joseph Kadane, Carnegie-Mellon University Diane Lambert, AT&T Bell Laboratories Gerald J. Lieberman, Stanford University Jerome Sacks, University of Illinois Shmuel Winograd, IBM T J. Watson Research Center Ex Omcro MEMBER William Eddy, Carnegie-Mellon University STAFF Lawrence H. Cox, Director Craig E. Hicks, Project Assistant Jo Neville, Administrative Secretary Ruth E. 0' Brien, Staff Associate Hans Oser, Staff Officer John Tucker, Staff Officer James A. Voytuk, Senior Staff Officer Scott T. Weidman, Senior Staff Officer iii
CoMMISSION ON PHYsicAL SciENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS Norman Haclcerman (chair), Robert A. Welch Foundation Peter Bic/cel, University of California at Berkeley George F. Carrier, Harvard University Herbert D. Doan, The Dow Chemical Company (retired) Dean E. Eastman, IBM T J. Watson Research Center Marye Anne Fox, University ofTexas Phillip A. Griffiths, Duke University Neal F. Lane, Rice University Robert W. Lucky, AT&T Bell Laboratories Christopher F. McKee, University of California at Berkeley RichardS. Nicholson, American Association for the Advancement of Science Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Princeton University Observatory Alan Schriesheim, Argonne National Laboratory Roy F. Schwitters, Superconducting SuperCollider Laboratory Kenneth G. Wilson, Ohio State University Norman Metzger, Executive Director iv
Preface Prominent studies such as Renewing U.S. Mathematics: Critical Re- source for the Future (the 1984 "David report") and Renewing U.S. Mathematics: A Planfor the 1990s (the 1990 "David report") have called for national efforts to renew the U.S. mathematical sciences enterprise. College and university departments in the mathematical sciences will play an essential role in this renewal: national success depends on individual departments actively working locally to im- prove conditions for their students and faculty. To help these local renewal efforts, the Board on Mathematical Sciences of the National Research Council assembled, on June 21-22, 1990, over two dozen mathematical scientists, most with experience as department heads, to pool their knowledge on the key components of successful departmental improvements. This document reflects the experiences and views of that group, not the deliberations of an NRC committee. It is not meant as a prescription for action, but rather as a compilation of ideas to aid departments in designing their own individual improvement plans. v
