Frank Morgan (mathematician)

Frank Morgan is an American mathematician and the Webster Atwell '21 Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at Williams College. He is known for contributions to geometric measure theory, minimal surfaces, and differential geometry, including the resolution of the double bubble conjecture. He was vice-president of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.

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Frank Morgan
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMIT
Princeton University
Known forProving Double Bubble conjecture
Awards
  • National Science Foundation research grant (1977-2006, 2008-)
  • First National Distinguished Teaching Award (1992)
  • Princeton University, 250-Anniversary Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching (1997–98)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWilliams College
Doctoral advisorFrederick Almgren Jr.

Morgan studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1977, under the supervision of Frederick J. Almgren Jr. He taught at MIT for ten years before joining the Williams faculty.

Morgan is the founder of SMALL, one of the largest and best known summer undergraduate Mathematics research programs. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Frank Morgan is also an avid dancer. He gained eternal fame for his work "Dancing the Parkway".

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