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1 March 2010—The March 2010 Notices of the American Mathematical Society carries a brief article in the Mathematics People section on Managing Director Mitchel T. Keller's recently-awarded Marshall Sherfield Fellowship. Keller, who will receive his PhD in May 2010 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the first mathematician to receive a Marshall Sherfield Fellowship. Up to two fellowships are awarded annually to recent American PhD recipients in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to conduct postdoctoral research in the United Kingdom. Keller will spend the 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years in the Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics as a visiting fellow conducting research in combinatorics. Part of Keller's fellowship application discussed his involvement with the Mathematics Genealogy Project and his desire to use some of his time in the UK to strengthen the Project's connections with UK universities and professional societies.
3 February 2010—At the 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco, the Mathematics Genealogy Project Advisory Committee held its first meeting. The Project's founder, Harry B. Coonce, relayed his intention to retire from his role as Managing Director. The Advisory Committee recommended that Mitchel T. Keller, long-time Assistant Director, be named Dr. Coonce's successor. This appointment was confirmed by Dogan Comez, Chair of the NDSU Department of Mathematics, on 3 February 2010. The Project anticipates continuing its usual operations as Keller assumes permanent operation of the Project. He had previously served as Interim co-Managing Director since October 2008. Christopher L. Spicer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Morningside College, was also named Assistant Director of the Mathematics Genealogy Project. This change more accurately reflects Spicer's responsibilities for producing posters for the Project.
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