Brown Provost Zimmer returns to be the 13th UC President

<p>As mentioned in the press release, he was formerly at The University as a mathematics professor and Vice President for Research and Argonne National Laboratory, I believe. He should be quite familiar with the school. Looks like a good choice.</p>

<p>Looks like Chicago is choosing scholar over politician (not saying one can’t be both). Here is a book he wrote (unless there is anothe Robert J Zimmer):</p>

<p>Essential Results of Functional Analysis (Chicago Lectures in Mathematics)
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226983374/102-7287932-5577744?v=glance&n=283155[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226983374/102-7287932-5577744?v=glance&n=283155&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;