High Honors for USC Faculty Begin New Year

Georgia_Girl
Sat, 01 Mar 2014 04:36:12 +0000

USC Viterbi Dean Yortsos was elected to the Academy of Athens.

Professor Susan Montgomery has been elected as Vice President of the American Mathematical Society.

Dr. G. K. Prakash was elected as a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences/India. NASI elects only five foreign fellows across all scientific fields in one year.

Dr. George Olah and Dr. G. K. Prakash have won the Samson Prize given by the Prime Minister of Israel. It was given for innovation in alternate fuels. This includes $1 million dollars.

The Optical Society of America has elected Dr. Alan Willner of Viterbi as their President Elect. He will take office in 2016 as President. This will be the 100th anniversary of the OSA.