Congressman Holt, PhD Physics, is one of only a very few scientists in the U.S. Congress, is a stalwart supporter of legislation of benefit to science. The Princeton University Mathematics Department, the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, and the Ecological Society of America, assisted AMS in the organization of this non-partisan Town Meeting. It doesn't take much to get a local Town Meeting arranged with your Member of Congress or Senator, who appreciate hearing what is happening in their district or state with federal dollars spent on science research or education. Panelists include former division directors Ettore Infante , Vanderbilt University, D. J. Lewis , University of Michigan, John C. Polking , Rice University, Judith S. Sunley , interim Assistant Director, NSF Division of Education and Human Resources, Frederic Y. M. Wan , University of California, Irvine, and current DMS Director, Philippe Tondeur . Arthur Jaffe , chair of the AMS Committee on Science Policy.
Audience participation is encouraged.
AMS Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill, September 29, 1999. General Kenneth A. Minihan, Director, National Security Agency, address at Baltimore meeting, January 1998 . Secretary of Education Richard Riley addresses mathematicians at Baltimore meeting, January 1998 . The State of Mathematics Education . Congressman George Brown addresses mathematicians, San Diego , January 1997.