From TopCom, Volume 8, #1
Subject: Armand Borel Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 From: AMIASAugust 11, 2003 To the Institute Community, It is with deepest regret that I share the sad news of the passing this morning of Armand Borel. Armand first came to the Institute for Advanced Study as a Member from 1952-54. He then served as Professor in the School of Mathematics from 1957-93 when he became Professor Emeritus. The citation of the 1991 Steel Prize awarded by the American Mathematical Society described the work of Armand Borel as "utterly fundamental to the development and formation of modern mathematics...His work provided the empirical base for a great swath of modern mathematics and his observations pointed out the structures and mechanisms that became central concerns of mathematical activity." The citation went on to say, "In the course of amassing these astounding achievements, he placed the facilities of the Institute for Advanced Study at the service of mathematics and mathematicians, using them to foster talent, share his ideas, and facilitate access to recent developments through seminars and lectures. It is just simply not possible to cite a career more accomplished or fruitful or one more meaningful to the contemporary mathematical community." We mourn the loss of Armand Borel and extend our concern and sympathy to Gaby and to their family. Yours truly, Phillip A. Griffiths
Pictures of Armand Borel at the Conference on the Hilbert-Smith Conjecture at the Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey in September 2002.
Photographs by Dusan Repovs.
Date: August 13, 2003.