CHARLES L. FEFFERMAN
B.S. 1966 Mathematics, D.Sc. (Hon.) 1979
COMPUTER, MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
INDUCTED APRIL 22, 1995

Charles Fefferman, a child prodigy, graduated with honors from Maryland at age 17, taking degrees in math and physics. Three years later, he earned his doctorate from Princeton University. At 22, he was named full professor at the University of Chicago—the youngest in that institution's history. He returned to Princeton in 1974 and in 1978, he became the youngest recipient of the prestigious Fields Prize, mathematics’ equivalent of the Nobel. Today, Fefferman is the Herbert E. Jones, Jr. Professor of Mathematics at Princeton. He lectures and publishes extensively on topics previously considered too difficult to be understood at this stage in the development of mathematics.

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