Rebecca A. Herb

Rebecca A. Herb (born 1948) is an American mathematician, a professor emerita at the University of Maryland.[1] Her research involves abstract algebra and Lie groups.

In 2012, Herb became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[2] In 2013, she was one of ten recipients of the first Service Awards of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[3]

Herb earned her Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Washington under the supervision of Garth William Warner, Jr.[4] From 2004 until 2012 (when she was succeeded by Ellen Kirkman) Herb was treasurer of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Faculty profile, Univ. of Maryland, retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. ↑ "AWM Awards Given in San Diego" (PDF), Mathematical People, Notices of the American Mathematical Society 60 (5), May 2013: 616–617, doi:10.1090/noti985.
  4. ↑ Rebecca A. Herb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ↑ AWM History, retrieved 2014-12-31.