[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING DR. I.M. SINGER

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
accomplishments of Dr. I.M. Singer, one of America's most influential 
mathematicians.
  The son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Dr. Singer had an unquenchable 
thirst for knowledge and graduated from the University of Michigan with 
a degree in physics in just 2\1/2\ years before joining the United 
States military during World War II.
  Upon returning, Dr. Singer earned a doctorate degree in mathematics 
from the University of Chicago. Later, he chaired committees at the 
United States National Academy of Sciences, was a member of the White 
House Science Council, and cofounded the Mathematical Sciences Research 
Institute in Berkeley.
  Dr. Singer's most prominent contribution was the Atiyah-Singer index 
theorem, which created a link between mathematical analysis and 
topology and, ultimately, led to a new field of mathematics. For his 
work, Dr. Singer received the most prestigious award in mathematics, 
the Abel Prize.
  As a fellow mathematician, I deeply admire Dr. Singer's contributions 
to theoretical physics and mathematics, which have revolutionized the 
way we understand the universe.

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