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Stanford Report, October 4, 2006
Honors & Awards
Joseph Keller
John Krumboltz
Rita Mae Reese
JOSEPH KELLER, the Lewis M. Terman Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, has been awarded the Lagrange Prize by the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). Keller was honored for his contribution to the field of applied mathematics throughout his career. The cash prize of $3,000 will be presented at an ICIAM congress next July in Zurich, Switzerland.
JOHN D. KRUMBOLTZ, professor of education and of psychology, has received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota, his alma mater. The honor is the highest non-degree award that can be given to an alumnus, and it is presented to individuals who have attained unusual distinction in their profession or have demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership. For more than 50 years, Krumboltz has been a leader in the field of counseling psychology. His most recent book, co-authored with Al S. Levin, is Luck Is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Your Life and Career (2004).RITA MAE REESE, a Stegner Fellow in the Creative Writing Program, is one of six writers to be awarded a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award. The award, which includes a $15,000 grant, is annually awarded to six emerging women writers.