Percy Lavon Julian

John Percy Ingham Harty

? deeply regret to record the death of Mr. John Harty at the age of 47, which occurred on March 10th. Mr. Harty was born in Ireland and received his medical education at Queen's College, Cork, and graduated M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., in the ttoyal University of Ireland in 1902. After spending several years at Halifax in general practice he decided to specialise in car, nose and throat work, and studi...

Julian Steward

POWERS Julian

The Unitary Executive offers a powerful case for the historical pedigree of the unitary executive theory. Offering an account of presidential practice stemming from George Washington to George W. Bush, the book seeks to ground unitary executive theory with exhaustive historical evidence. Although the authors do not purport to present a history of the presidency, they do provide important and co...

Statement Julian

My mathematical research interests are in number theory and algebraic geometry. My thesis work concerns the arithmetic of a family of rational numbers known as multiple harmonic sums, which are truncated approximations of multiple zeta values. I explore new structures underlying relations involving multiple harmonic sums, p-adic L-values, Bernoulli numbers, and binomial coefficients. This is us...

Focus on the Scientist : Percy Deift

The proposal sought a five-year renewal of NSF funding to support the Institute’s fundamental mission to advance scientific research and collaboration among mathematicians hosted through MSRI’s programs and workshops. The proposal made a strong case for a substantial increase in funding over the level of the past ten years of the NSF Core Grant. It was written by the Directorate in consultation...