Math Spouse Sunday #5

I love it when a mathematician is married to a mathematician. Here are 2 you might not know:

John Milnor	Dusa McDuff

Born: February 20, 1931 in Orange, New Jersey. PhD from Princeton University. Known for differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems. Currently works as a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University. One of 5 mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal (1962), Wolf Prize (1989), and Abel Prize (2011) for his work. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).	Born: October 18, 1945 in London, England Doctorate from Girton College, Cambridge. Known for symplectic geometry. Currently is the Helen Lyttle Kimmel chair at Barnard College. She was the first to be awarded the Satter Prize in 1991. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society (1994) and American Mathematical Society (2012). She was a Noether Lecturer. Awarded the Sylvester Medal (2018).

Married in 1984

Source: Wikipedia

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