title: AMS Distinguished Public Service Award
text: # AMS Distinguished Public Service Award
  
  The AMS Distinguished Public Service Award, awarded every 2 years by the American Mathematical Society, recognizes a research mathematician who has made a distinguished contribution to the mathematics profession during the preceding five years. It was first awarded in 1990.
  
  ## Recipients
  
  The recipients of the AMS Distinguished Public Service Award are:
  
  * 1990: Kenneth M. Hoffman
  * 1991: No award
  * 1992: Harvey B. Keynes
  * 1993: I. M. Singer
  * 1995: Donald J. Lewis
  * 1997: No award made
  * 1998: Kenneth C. Millett
  * 2000: Paul J. Sally, Jr.
  * 2002: Margaret H. Wright
  * 2004: Richard A. Tapia
  * 2006: Roger Howe
  * 2008: Herbert Clemens
  * 2010: Carlos Castillo-Chavez
  * 2012: William McCallum
  * 2014: Philip Kutzko
  * 2016: Aloysius Helminck
  * 2018: Sylvain Cappell
  