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Examples include the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/lecture-awards/ams-maa-siam-porter-public-lecture" target="">AMS-MAA-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture</a>, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/lecture-awards/awm-maa-falconer-lectures" target="">AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture</a>, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/lecture-awards/hedrick-lectures" target="">Hedrick Lectures</a>, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/lecture-awards/james-r-c-leitzel-lecture" target="">James R. C. Leitzel Lecture</a>, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/lecture-awards/maa-nam-david-blackwell-lecture" target="">MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecture</a>, and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/lecture-awards/p%C3%B3lya-lecturers">Polya Lecture</a>.</p> <p>The MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecture was officially started in 1994 with an inaugural address by Blackwell himself. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blackwell" target="">David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 -- July 8, 2010)</a> is arguably the the most decorated African-American mathematician. In 1935, at the age of sixteen, he entered the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938, his Master of Arts in 1939 and his Doctorate in 1941; all in mathematics. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1941-1942; mathematics department chair at Howard University from 1947-1954; and statistics department chair at the University of California at Berkeley from 1957-1961. He is best known for the Rao-Blackwell theorem in statistics which characterizes the transformation of an arbitrarily crude estimator into an estimator that is optimal by the mean-squared-error criterion.</p> <p>Each year NAM invites a mathematical researcher who exemplifies the spirit of Blackwell in both personal achievement and service to the mathematical community. Blackwell first enrolled at the University of Illinois with the expectation to earn a degree in order to get a job as an elementary teacher. In an interview, Blackwell stated <q>I'm not interested in doing research and I never have been.... I'm interested in understanding, which is quite a different thing.</q> The Blackwell Lecturer gives an hour-long lecture, suitable for an audience of undergraduate students with a strong interest in conducting research in the mathematical sciences, which will promote an understanding of mathematics.</p> <hr/> <h2><strong>Suggest the Next MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecturer!</strong></h2> <p>We welcome nominations for future MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecturers! Please consider the following criteria:</p> <ul> <li>Blackwell Lecturers should be prepared to present a research talk to a general audience of undergraduates.</li> <li>We prefer speakers who have not given a Blackwell Lecture in the past.</li> <li>We seek a diversity of speakers. Please remember that our intended audience will feature a diversity of race/ethnicity, gender, age, and subject matter.</li> </ul> <p>E-mail your nominations here:</p> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/mailto:executive-director@nam-math.org?subject=Nomination for MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecture" enctype="text/plain" method="post"><center> <table style="width: 80%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;">Name of Nominee</td> <td><input id="name" style="width: 80%;" name="Name" required="" type="text" placeholder="First Name Last Name"/></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website of Nominee</td> <td><input id="website" style="width: 80%;" name="Website" pattern="https?://.+" required="" type="url"/></td> </tr> <tr> <td>E-Mail Address of Nominee</td> <td><input id="email" style="width: 80%;" name="E-mail" required="" type="email" placeholder="Enter a valid email address"/></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nomination</td> <td><textarea style="width: 80%;" name="Nomination" rows="4">Briefly explain why this person should give the MAA-NAM David Blackwell Lecture.</textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="E-Mail Nomination Form"/> <input type="reset" value="Reset Nomination Form"/></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center></form><hr/> <h2><strong>Past MAA-NAM Blackwell Lecturers</strong></h2> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest" target="">2021: Philadelphia PA MathFest #</a>?</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.niss.org/people/tommy-wright" target="">Tommy Wright (U.S. Bureau of the Census)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>2020 Census, Lagrange's Identity, and Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2019/invited-addresses" target="">2019: Cincinnati OH MathFest #97</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/johnny-houston" target="">Johnny Houston (Elizabeth City State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Dudeney’s No Three-In-Line Problem, Solutions, Conditions, Progress, and Conjectures</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/mathematical-sessions/2018/invited-addresses" target="">2018: Denver CO MathFest #96</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.math.ttu.edu/~rahiggin/" target="">Raegan Higgins (Texas Tech University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Continuous, Discrete, or Somewhere in Between: An Introduction to Time Scales with Applications</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2017/invited-addresses" target="">2017: Chicago IL MathFest #95</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Horne" target="">Rudy L. Horne (Morehouse College)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Hidden Figures: My Role as a Math Consultant for this Film</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2016/invited-addresses" target="">2016: Columbus OH MathFest #94</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.umtri.umich.edu/who-we-are/staff-directory/robert-c-hampshire" target="">Robert C. Hampshire (University of Michigan)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Urban Analytics: The Case for Smart Parking</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2015/invited-addresses" target="">2015: Washington DC MathFest #93</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://mysite.du.edu/~tblackma/" target="">Terrence Richard Blackman (University of Denver)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Mathematics, Mathematicians, Mathematics Education and Equity: Challenges and Opportunities</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2014/invited-addresses" target="">2014: Portland OR MathFest #92</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://people.orie.cornell.edu/melewis/" target="">Mark E. Lewis (Cornell University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Markov Decision Processes, Turnpike Horizons and Blackwell Optimality</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2013/invited-addresses" target="">2013: Hartford CT MathFest #91</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://web.njcu.edu/sites/faculty/kmorgan/Content/default.asp" target="">Karen Morgan Ivy (New Jersey City University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Bridging a Gap Between Creative Literacy and Quantitative Literacy: Using Poetry to Improve Quantitative Reasoning</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2012/invited-addresses" target="">2012: Madison WI MathFest #90</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/566521" target="">Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Arizona State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>The Marriage between Disease Dynamics and Mathematics: A History of Success</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf_program2011.pdf" target="">2011: Lexington KY MathFest #89</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.ecsu.edu/faculty-staff/profiles/farrah-jackson-ward.html" target="">Farrah Jackson Chandler (Elizabeth City State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Using e-Mentoring to Prepare the Next Generation of Mathematics Teachers</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2010-abstracts.pdf" target="">2010: Pittsburgh PA MathFest #88</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.morgan.edu/school_of_computer_mathematical_and_natural_sciences/departments_and_programs/mathematics/faculty_and_staff/asamoah_nkwanta.html" target="">Asamoah Nkwanta (Morgan State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>The Riordan Group Revisited: From Algebraic Structure to RNA</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2009-program.pdf" target="">2009: Portland OR MathFest #87</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.math.purdue.edu/~egoins/site" target="">Edray Herber Goins (Purdue University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Why Should I Care About Elliptic Curves?</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2008-program.pdf" target="">2008: Madison WI MathFest #86</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/mohammed_salah-eldina.html" target="">Salah-Eldin A. Mohammed (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Random Dynamics and Memory: Structure Within Chaos</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2007-program.pdf" target="">2007: San Jose CA MathFest #85</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.mdc.edu/north/math/staff.asp" target="">Jack Alexander (Miami Dade College -- North Campus)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Puzzling Probabilities Featuring the Street Game of Craps</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2006-program.pdf" target="">2006: Knoxville TN MathFest #84</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=492548761" target="">Dominic P. Clemence (North Carolina A&T State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Public Health and Mathematics: Some Emerging Challenges and Paradigms at the Interface</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2005-program.pdf" target="">2005: Albuquerque NM MathFest #83</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leona-harris-b65a424" target="">Leona Harris Clark (Bennett College for Women)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Modeling the Pharmacokinetics of a Chemical Used in Household Consumer Products</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2004-abstracts.pdf" target="">2004: Providence RI MathFest #82</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Lott" target="">Dawn Alisha Lott (Delaware State University)</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Mathematical Predictions and Aneurysm Treatment</em></p> <p><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts/mf2003-abstracts.pdf" target="">2003: Boulder CO MathFest #81</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200049/http://amath.colorado.edu/faculty/curry/" target="">James H. 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