Professor Arlie O. Petters

Benjamin Powell Professor

Awards and Honors:

Benjamin Powell Professor, endowed chair, Duke University (2009-present)
Named by the Queen of England to Membership in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2008)
Honorary Doctor of Science, Hunter College of the City University of New York (2008)
Award for Service to Dangriga and Belize (2007)
The New York City Garifuna Community
Award for Service to the Educational Development of Belize (2007)
Friends in Support of the Diocese of Belize, New York
Portrait Inductee, National Academy of Sciences' Portrait Gallery of Distinguished African-American Scientists (2006)
On Permanent display at the National Academies' Keck Center, Washington, DC
Mathematical Innovations Grant Award, National Science Foundation (2004-2009)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor of Physics, MIT (2003-2004)
Blackwell-Tapia Prize in the Mathematical Sciences (2002)
Inductee, The Hall of Fame of Hunter College, City University of New York (1999)
Inductee, The Bass Society of Fellows, Duke University (1998-present)
William and Sue Gross Associate Professor, endowed chair, Duke University (1998-2003)
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1998-2003)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1998-2002)
Award for Service to African-American Students at Princeton University,
Princetonians of Color Network (1996)
Belizeans in Solidarity Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (1996)
Sigma Xi, MIT Chapter (1991)
Bell Labs Cooperative Research Fellowship (1986-1991)
Harold Hoey, Jr. Scholarship in Mathematics (1986)
Rainer Sachs Scholarship in Mathematics (1986)
Joseph A. Gillet Memorial Prize in Physics (1986)
Gillet Alumni Prize in Physics (1986)
Minority Access to Research Careers Fellowship (1983-1985)