Ph.D.(Calif.,Berkeley),
Professor,
Canada Research Chair in Operator Algebras and
Dynamical Systems,
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada,
Fellow, American Mathematical Society
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Victoria,
Victoria, B.C.,
Canada V8W 3R4
E-mail: ifputnam at uvic dot ca
"I was reading an article about mathematics. Perfectly pure mathematics. My own knowledge of mathematics stops at 'twelve times twelve', but I enjoyed that article immensely. I didn't understand a word of it; but facts, or what a man believes to be facts, are always delightful." -Mark Twain.