Belgian Mathematical Society Explained

Native Name:	Belgian Mathematical Society
Native Name Lang:	en
Abbreviation:	BMS
Type:	Scientific society
Location Country:	Belgium
Field:	Mathematics
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Joost Vercruysse
Website:	https://bms.ulb.ac.be/

The Belgian Mathematical Society (abbreviated as BMS), founded in 1921 by Théophile de Donder at the Université libre de Bruxelles,^[1] is the national mathematical society of Belgium and a member society of the European Mathematical Society. Its mission is to assemble all Belgian mathematicians and defend their interests. Foreign members are also welcome.^[2]

The society publishes the journal Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin and distributes a newsletter to members, both at a rate of five issues per year.

Presidents

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14/3/1921-14/01/1922 Théophile De Donder (1872–1957) ULBruxelles
1923–1925 (1852–1928) ULBruxelles
- 1925–1927 Alphonse Demoulin (1869–1947) U Gent 1927–1929 (1866–1962) K.U.Leuven
1929–1931 Adolphe Mineur (1867–1950) ULBruxelles
1931–1933 Lucien Godeaux (1887–1975) ULBruxelles
1933–1935 Alfred Errera (1886–1960) ULBruxelles
1935–1937 Émile Merlin (1875–1930) U Gent
1937–1939 Fernand Simonart (1888–1966) K.U.Leuven
- 1939–1945 Bony U. Mons-Hainaut 1945–1947 Henri Germay (1894–1954) U Liège
1947–1949 Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) K.U.Leuven
1949–1951 Théophile Lepage (1901–1991) ULBruxelles
1951–1953 Fernand Backes (1897–1985) U Gent
1953–1955 Octave Rozet U Liège
1955–1957 Louis Bouckaert (1909–1988) K.U.Leuven
1957–1959 Paul Libois (1901–1991) ULBruxelles
1959–1961 Julien Bilo (1914–2006) U Gent
1961–1963 Henri Garnir (1921–1985) U Liège
1964–1965 Robert Ballieu (1914–1980) UCLouvain
1966–1967 Eduard Franckx (1907–) KMS – ERM
1968–1969 Pol Burniat (1902–1975) ULBruxelles
1970–1971 Carl Clement Grosjean (1926–2006) U Gent
1972–1973 René Lavendhomme (1928–2002) UCLouvain
1974–1975 Henri Breny (1923–1991) U Liège
1976–1977 Alfred Warrinier (1938) K.U.Leuven
1978–1979 Robert Debever (1915–1998) ULBruxelles
- 1980–1981 Franz Bingen (1932) VUBrussel 1982–1983 José Paris UCLouvain
10/1983-10/1986 Richard Delanghe (1940) U Gent
10/1986-10/1988 Paul van Praag (1938-2019) U Mons-Hainaut
- 10/1988-1992 Alain Verschoren (1954-2020) U Antwerpen 1993-10/1996 Luc Lemaire (1950) ULBruxelles
- 10/1996-10/1999 Freddy Dumortier (1947) U Hasselt 10/1999-10/2002 Jean Schmets (1940) U Liège
10/2002-10/2005 Adhemar Bultheel (1948) K.U.Leuven
10/2005-10/2008 Cathérine Finet U Mons-Hainaut
10/2008-10/2011 Stefaan Caenepeel (1956) VUBrussel
10/2011-9/2015 Françoise Bastin U. Liège
10/2015-9/2018 Philippe Cara VU Brussel
10/2018-9/2023 Yves-Caoimhin (Yvik) Swan Uni. of Liège
10/2023- Joost Vercruysse ULBruxelles

External links

Official website

Notes and References

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Web site: BMS presidents .