Princeton honoring memory of mathematician John Nash

Princeton University is set to pay tribute to one of its most noted faculty members.

The Ivy League school will host a day of academic panels and remembrance events on Saturday to honor John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind.”

Nash and his wife, Alicia, were killed in a taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in late May.

Among the day’s feature events is a public lecture by Sylvia Nasar, who wrote the biography the movie was based on. Nash’s family members and former colleagues will also gather at the University Chapel at 6 p.m. for a public event to honor Nash’s life and his long connection to the school.

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Nash had a long connection with the university, receiving his doctorate in mathematics from Princeton in 1950.

WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal