Lam Lay Yong


Lam Lay Yong is a retired Professor of Mathematics. From 1988 to 1996 she was Professor at the Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore. She graduated from the University of Malaya in 1957 and pursued graduate study in Cambridge University, obtaining her Ph.D. degree from University of Singapore in 1966, and becoming a lecturer at the University of Singapore. She was promoted to full professor in 1988, taught in NUS for 35 years, and retired in 1996.
From 1974 to 1990, Lam Lay Yong was the associate editor of Historia Mathematica. Lam was a member of Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences.
In 2001, Lam Lay Yong was awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize for her contribution to the history of Mathematics. Lam is the first Asian and first woman to have won this highest award in the field of history of mathematics. In her reception speech, she delivered Ancient Chinese Mathematics and its influence on World Mathematics.
Lam Lay Yong also won the 2005 Outstanding Science Alumni Award from NUS. She is the granddaughter of Tan Kah Kee and niece of Lee Kong Chian.

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