William Yslas Vélez


William "Bill" Yslas Vélez is an American mathematician, a current Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona, and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From 1992–96, Vélez served as the president of Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science.
At the University of Arizona he graduated with B.Sc. in 1968, M.Sc. in 1972, and Ph.D. in 1975. His doctoral thesis was written under the supervision of H. B. Mann. Vélez became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in January 2013. In 2017, he was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.

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