Belgian Mathematical Society

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]

Belgian Mathematical Society
Belgian Mathematical Society
AbbreviationBMS
TypeScientific society
Location
FieldMathematics
President
Yvik Swan
Websitehttp://dwispc8.vub.ac.be/nieuwBMS/

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

[3]

  • 14/3/1921-14/01/1922 Théophile De Donder (1872-1957) ULBruxelles
  • 1923-1925 Henri Bosmans (1852-1928) ULBruxelles
  • 1925-1927 Alphonse Demoulin (1869-1947) U Gent
  • 1927-1929 Charles Jean de La Vallée Poussin (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) U Mons-Hainaut
  • 10/1988-1992 Alain Verschoren (1954) 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
  • 10/2018-9/2021 Yves-Caoimhin (Yvik) Swan Uni. of Liège

References
  1. BMS Statutes (PDF), 2020.
  2. About the BMS, 2022.
  3. "BMS presidents".
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