Robert E O'Malley Jr, ANZIAM and ICIAM {a personal reflection

摘要

Bob O’Malley, who died on the last day of 2020, had an exceptionally distinguishedmathematical career, including Presidency of SIAM for 1991–1992. I remember himpersonally as a larger-than-life character, who had a little-known but profoundeffect on the development of ANZIAM, and on its involvement with ICIAM (theInternational Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)— a subsequentinvolvement large enough to include an impressive Congress (the Sydney Congressin 2003) and later an Australian Presidency.