July 28, 2000
UCLA Grants Tenure to 25-Year-Old Mathematician; San Francisco State Draws Ethnic-Studies Dean From U. of Michigan
Terence Tao is only a few years older than most undergraduates, but he's already earned tenure. The University of California at Los Angeles made him a full professor this spring after only three years of teaching. Mr. Tao just turned 25.
It's rare for anyone to skip directly from assistant professor to full professor. John Garnett, a professor of mathematics at U.C.L.A., says Mr. Tao is unique. "He's made major contributions in three different areas of mathematics, and in any one of
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