53rd Annual Meeting: Saturday February 15, 2003 -- University of Alabama at Huntsville ( program  ||   site info )

The 2003 Alabama annual MAA dinner was hosted on the evening of February 14, 2003, also at UAH. The guest speaker for this year's dinner was is Prof. Joseph Neggers on the topic: "What is a Fuzzy Random Variable?"

The preliminary program and site information (including directions and hotel rates) are available here. (Please see also the official preliminary announcement.)

The program also included our annual Lewis-Parker Lecture, an invited presentation by a prominent local research mathematician, on a topic selected by the Lecturer. The 2003 Lewis-Parker Lecturer was Prof. Olav Kallenberg of Auburn University, speaking on "The Basic Symmetries of Probability Theory."

The meeting also included the annual business meeting, during which new officers are elected and arrangements begin for the next year's meeting -- see the minutes of the past business meetings online.