can't hear the shape of a drum". In 1990 she was awarded an AMS Centennial Fellowship by the American Mathematical Society for outstanding early career research. In 1999 Gordon presented an AMS-MAA joint invited address. In 2010 she was selected as a Noether Lecturer. In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2017 she was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class. Gordon was featured in the Women's History Month tribute in the March 2018 edition of the AMS Notices. Selected articles Personal life Gordon is married to David Webb. She cites raising her daughter, Annalisa, as her greatest joy in life. External links Noether Announcement in July/Aug 2009 AWM Newsletter Carolyn S. Gordon References 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians American women mathematicians Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 1950 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics 20th-century women mathematicians 21st-century women mathematicians Dartmouth College faculty Purdue University alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Washington University in St. Louis mathematicians Differential geometers 21st-century American women