▁Thom son ▁Scient ific ▁Company . ▁ ▁Awards ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁and ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁National ▁Medal ▁of ▁Science ▁in ▁mathematics . ▁ ▁Other ▁hon ors ▁have ▁included ▁election ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Engineering ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁honor ary ▁degrees ▁from ▁Pur due ▁University ▁and ▁Techn ion ▁( the ▁Israel ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁membership ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁Leopold ina ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁Polish ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science . ▁ ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁John ▁von ▁Ne umann ▁L ect ure ▁Prize ▁from ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁Indust rial ▁and ▁App lied ▁Mathemat ics ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁the ▁John ▁A . ▁Gregory ▁Award ▁of ▁Ge ometric ▁Design ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁Personal ▁Carl ▁is ▁a ▁lo ver ▁of ▁music — es pecially ▁classical , ▁and ▁more ▁especially ▁Johann ▁Sebastian ▁Bach — wal ks , ▁good ▁food , ▁and ▁games ▁of ▁all ▁sorts . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁he ▁bought ▁his ▁first ▁personal ▁computer , ▁an ▁Apple ▁II ▁with ▁ 3 2 KB ▁of ▁memory ▁with ▁an ▁old ▁re el - to - re el ▁t ape ▁rec order ▁hook ed ▁up ▁to ▁store ▁programs . ▁He ▁required ▁his ▁children ▁to ▁write ▁any ▁computer ▁games ▁they ▁wished ▁to ▁play . ▁With