Professor Arlie O. Petters

Benjamin Powell Professor

Awards and Honors:

Grand Marshal of the 2012 Central American Parade in L.A.,
received certificate of recognition from the mayor of L.A. (2012)
Caribbean American Heritage Award for Excellence in Science and Technology,
The Institute of Caribbean Studies, Washington, D.C.(2011)
Robert L. Clark Award for Scientific Achievement, Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (2011)
Appointed by the Prime Minister of Belize as Chairman of the inaugural Council of Science Advisers, Belize (2010)
Honored with street name, Dr. Arlie Petters Street, Dangriga, Belize (2009)
Benjamin Powell Professor chair, Duke University (2009-present)
Named by the Queen of England to Membership in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2008)
Honorary Doctor of Science, Hunter College of the City University of New York (2008)
Award for Service to Dangriga and Belize (2007),
The New York City Garifuna Community
Award for Service to the Educational Development of Belize (2007),
Friends in Support of the Diocese of Belize, New York
Portrait Inductee, National Academy of Sciences' Portrait Gallery of Distinguished African-American Scientists (2006), on display at the National Academies' Keck Center, Washington, D.C.
Mathematical Innovations Grant Award, National Science Foundation (2004-2009)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor of Physics, MIT (2003-2004)
Blackwell-Tapia Prize in the Mathematical Sciences (2002)
Inductee, The Hall of Fame of Hunter College, City University of New York (1999)
Inductee, The Bass Society of Fellows, Duke University (1998-present)
William and Sue Gross Associate Professor, endowed chair, Duke University (1998-2003)
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1998-2003)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1998-2002)
Award for Service to African-American Students at Princeton University,
Princetonians of Color Network (1996)
Belizeans in Solidarity Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (1996)
Sigma Xi, MIT Chapter (1991)
Bell Labs Cooperative Research Fellowship (1986-1991)
Harold Hoey, Jr. Scholarship in Mathematics (1986)
Rainer Sachs Scholarship in Mathematics (1986)
Joseph A. Gillet Memorial Prize in Physics (1986)
Gillet Alumni Prize in Physics (1986)
Minority Access to Research Careers Fellowship (1983-1985)