Prof. Dyson was educated at Cambridge University. He holds honorary degrees from various institutions in the United States and abroad. Before joining the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study in 1953 as Professor of Physics, Prof. Dyson held positions at Trinity College, Cambridge, the University of Birmingham, and Cornell University. He has been awarded the Heineman Prize by the American Institute of Physics, the Lorentz Medal by the Royal Netherlands Academy, the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society, the Max Planck Medal by the German Physics Society, the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize by the Center for Theoretical Studies, the Harvey Prize by the Israel Institute of Technology, and the Wolf Prize. Prof. Dyson is a Member of the National Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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*The lecture series honors the memory of Arthur B. Coble (1878-1966), professor of mathematics at UIUC from 1918 to 1947. The late Professor Coble's family established a fund to endow a series of public lectures on mathematics to be delivered by outstanding mathematicians.