1 Prologue to the History of the IMU. - 1. 1 Ideas of International Mathematical Cooperation Awaken. - 1. 2 Formation of Institutionalized Congresses in. - 1. 3 International Mathematical Activities Before World War I. - 1. 4 Politics Enters into International Cooperation in Science. - 2 The Old IMU (1920-1932). - 2. 1 The Foundation of the IMU in the Aftermath of World War I. - 2. 2 Mounting Opposition Against the IMU's Policy of Exclusion. - 2. 3 Transformation of the International Research Council into the International Council of Scientific Unions. - 2. 4 The IMU Separates from the Congresses. - 2. 5 The IMU Adrift. - 2. 6 Suspension of the IMU. - 3 Mathematical Cooperation Without the IMU (1933-1939). - 3. 1 The Fields Medals. - 3. 2 Collaboration in Mathematical Education. - 3. 3 A Failed Attempt to Found a New IMU. - 3. 4 The Oslo Congress in. - 4 Foundation of the New IMU (1945-1951) 73. - 4. 1 American Declaration of Universality. - 4. 2 Preparation of the IMU Statutes. - 4. 3 The Rebirth of the IMU. - 4. 4 ICM-1950 at Harvard: American Tour de Force. - 5 The IMU Takes Shape (1952-1954). - 5. 1 The First General Assembly in Rome in. - 5. 2 The Secretariat of the IMU. - 5. 3 Starting the IMU's Activities. - 5. 4 ICMI Becomes Attached to the Union. - 5. 5 The 1954 General Assembly in the Netherlands. - 5. 6 ICM-1954 in Amsterdam: Comeback of the Old World. - 6 Expansion of the IMU (1955-1958) 121. - 6. 1 Membership of Socialist Countries. - 6. 2 The Chinese Problem Emerges. - 6. 3 The World Directory of Mathematicians. - 6. 4 Extension of Mathematical Activities. - 7 The IMU and International Congresses (1958-1962). - 7. 1 The 1958 General Assembly in Scotland. - 7. 2 ICM-1958 in Edinburgh. - 7. 3 Why Organize Large ICMs?. - 7. 4 The IMU Becomes a Partner of the ICMs. - 7. 5 The 1962 General Assembly in Sweden. - 7. 6 ICM-1962 inStockholm: An IMU Breakthrough. - 8 Consolidation of the IMU (1963-1970). - 8. 1 The USSR Hosts the 1966 General Assembly. - 8. 2 ICM-1966 in Moscow: East and West Meet. - 8. 3 The 1970 General Assembly in France. - 8. 4 ICM-1970 in Nice. - 9 North-South and East-West Connections (1971-1978). - 9. 1 New Programs and Trends. - 9. 2 The 1974 General Assembly in Canada. - 9. 3 ICM-1974 in Vancouver: Disagreement About the Program. - 9. 4 How to Make an ICM. - 9. 5 The 1978 General Assembly in Finland. - 9. 6 ICM-1978 in Helsinki. - 10 Politics Interferes with the IMU (1979-1986). - 10. 1 The IMU and the Soviet National Committee. - 10. 2 Martial Law in the Host Country of the Congress. - 10. 3 The 1982 General Assembly in Poland. - 10. 4 ICM-1983 in Warsaw: Mathematics Above Politics. - 10. 5 The 1986 Presidential Election. - 10. 6 China Joins the IMU. - 11 The IMU and Related Organizations. - 11. 1 The IMU as a Member of ICSU. - 11. 2 ICMI as a Subcommission of the IMU. - 11. 3 Commission on Development and Exchange. - 11. 4 Problems in Africa. - 11. 5 The IMU and the History of Mathematics. - 11. 6 The IMU and Applied Mathematics. - 12 The IMU in a Changing World (1986-1990). - 12. 1 The 1986 General Assembly in California. - 12. 2 ICM-1986 at Berkeley. - 12. 3 Japan Hosts the 1990 General Assembly. - 12. 4 ICM-1990 in Kyoto. - 12. 5 World Mathematical Year 2000. - 1 Members of the IMU. - 2 General Assemblies of the IMU. - 3 Executive Committees of the IMU. - 4 Meetings of the IMU Executive Committees. - 5 Central Committees of the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics. - 6 Executive Committees of ICMI. - 7 Commissions on Development and Exchange. - 8 International Congresses of Mathematicians. - 9 Fields Medals. - 10 Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes. - 11 Union Lectures. - 12 Finances. - 13 Archives (as of June 1996). - Notes. Language: English