Rebecca A. Herb

{{Short description|American mathematician}}

Rebecca A. Herb (born 1948) is an American mathematician, a professor emerita at the University of Maryland.[http://www-math.umd.edu/people/item/334-rherb.html Faculty profile], Univ. of Maryland, retrieved 2014-12-31. Her research involves abstract algebra and Lie groups.

In 2012, Herb became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2014-12-31.

In 2013, she was one of ten recipients of the first Service Awards of the Association for Women in Mathematics “for her service as AWM Treasurer (2004–2012), and her help during AWM’s transition from its headquarters at the University of Maryland to the management company STAT.”{{citation|title=AWM Awards Given in San Diego|department=Mathematical People|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/201305/rnoti-p616.pdf|pages=616–617|volume=60|issue=5|date=May 2013|doi=10.1090/noti985|last1=Kehoe|first1=Elaine|doi-access=free}}.{{Cite web|url=https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-service-award/awm-service-award-2013/|title=AWM Service Award 2013|website=Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-17}}

Herb earned her Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Washington under the supervision of Garth William Warner, Jr.{{mathgenealogy|id=28282}} From 2004 until 2012 (when she was succeeded by Ellen Kirkman) Herb was treasurer of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[https://sites.google.com/site/awmmath/awm/history AWM History], retrieved 2014-12-31.

Herb was an American Mathematical Society (AMS) Council member at large.{{Cite web |title=AMS Committees |url=http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/mal-past.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=American Mathematical Society |language=en}}