Jerrold Bates Tunnell (September 16, 1950 – April 1, 2022) was a mathematician known for his work in number theory.
[4][5][3] His thesis, On the Local Langlands Conjecture for GL(2), was advised by John Tate.
[5] After graduation, Tunnell taught at Princeton University and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1982 to 1983.
[9] In 2013, Tunnell was elected in the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
[1][3] He was hit by a truck while riding his bicycle from St. Augustine, Florida, to his 50th class reunion at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.