(born 1945, Savannah, Georgia) is a mathematician working on finite simple groups and vertex algebras.
Currently, Griess is a professor of mathematics at University of Michigan.
He constructed the monster group using the Griess algebra.
He received the AMS Leroy P.
Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research in 2010.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.