The Taylor Prize in Mathematics

The Taylor Prize in Mathematics (GWU) is a cash prize awarded annually to a graduate student of mathematics at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. The prize is named after Dr. James Henry Taylor, a professor of mathematics at GW from 1929 to 1958.[1]

History

James Henry Taylor was a mathematics professor at GW from 1929 to 1958 and then professor emeritus until his death in 1972. Several years after his death the president of the university, Dr. Lloyd H. Elliott, along with several of the professors in the Mathematics Department, including Taylor's good friend Fritz Joachim Weyl, decided to create an award in his memory.[2] Money was deposited in an account from which the prize funds would be drawn annually. The interest that builds throughout the year on the account makes up the majority of the annual prize. For example, in 1983 first year graduate student Karma Dajani won the prize, which at the time was $500 but when she won the prize again in 1986 it was worth only $300 because interest had not accumulated for as many years.[3] Thomas J. Carter became the first recipient of the prize in 1977.

About the recipients

The GWU bulletin simply describes the criteria for recipients of the prize as, "awarded to an outstanding mathematics graduate student."[3] Many of the twenty-five winners of the Taylor Prize have gone on to become professors of mathematics at various universities. Most have published essays and books or given lectures on their specific subjects.

Complete list of recipients[3]

Year Name Current Occupation
2009 Radmila Sazdanovic –
2008 Jennifer Chubb and Hillary Einziger (Chubb) Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco[4]
2007 Kerry Luse, Maciej Niebrzydowski (Niebrzydowski) Assistant Professor at University of Gdansk
2006 Malgorzata Dabkowska Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Dallas[5]
2005 Eric Ufferman Visiting Assistant Professor at GWU[6]
2004 Laure Helme-Guizon Co-wrote "Torsion in Graph Technology" with Józef H. Przytycki[7]
2003 Amir Togha Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bronx Community College[8]
2002 Mietek Dabkowski Associate professor at University of Texas at Dallas
2001 Rumen Dimitrov Associate Professor of Mathematics at Western Illinois University[9]
2000 Maxim Sokolov Works at a Chicago investment company[10]
1999 Hongxun Qin -
1998 William Collier –
1997 Jun Zhang –
1996 Adam Sikora Assistant Professor of Mathematics at SUNY at Buffalo[11]
1995 William Miller Associate Professor at Arizona State University[12]
1994 Qing Shen –
1992 Sita Ramamurti Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity University[13]
1991 Gary Schwartz –
1990 Uma Shivapuram –
1988 Claire Hackett –
1987 Hassan Sedaghat Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University[14]
1986 Karma Dajani Senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)[15]
1983 Karma Dajani Senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)[15]
1978 John Petro –
1977 Thomas J Carter Professor and Chair of Computer Science/Cognitive Studies at CSU Stanislaus[16]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gwu.edu/~bulletin/grad/opas.html
  2. ↑ Fritz Joachim Weyl
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.gwu.edu/~math/links/prizes.html
  4. ↑ http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~jcchubb/
  5. ↑ http://provost.utdallas.edu/coursebook/mxd066000
  6. ↑ http://home.gwu.edu/~ufferman/
  7. ↑ http://eprintweb.org/S/authors/All/he/Helme-Guizon
  8. ↑ http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/MathematicsComputerScience/list.fac.htm
  9. ↑ http://directory.wiu.edu/display.php?RD-Dimitrov
  10. ↑ http://sokolov.ws/math_page/mathematics.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~asikora/
  12. ↑ https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/86242
  13. ↑ http://www.trinitydc.edu/directory/directory.php?detail=32&type=people
  14. ↑ http://www.people.vcu.edu/~hsedagha/
  15. 1 2 http://www.math.uu.nl/people/dajani/
  16. ↑ http://csustan.csustan.edu/~tom/vita/TJC-CV-2006.pdf
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