The Taylor Prize in Mathematics

The Taylor Prize in Mathematics is a cash prize awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student of mathematics, displaying excellence in graduate research and overall accomplishments, 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 thirty-four 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[4]
Year Name Current Occupation
2020 Rhea Palak Bakshi, Pavel Avdeyev PhD Candidate at the George Washington University, PhD Candidate at the George Washington University
2019 Iva Bilanovic PhD Student at the George Washington University
2018 Sujoy Mukherjee, Kai Yang Ross Assistant Professor at Ohio State University, Postdoctoral Associate at Florida International University
2017 Xiao Wang Jilin University
2016 Chong Wang Postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University
2015 Seung Yeop Yang Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Denver
2014 Leah Marshall works at the U.S. Census Bureau,[5] also a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University[6]
2013 Carl Hammarsten, Jing Wang (Hammarsten) Visiting Assistant Professor at Lafayette University[7] (Wang) Assistant Professor at Christian Brothers University [8]
2012 Kai Maeda, Tyler White
2010 Forest Fisher, Michael Coleman (Fisher) Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Guttman Community College[9] (Coleman) works at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory,[10] also a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University [11]
2009 Radmila Sazdanovic Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University
2008 Jennifer Chubb and Hillary Einziger (Chubb) Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco[12] (Einziger) Educator Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati [13]
2007 Kerry Luse, Maciej Niebrzydowski (Niebrzydowski) Assistant Professor at University of Gdansk
2006 Malgorzata Dabkowska Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Dallas[14]
2005 Eric Ufferman Visiting Assistant Professor at GWU[15]
2004 Laure Helme-Guizon Co-wrote "Torsion in Graph Technology" with Józef H. Przytycki[16]
2003 Amir Togha Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bronx Community College[17]
2002 Mietek Dabkowski Associate professor at University of Texas at Dallas
2001 Rumen Dimitrov Associate Professor of Mathematics at Western Illinois University[18]
2000 Maxim Sokolov Works at a Chicago investment company[19]
1999 Hongxun Qin works at Mitre Corporation [20]
1998 William Collier –
1997 Jun Zhang –
1996 Adam Sikora Assistant Professor of Mathematics at SUNY at Buffalo[21]
1995 William Miller
1994 Qing Shen –
1992 Sita Ramamurti Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity Washington University[22]
1991 Gary Schwartz –
1990 Uma Shivapuram –
1988 Claire Hackett –
1987 Hassan Sedaghat Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University[23]
1986 Karma Dajani Senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)[24]
1983 Karma Dajani Senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)[24]
1978 John Petro –
1977 Thomas J Carter Professor and Chair of Computer Science/Cognitive Studies at CSU Stanislaus[25]

See also

References
  1. http://www.gwu.edu/~bulletin/grad/opas.html
  2. Fritz Joachim Weyl
  3. http://www.gwu.edu/~math/links/prizes.html
  4. https://math.columbian.gwu.edu/student-prizes
  5. http://ww2.amstat.org/sections/SRMS/Proceedings/y2008/Files/marshall.pdf
  6. https://math.columbian.gwu.edu/leah-marshall
  7. https://math.lafayette.edu/people/carl-hammarsten/
  8. https://www.cbu.edu/spotlight-jing-wang
  9. https://guttman.cuny.edu/2014/09/05/new-faculty-members-join-guttman-this-fall/
  10. https://www.bipm.org/cc/CCTF/Allowed/20/CCTF_15-45-IGS.pdf
  11. https://math.columbian.gwu.edu/michael-coleman
  12. http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~jcchubb/
  13. http://www.artsci.uc.edu/faculty-staff/listing/by_dept/math.html?eid=einzighy&thecomp=uceprof
  14. https://www.utdallas.edu/math/864/dabkowska-malgorzata/
  15. http://home.gwu.edu/~ufferman/%5B%5D
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/MathematicsComputerScience/list.fac.htm
  18. http://directory.wiu.edu/display.php?RD-Dimitrov
  19. http://sokolov.ws/math_page/mathematics.htm
  20. https://www.adapt.io/contact/hongxun-qin/93262917
  21. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~asikora/
  22. http://www.trinitydc.edu/directory/directory.php?detail=32&type=people%5B%5D
  23. http://www.people.vcu.edu/~hsedagha/
  24. http://www.math.uu.nl/people/dajani/
  25. http://csustan.csustan.edu/~tom/vita/TJC-CV-2006.pdf
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