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

• List of mathematics awards

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