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 James Henry Taylor, a professor of mathematics at GW from 1929 to 1958.[1]
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, 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. (At that time the award was not annual.)[Not in citation provided.][3] Thomas J. Carter was 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 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.
Junior Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Studies at ETH Zurich,[6] 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,[7] also a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University[8]
2013
Carl Hammarsten, Jing Wang
(Hammarsten) visiting assistant professor at Lafayette University[9] (Wang) assistant professor at Christian Brothers University [10]
2012
Kai Maeda, Tyler White
2010
Forest Fisher, Michael Coleman
(Fisher) assistant professor of mathematics at Guttman Community College[11] (Coleman) works at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory,[12] also a professorial lecturer at the George Washington University [13]
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[14] (Einziger) educator assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati [15]
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