Van Amringe Mathematical Prize

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The Department of Mathematics at Columbia University has presented a Professor Van Amringe Mathematical Prize each year (since 1910). The prize was established in 1910 by George G. Dewitt, Class of 1867. It was named after John Howard Van Amringe, who taught mathematics at Columbia (holding a professorship from 1865 to 1910), was the first Dean of Columbia College, and was the first president of the American Mathematical Society (between 1888 and 1890).[ citation needed ]

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For many years, the prize was awarded to the freshman or sophomore mathematics student at Columbia College deemed most proficient in the mathematical subjects designated during the year of the award. More recently (since 2003), the prize has been awarded to three Columbia College students majoring in math (a freshman, a sophomore, and a junior) who are deemed proficient in their class in the mathematical subjects designated during the year of the award.

Recipients

YearRecipients
2023Rafay Abbas Ashary ('24), Noah Bergam ('25), Hao Cui ('26), Zheheng Xiao ('25) [1]
2022Kevin Zhang ('25), Carter Teplica ('23), Zheheng Xiao ('25), David Chen ('23) [1]
2021Elena Gribelyuk ('22), Jacob Weinstein ('22), David Chen ('23), Aiden Sagerman ('24) [1]
2020Christian Serio ('21), Anda Tenie ('22), Gregory Pershing ('22), Rafay Ashary ('23) [2]
2019Quang Dao ('20), Myeonhu Kim ('20), Anda Tenie ('22) [3]
2018Quang Dao ('20), Myeonhu Kim ('20), Matthew Lerner-Brecher ('20) [4]
2017Quang Dao ('20), Vu-Anh Phung ('19), Noah Miller ('18) [5]
2016Nguyen Dung ('18), Srikar Varadaraj ('17) [6]
2015Nguyen Dung ('18), Hardik Shah ('17), Samuel Nicoll ('16) [7]
2014Hardik Shah ('17), Samuel Nicoll ('16), Yifei Zhao ('15) [8]
2013Ha-Young Shin ('16), Yifei Zhao ('15), Sicong Zhang ('14) [9]
2012Yifei Zhao ('15), Sicong Zhang ('14), Sung Chul Park ('13) [10]
2011Sicong Zhang ('14), Sung Chul Park ('13), Shenjun Xu ('12) [11]
2010Sung Park ('13), Shenjun Xu ('12), Samuel Beck ('11) [12]
2009Shenjun Xu ('12), Jiayang Jiang ('11), Atanas Atanasov ('10) [13]
2008Andra Liana Mihali ('11), Atanas Atanasov ('10), So Eun Park ('09) [14]
2007Atanas Atanasov ('10), So Eun Park ('09), Dmytro Karabash ('08) [15]
2006Vedant Misra ('09), Dmytro Karabash ('08) and Mikhail Shklyar ('08), Ilya Vinogradov ('07) [16]
2005Mikhail Shklyar ('08), Ilya Vinogradov ('07), Florian Sprung ('06) [17]
2004Ilya Vinogradov ('07)
2003Mark Xue ('06), Kiril Datchev ('05), Jay Heumann ('05) [18]
2002Kiril Datchev ('05) [19]
2001Vladislav Shchogolev ('04) and Eric Patterson ('03) [20]
2000David Anderson ('02) and Ari Stern ('01)
1990Ali Yegulalp ('90)
1988Ali Yegulalp ('90)
1987Ali Yegulalp ('90)
1979 Sahotra Sarkar ('81)
1976Chris Tong ('78)
1967Louis Halle Rowen ('69)
1964 Sylvain Cappell ('66) [21]
1937Jerome Kurshan ('39) [22]
1922Melvin David Baller ('24) and Benedict Kurshan ('24) [23]
1921Wilfred Francis Skeats ('23) [24]
1917Israel Koral ('20) [25]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Awards and Honors".
  2. Columbia College Today, Congrats, Class of 2020!: Academic Prizes
  3. Columbia College Today, Summer 2019: Academic Awards and Prizes
  4. Columbia College Today, Graduation 2018: Academic Awards and Prizes
  5. Columbia College Today, Graduation 2017: Academic Awards and Prizes Winners
  6. Columbia College Today, 2016 Academic Awards and Prizes
  7. Columbia College Today, 2015 Academic Awards and Prizes
  8. Columbia College Today, 2014 Academic Awards and Prizes
  9. Columbia College Today, 2013 Academic Awards and Prizes
  10. Columbia College Today, 2012 Academic Awards and Prizes
  11. Columbia College Today, 2011 Academic Awards and Prizes
  12. Columbia College Today, 2010 Academic Awards and Prize
  13. Columbia College Today, 2009 Academic Awards and Prizes
  14. Columbia College Today, 2008 Academic Awards and Prizes
  15. Columbia College Today, 2007 Academic Awards and Prizes
  16. Columbia College Today, College Students Honored at Awards and Prizes Ceremony
  17. Columbia College Today, College Honors 78 Students at Awards and Prizes Ceremony
  18. Columbia College Today, College Honors 78 Students at Awards and Prizes Ceremony
  19. Columbia College Today, College Honors 65 Students at Awards and Prizes Ceremony
  20. Columbia College Today, Second Annual Awards & Prizes Ceremony Held in Low Rotunda
  21. New York Times, Columbia Will Award Degrees to 6,278 Today
  22. Obituaries & Guestbooks from The Times
  23. New York Times, COLUMBIA AWARDS 1922 PRIZE HONORS
  24. New York Times, SIMS'S BOOK WINS COLUMBIA PRIZE
  25. New York Times, COLUMBIA ANNOUNCES LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS

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