Purpose and History
Below is information on the purpose and history of the scholarships
and
awards administered by the Mathematics Department. (See the
official listings for more details on amounts and conditions; you
can also view a list of past winners
of the awards.)
Abramowitz Award
This award is for superior competence and promise in
the field of mathematics and its applications.
This award began in the 1960's. Initial funding was established by
donations in honor of Milton Abramowitz, a Maryland mathematics
professor best known for his work on mathematical tables at the
National Bureau of Standards (now NIST). Former winners include Charles
Fefferman (a
Fields Medalist) and Sergey Brin (cofounder of Google).
Aziz Mathematics Scholarship
This award is made on the basis of
excellence in mathematics. It approximately
covers in-state tuition for the Fall-Spring following the Spring
in which the award is made, in the event that a recipient is
eligible to receive this support. This is the math department's highest award
of excellence for a non-graduating math major.
This scholarship was first awarded in 2002. It is funded by Kadir Aziz,
who received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from our department in 1958. He
was on the faculty of Georgetown University from 1956 to 1967, and has
been on the faculty of the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County since 1967. He is presently Professor Emeritus of
Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC. Throughout his career, Professor
Aziz has been an active member of the Numerical Analysis group at
College Park. He is also the sponsor of the
Aziz Lecture series.
Euclid Teaching Assistantships
These are awarded to math majors
who are on a track to become future high school or middle
school teachers and who demonstrate the promise to be
excellent teaching assistants for a Calculus course.
The winners serve as Teaching
Assistants for a section of calculus in the fall and/or spring
semester, generally using the close-contact small groups method.
The winners are paid at the rate a graduate student in mathematics
would be paid to teach the section.
Interested students apply the previous spring and compete
for these assistantships.
Higginbotham Award
This award is made to an outstanding junior
mathematics major.
The award is in memory of Robert Michael Higginbotham, an excellent
student who in 1967 received a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics here at
College Park. Two years later, he was killed in the Vietnam War. His
name can be found online
at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Wall Page.
The award was begun by a donation of his family.
Carol Karp Award
This award was made on the basis of outstanding performance in
the field of logic.
The award was established in memory of Carol Karp (1926-1972), a
Maryland mathematics professor and logician who had a great influence
on the development of Logic in the Mathematics Department. The award
was originally funded by a number of people,
including professors in the mathematics and philosophy departments. An
in memoriam volume in her honor (Spring Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Vol. 492, ed. D.W.Kueker, 1975) contains more information on her life
and contributions.
Unfortunately this award has been
discontinued because of lack of funds. It was awarded for
the last time in Spring 2004.
Edgar Krahn Scholarship (Mathematics Competition
Scholarship)
This scholarship aims to provide financial
assistance to worthy students studying mathematics at the University of
Maryland. Recipients are selected by the Department of Mathematics on
the basis of performance in the University of Maryland High School
Mathematics Competition.
The amount and duration of the support has varied.
The Krahn Scholarships are funded from the Edgar Krahn Scholarship
endowment. This endowment was established in honor of the mathematician
Edgar Krahn (1894-1961), who played a significant role in the
development of mathematics in Estonia, and made research contributions
in diverse areas including differential geometry, probability, gas
dynamics and elasticity. A centenary volume in his honor contains more
information on his life and contributions
(see "Edgar Krahn, 1894--1961. A centenary volume." Edited by Ulo
Lumiste and Jaak Peetre. IOS Press, Amsterdam; a copublication
with the Estonian Mathematical Society, Tartu, 1994.
ISBN: 90-5199-168-1).
The
Edgar Krahn Scholarship endowment was established in 1983 by
Dorothee Krahn, the widow of Edgar Krahn. Dorothee Krahn has remained
active in the University as a supporter not only of mathematics, but
also of the arts.
Outstanding Senior Award
This award recognizes the outstanding senior
mathematics major.
The award was begun in 1993. It is funded by the mathematics
department.
Secondary Education - Mathematics Scholarship
This is a merit-based, competitive scholarship
whose goal is to support promising students in their pursuit of
teaching mathematics in secondary school.
This award was first made in 2002.
The award is funded by the contributions of Denny and Frances Gulick,
faculty in the Mathematics Department. The scholarship aims to support
promising students in their pursuit of teaching mathematics in
secondary school.
Strauss Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to a math major with
exceptional ability and interest in mathematics.
It covers in-state tuition for the Fall-Spring following the Spring
in which the award is made.
The scholarship, first awarded in 1989, is named after Ron Strauss, a
professor in the Mathematics Department who after an earlier research
career in dynamical systems turned with great energy and dedication to
education and the history of mathematics. He died in 1978 while serving
as Undergraduate Chair of the Mathematics Department.
Strauss Teaching Assistantships
These are awarded to strong, advanced math majors
with excellent teaching ability. Each winner serves as a Teaching
Assistant in a section of calculus in the fall and in the spring
semester. Interested students apply the previous spring and compete for
these assistantships. (See the
official listings for more details on amounts and conditions.)
The winners are paid at the rate a graduate student in mathematics
would be paid to teach the section.
For strong math majors, the Mathematics Department
encourages mathematics research activity (for example,
through the
Math 489 "research interaction teams")
and in some cases graduate coursework in mathematics.
Students with definite arrangements for such activity
while Strauss TAs will be given preference in the spring competition.
Dan Sweet Scholarship
This scholarship was awarded to a full-time student and
mathematics major (specializing in applied math preferred)
at the University of Maryland, College Park. The recipient must carry
at least a 3.0 GPA in mathematics courses. Students on financial aid
get first consideration.
This scholarship, first awarded in 2005, is named after Dan Sweet, a
professor in the Mathematics Department who served as director of the
applied mathematics program and was for many years recognized as one of
the very best teachers in the department. Professor Sweet died in 2004.
In Fall 2006 this scholarship was renamed the Daniel Sweet Memorial
Fellowship. It is now administered by the
Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis and
Applications.
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