Sumner Byron Myers (February 19, 1910 – October 8, 1955) was an American

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specializing in

topology In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing ho ...

and differential geometry. He studied at

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under H. C. Marston Morse, Tucker, A:
Interview with Albert Tucker
'', Princeton University, July 11, 1984. Last accessed January 1, 2010. where he graduated with a

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in 1932.Mathematics Genealogy Project:
Sumner Byron Myers
', no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005. Myers then pursued postdoctoral studies at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

(1934–1936)Princeton University:
Members of the School of Mathematics
'', no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005. before becoming a professor for mathematics at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during the 1955 Michigan–Army football game at

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Sumner B. Myers Prize

The Sumner B. Myers Prize was created in his honor for distinguished theses within the LSA Mathematics Department.University of Michigan:
Sumner Myers Award
', no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005. The recipients since 2004 are as follows: * 2004: Peter Storm * 2005: Kevin Woods * 2006: Calin Chindris * 2007: Yann Bernard, Samuel Payne * 2008: Bryden Cais * 2009: Susan Sierra * 2010: Paul Johnson, Alan Stapledon * 2011: Kevin Tucker * 2012: Matthew Elsey * 2013: Max Glick * 2014: Jae Kyoung Kim * 2015:

June Huh June Huh (full name: June E Huh, ; born 1983) is an Korean-American mathematician who is currently a professor at Princeton University. Previously, he was a professor at Stanford University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022 and a MacAr ...

Mary Wootters Mary Katherine Wootters is an American coding theorist, information theorist, and theoretical computer scientist. She is an assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering and a member of the Institute for Computational and ...

* 2016: Brandon Seward * 2017: Hamed Razavi * 2018: Rohini Ramadas * 2019: Visu Makam * 2020: Han Huang * 2021: Emanuel Reinecke * 2022: Xin Zhang

Sumner B. Myers Prize

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