The Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics are awards given by the
Mathematical Association of America
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to recognize
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or
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teacher
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s "who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions." The Haimo awards are the highest teaching honor bestowed by the MAA. The awards were established in 1993 by Deborah Tepper Haimo and named after Haimo and her husband Franklin Haimo. After the first year of the award (when seven awards were given) up to three awards are given every year.
Winners
The winners of the award have been:
*1993:
Joseph Gallian
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Professional career
Gall ...
Frank Morgan
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Doris Schattschneider
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, and Philip D. Straffin Jr.
*1994:
Paul Halmos
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Alan Tucker
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Herbert Wilf
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*1997: Carl C. Cowen,
Carl Pomerance
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Paul Sally
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, and Edward Spitznagel Jr.
*2003:
Judith Grabiner
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,
Ranjan Roy
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Education
Roy received a BS degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, an MS in mathematics from t ...
, and
Paul Zeitz
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Biography
In 1974, Paul Zeitz won the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and was a member of the first American team to participate in the Inter ...
Gerald L. Alexanderson
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Keith Stroyan
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In 2006 he received a Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teachi ...
Jennifer Quinn
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Gilbert Strang
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Erica Flapan
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Zvezdelina Stankova
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Satyan Devadoss
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*2017: Janet Barnett, Caren Diefenderfer, and
Tevian Dray
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who has worked in general relativity, mathematical physics,
geometry, and both science education, science and mathematics education, mathematics education. He was elected a Fellow of ...
*2018: Gary Gordon,
Hortensia Soto
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Federico Ardila
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List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards contains articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the world. Som ...