SUMMER 1998

Message from the Department Head

1998 Distinguished Alumnus

Probabilists Develop Stock Pricing Model

IAS/Park City Program

Professional Plaudits

Student Awards

Alum Profile

Programs for Women in Math

Zink Tributes

Minority Science Students Project

Editors and Contributors

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Golomb Prize Winner
Golomb Prize winner Dan Crosby with Professor Michael Golomb. Crosby was also recognized by the School of Science as the 1998 Outstanding Mathematics Senior.

Golomb Prize Winner
Profesor Jim McClure, chair of the Undergraduate Majors Committee, with student award winners (left to right) Tommy Horine, Eric Ho, Tony Stevens, Amber Mahoney, and Tze Chao Ng.

Golomb Prize Winner
Actuarial Alumni Awardees Kelly Starkey, Damon Andres, and Yu Hin Eric Ho

Golomb Prize Winner
Math alum Chris Ruckman (B.S. 1987), Assistant Vice President of Lincoln National Life, presents a Lincoln Scholarship to Tze Chao Ng.

Golomb Prize Winner
Professor Steve Samuels, Director of the Actuarial Science Program, with Shannon Leathers, winner of the Farmers Insurance Group Scholarship, and Patrick So, who received the CIGNA Award. Actuarial and Mathematics student awards were presented at a reception in the Math Library lounge on April 28.

1997-98 Mathematics Student Awards

PRIZES
Eugene V. Schenkman Memorial Prize:
Most Outstanding Algebra Student
Thomas Horine
Glen E. Baxter Memorial Prize:
Outstanding Junior Mathematics Student
Peter Duselis
Michael Golomb Math Prize:
Outstanding Undergraduate Mathematics Student
Daniel Crosby
Gerald R. MacLane Memorial Prize:
Outstanding Graduate Student in Mathematics
Yongwei Yao
Merrill E. Shanks Prize:
Outstanding Undergraduate
Mathematics Education Students
Amber Mahoney
Nancy McCaulley

SCHOLARSHIPS
Mark Hoppy Memorial Scholarship:
Aaron Luttman
Andris A. Zoltners Scholarship:
Jon Padgett
Arthur Rosenthal Memorial Scholarships:
Peter Duselis
Yu Hin Eric Ho
Thomas Horine
Nancy MaCaulley
Tze Chao Ng
Andrew Mathis
Anthony Stevens
Matthew Dorbin
Amber Mahoney
Nathan Stohler

PUTNAM EXAM TEAM
 
Thomas Horine
Daniel Crosby
Oguz Hasan Elibol

OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANTS
 
Mahdi Asgari
Srikanth Iyengar
Latricia Scriven
Amelia Taylor
Tsun-Yi Tuan

1997-98 Actuarial Student Awards

Lincoln Scholarship:
Justin Kindy
Tze Chao Ng
Lincoln Actuarial Achievement Awards:
Brian Carteaux
James Eubank
John Koelling
Patrick So
Anthony Stevens
Farmers Insurance Group Scholarship:
Shannon Leathers
CIGNA Awards: Patrick So
Actuarial Alumni Award:
Damon Andres
Yu Hin Eric Ho
Kelly Starkey
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