Department Awards

Our department presents several endowed awards each spring to highly deserving Mathematics and Computer Science students. In addition, we induct our best students into our chapters of two national academic honor societies. More information about each honor and its past recipients can be found below.

Alice Hutchinson Lytle Award

The Alice Hutchinson Lytle Award, established in 1970, is awarded to the senior female who has earned the highest cumulative GPA in mathematics and computer science courses during her first three years. This individual must have taken at least two semesters of mathematics and computer science at Denison. In any given year that no female shall qualify, the department can substitute a male.

+ Recipients (1971-Present)

2007-2008 Nicole Scholtz

2006-2007

2005-2006

Pamela Arbisi & Tarika Mansukhani

Colleen Hughes
2004-2005 Patricia Garmirian
2003-2004 Elizabeth A. Ehret
2002-2003 Daria G. Antonova
2001-2002 Linda Schuman
2000-2001 Erin Puttick
1998-1999 Lindsay Rae Greer
1997-1998 Stacia Rockfield
1996-1997 Carolyn Holthaus
1995-1996 Cynthia Adams
1994-1995 Rhonda Malblanc
1992-1993 Christina Juergens (Fall) and Chen Zhao (Spring)
1991-1992 Anna Georgieva
1990-1991 Joanne Allegra
1989-1990 Jessica M. Lopez
1988-1989 Kathleen Miles
1987-1988 Janeen Buzash
1986-1987 Heide Morgan (Fall) and Ilane L. Mathews (Spring)
1984-1985 Laurie Chidester (Fall) and Randi Lake (Spring)
1983-1984 Ana A. Payne
1982-1983 Jane Scipione
1981-1982 Diane Bonnell
1980-1981 Mary Hoeppner
1979-1980 Diane Litle
1978-1979 Rebecca Brown
1977-1978 Susan Pulver (Fall) and Jill Gensemer (Spring)
1975-1976 Karen Brethen
1974-1975 Susan Rudolph
1973-1974 Aleta Blum
1972-1973 Barbara Weyrich
1971-1972 Susan B. Slesnick

Chosaburo Kato Memorial Award

The Chosaburo Kato Memorial Award, established in 1965, is awarded to the most promising junior major in the department who has both good character and the recommendation of the Mathematics and Computer Science faculty.

+ Recipients (1965-Present)

2007-2008

  • Samuel Behrend

2006-2007

  • Matthew Steinke

2005-2006

  • David Nassar
  • Jennifer Swank
  • Megan Warner

2004-2005

  • Dan Bucatanschi
  • Colleen Hughes

2003-2004

  • Patricia M. Garmirian

2002-2003

  • Elizabeth A. Ehret
  • Anthony R. Fressola
  • Vanessa A. Miller

2001-2002

  • Michael John Khoury

2000-2001

  • Jeff Amos
  • Barnaby Nardella

1999-2000

  • David Michael
  • Erin Puttick

1998-1999

  • Eng Tan

1997-1998

  • Lyndsay Greer
  • David Hindman
  • Laura Eilar

1996-1997

  • Rachel Senick

1995-1996

  • Jeffrey Haidet

1994-1995

  • William L. Coreell, Jr.
  • Jianming Wu
  • Michael Daso

1993-1994

  • Michael Daso

1992-1993

  • Charles D. Richardson

1991-1992

  • Laura Mily

1990-1991

  • Nicholas Gracilla

1989-1990

  • Joanne Allegra

1987-1988

  • Brian D. Hendy

1986-1987

  • Paul Loring

1985-1986

  • Sam Mattoni
  • Marie Demer

1984-1985

  • Gail Prindel
  • Jeff Howe
  • Daniel Kiskis
  • Michael Gamble

1983-1984

  • Randi Lake
  • Susan McFarland

1981-1982

  • Carolyn Chenzoff

1980-1981

  • Gard Adams

1979-1980

  • Douglas Eakin
  • Jill Galloway
  • Diane Litle
  • Thomas Ludeke

1978-1979

  • Mark Smiley

1977-1978

  • Michael Timinski

1975-1976

  • Karen Brethen

1974-1975

  • Woodward Crim Hoffman

1973-1974

  • Clifford Thomas
  • Kenneth Reeder

1971-1972

  • Greg Hudak

1968-1970

  • Carol Voegele

1967-1968

  • Barbara Braeutingam
  • Stephen Kreibel

1966-1967

  • Jerry Brice
  • Margaret Moody

1965-1966

  • Thomas McChesney

Forbes B. Wiley Award

This award is given in memory of Forbes B. Wiley, who taught Mathematics at Denison University from 1910 to 1956. It is given for Excellence in Mathematics to one or more sophomores for work completed in their freshman year and to one or more juniors for work completed in their first two years.

+ Recipients (1958-Present)


Sophomores Juniors
2007-2008 Jacob (Josh) Buell Samuel Behrend

Shaun McFall Joanna Kreiselman

Jacob Shapiro

2005-2006 Rachel Grotheer Pam Arbisi

Lindsey Nikolai Evan Starr

Nicole Scholtz

2004-2005 Pam Arbisi Dan G. Bucatanschi

Jon Gober Colleen S. Hughes

Tarika Mansukhani Kati O'Neill

Jennifer Swank Nathan Schmidt


Kaythi Soe

2003-2004 Dan G. Bucatanschi Patricia M. Garmirian

Colleen S. Hughes Zhen "Adam" Y. Wu

Kaythi Soe

2002-2003 Qurrat Jaffery Elizabeth A. Ehret

Anusha Jogi Anthony R. Fressola

Christopher H. Long Nalini Iyer

Pahul V. Parikh Jessica R. Kilgore

Zhen "Adam" Y. Wu Vanessa A. Miller


Stoyan G. Paunov

2001-2002 Daria Antonova Rohit Bansal

Elizabeth A. Ehret Vesselin I. Dimitrov

Anthony R. Fressola

Nalini Iyer

Vanessa A. Miller

Stoyan G. Paunov

2000-2001 Rohit Bansal Kiran Joshi

Vesselin Dimitrov Jared Schuetter

Michael Khoury Linda Schuman

Jai Modi

1999-2000 Linda Schuman Thomas Groff

Barnaby Nardella Alexander Thackeray

Erica Pflaum

1998-1999 Thomas Groff Jarold Jacob Tawney

David Michael

Erin Puttick

1997-1998 Jarold Jacob Tawney Mark Ward

Catherine Graf Todd Wine

Kauserali Kheyroolla Fei Shen

1996-1997 Mark Ward Jay Neidermeyer

David Hindman Tedd Dawson

Zhu He

Dairu Peng

Fei Shen

1995-1996 Tedd Dawson Jason Mihevic

Jay Neidermeyer Carolyn Holthaus

1994-1995 Carolyn Holthaus Martha Mulligan

Jason Mihevic

1993-1994 Yi-Bo Huang Jiaming Wu

Benjamin Blake William Correll, Jr.

1992-1993 Christina Juergens Jianming Wu

Christopher Swanson William Correll


Rohit Gayal

1991-1992 Chris Swanson Steve Bailey

Christina Juergens Scott Dexter

Charles Richardson

Timothy Dunham

Albert Liau

1990-1991 Steve Bailey Anna Georgieva

Scott Dexter Nicholas Gracilla

Laura Mily Upendra Patel

1989-1990 Nicholas Gracilla Craig Cooley

Richard Bennett

1988-1989 Craig Cooley James Donohoe

Joanne Allegra Timothy Bolser


Taizoon Attari

1987-1988 Timothy J. Bolser Russell W. Kincaid

Sara Allswede

Taizoon S. Attari

James D. Donahow

1986-1987 Russell W. Kincaid Katie Owens


Scott Leithauser


Kyriacos W. Kuriacco

1985-1986 David M. Mehringer Nelson R. Bosacoma

Kyriacos T. Kyriacou

1984-1985 Paul Loring Donna Lawson

Elizabeth Peirce Ilane Mathews

1983-1984 Donna Lawson Lauir Cheidester

Ilane Mathews Lori Hartman

1982-1983 Laura Chidester Stephen Kennedy

Kimberly Mallarnee Daryl Steen

1981-1982 Stephen Kennedy Brian Batke

Daryl Steen Ana A. Payne

1980-1981 Ana A. Payne Marting Halkyard

1979-1980 Jane Scipione Diane Bonnel

Joseph Jameson Mary Hoeppner

Christian Tapia Joseph Winget

1978-1979 Joseph Jameson Thomas Ludeke

Mary Hoeppner Diane Litle

1977-1978 Diane Litle Rebecca Brown

1976-1977 Steven Gileno Russell Dooman

Mark Smiley

1975-1976 Russell Dooman David Kuehl

1974-1975 David Kuehl Karen Brethern

1973-1974 Einar Kjartansson Woodward C. Hoffman

1972-1973 Woodward C. Hoffman Clifford Thomas

1971-1972 Steven Pitler Gregory Hudak

1970-1971 John Dolbee Katherine Lumm

1969-1970 Eugene Fluke Susan Baranovic

1968-1969 Susan Baranovic John Brewer

1967-1968 Timothy Flanagan Michael Obletz

1966-1967 Eugene Schmidt Barbara Braeutigam


Mary Markis

1965-1966 Sanford Stowe Margaret Moody


Lawrence Schaad

1964-1965 Gerald Bryce Thomas McChesney

1963-1964 William Schaich Charles Burch

1962-1963 Nancy Grosick Suzanne Stouffer

1961-1962 Virginia Kramer James Witherspoon

1960-1961 Geoffrey Darrow Garry Koch


Karen Williams

1959-1960 Kay Cushman William Brown


Nancy Furbish

1958-1959 Jean Dusek Sue Clark

John L. Gilpatrick Mathematics Award

This award was established in 1914 in memory of John Lord Gilpatrick who taught Mathematics at Denison University from 1874 to 1912. The first award was presented in 1915. It is awarded to the most outstanding senior major in the department as determined by the Mathematics and Computer Science faculty.

+ Recipients (1914-Present)

2007-2008

  • Matt Steinke

2005-2006

  • Colleen Hughes

2004-2005

  • Patricia Garmirian

2003-2004

  • Elizabeth A. Ehret
  • Anthony R. Fressola

2002-2003

  • Rohit Bansal
  • Vesselin I. Drimitrov
  • Michael J. Khoury

2001-2002

    Jeffrey Carl Amos
  • Barnaby Joel Nardella
  • Jared Michael Schuetter
  • Linda Sue Schuman

2000-2001

  • David Alexander Michael
  • Thomas Carlton Groff
  • Alexander James Thackeray

1999-2000

  • Jarold Jake Tawney

1998-1999

  • Mark Daniel Ward

1997-1998

  • Jay Neidermeyer
  • Tedd Dawson
  • Stacia Rockfield

1996-1997

  • Todd Roberts
  • Jeffrey Haidet

1995-1996

  • Carolyn Holthaus

1994-1995

  • William L. Correll, Jr.

1993-1994

  • Christopher Swanson
  • Rohit Goyal

1992-1993

  • Steven Bailey
  • Wentao Chen

1991-1992

  • Anna Georgeiva

1990-1991

  • Craig Cooley
  • Joanne Allegra

1989-1990

  • Tiazoon Attari
  • James Donahoe

1988-1989

  • Russell W. Kincaid

1987-1988J

  • aneen Estelle Buzash

1986-1987

  • Paul R. Loring

1985-1986

  • Daniel L. Kiskis

1984-1985

  • Lauire Chidester

1983-1984

  • Daryl Steen
  • Stephen Kennedy

1982-1983

  • Brian Batke
  • Craig Thiel

1981-1982

  • Martin Halkyard

1980-1981

  • Lawrence Crowl
  • Joseph Jameson
  • Christian Tapia

1979-1980

  • Douglas Eakin
  • Thomas Ludeke

1978-1979

  • Mark Smiley
  • Rebecca Brown

1977-1978

  • Chris Vitale
  • Michael Timinski

1976-1977

  • David Kuehl

1975-1976

  • Karen Brethen

1974-1975

  • Woodward Crim Hoffman

1973-1974

  • Clifford Thomas

1972-1973

  • Gregory Hudak
  • Holly Richards

1971-1972

  • Cynthia Sherman

1970-1971

  • Thomas MacLeay

1969-1970

  • Andrew French

1968-1969

  • Michael Obletz

1967-1968

  • Stephen Kriebel
  • Arthur P. Staddon

1966-1967

  • Gerald Brice
  • Margaret Moody

1965-1966

  • Thomas McChesney

1964-1965

  • Kathleen Schwarz

1963-1964

  • Beverly Willes
  • Ronald E. Holtman (tied)

1962-1963

  • Helen Shadduck

1960-1961

  • Ruth Rogers
  • Jean Dusek (tied)

1959-1960

  • Ruth Knight
  • Delma Miller

1958-1959

  • Carol Hendon
  • Maxine Shafer

1957-1958

  • Carol Shanesy

1956-1957

  • James Cooke

1955-1956

  • Joan Chappell

1954-1955

  • Loise B. Olney

1952-1953

  • James McFarland

1951-1952

  • Igor Jurkevitch

1950-1951

  • Mary Elizabeth Langan

1949-1950

  • Harvey William Preslau

1948-1949

  • Robert Seall

1947-1948

  • Joan Berner
  • Catherine Niemitz

1946-1947

  • Richard Dean

1945-1946

  • Mary Jane Oestmann
  • Joyce Clark

1944-1945

  • Marjorie Ann Spengler

1943-1944

  • Laura Lee Cowan

1942-1943

  • Susan Martz

1941-1942

  • Mary Todhunter

1940-1941

  • Edward Deeds
  • Stanley Hanna

1939-1940

  • Charles Oxley
  • William Price

1938-1939

  • Ronald Wiley
  • Eileen Meacham

1937-1938

  • Leonard Welles

1936-1937

  • William Taylor
  • David Western

1935-1936

  • Edson Rupp

1934-1935

  • Harold Wiley

1933-1934

  • Alen Murray

1932-1933

  • Charles Stoneking

1931-1932

  • Charles Edwards Welling

1930-1931

  • Mary Margaret Handel

1929-1930

  • Winthrop Wiggins Dolan

1928-1929

  • Charles Millard Brelsford

1927-1928

  • Carroll Ely Amos

1926-1927

  • George Garrison

1925-1926

  • George R. Stibitz

1924-1925

  • Chosaburo Kato

1924-1925

  • Hazel Irene Dunlap

1923-1924

  • J. Ellis Powell

1922-1923

  • Burton Harland Chandler

1921-1922

  • August Fabel Jones

1920-1921

  • Robert Leland Case
  • Herschel Bernhard Lemmon

1919-1920

  • Esther Weaver

1918-1919

  • Charles Thedore Bumer

1917-1918

  • Grace E. Jefferson

1916-1917

  • Grace E. Jefferson

1915-1916

  • Marie Frances Tilbe

1914-1915

  • A. Lowell Johnson

Ethan D. and Hallie Roberts Memorial Award

The Ethan D. and Hallie Roberts Memorial Award is given to a senior in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science who has completed an outstanding research project.

+ Recipients (1999-Present)

2007-2008 Rachel Grotheer
2005-2006 Dan Bucatanschi and Colleen Hughes
2004-2005 Patricia Garmirian and Zhenyu "Adam" Wu
2003-2004 Stoyan G. Paunov
2002-2003 Michael J. Khoury
2001-2002 Jared Michael Schuetter
2000-2001 Thomas Carlton Groff and David Alexander Michael
1999-2000 Jarold Jacob Tawney

Other Awards

Here are awards some of our students have received from outside the department.