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)
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2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 |
Erica Evans Not awarded Joanna Kreiselman Nicole Scholtz |
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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)
2010-2011
- Nathan Zakahi
2009-2010
- Joseph L. Buell V
- Shaun M. McFall
- Jacob Z. Shapiro
2008-2009
- Yeuchao Pie
- Neal C. Barcelo
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)
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| 2010-2011 | Clay Crocker | Beidi Qiang | |
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| Yajing Guo | |||
| Steven Johnson | |||
| Nat Kell | |||
| Pat Kolehouse | |||
| Tan Viet Phan | |||
| Annalise Thompson | |
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| Hanna Wertheimer | |||
| Holly Wilson | |||
| 2009-2010 | McKenzie Hull | Neal C. Barcelo | |
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Huiwen Ouyang | Zachary S. Goldman | |
| Jacob Pfeil | Joseph S. Paat | ||
| Beidi Qiang | Yeuchao Pei | ||
| Bryce P. Pioske | |||
| Derek Schatzlein | |||
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| 2008-2009 | Corey E. Ackerman | Jacob Z. Shapiro | |
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Neal C. Barcelo | ||
| Erica L. Evans | |||
| Zachary S. Goldman | |||
| Sarah J. Mercier | |||
| Joseph S. Paat | |||
| Yeuchao Pei | |||
| Bryce P. Pioske | |||
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| 2007-2008 | Jacob (Josh) Buell | Samuel Behrend | |
| Shaun McFall | Joanna Kreiselman | ||
| Jacob Shapiro | |||
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| 2005-2006 | Rachel Grotheer | Pam Arbisi | |
| Lindsey Nikolai | Evan Starr | ||
| Nicole Scholtz | |||
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| 2004-2005 | Pam Arbisi | Dan G. Bucatanschi | |
| Jon Gober | Colleen S. Hughes | ||
| Tarika Mansukhani | Kati O'Neill | ||
| Jennifer Swank | Nathan Schmidt | ||
| Kaythi Soe | |||
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| 2003-2004 | Dan G. Bucatanschi | Patricia M. Garmirian | |
| Colleen S. Hughes | Zhen "Adam" Y. Wu | ||
| Kaythi Soe | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 2001-2002 | Daria Antonova | Rohit Bansal | |
| Elizabeth A. Ehret | Vesselin I. Dimitrov | ||
| Anthony R. Fressola | |||
| Nalini Iyer | |||
| Vanessa A. Miller | |||
| Stoyan G. Paunov | |||
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| 2000-2001 | Rohit Bansal | Kiran Joshi | |
| Vesselin Dimitrov | Jared Schuetter | ||
| Michael Khoury | Linda Schuman | ||
| Jai Modi | |||
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| 1999-2000 | Linda Schuman | Thomas Groff | |
| Barnaby Nardella | Alexander Thackeray | ||
| Erica Pflaum | |||
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| 1998-1999 | Thomas Groff | Jarold Jacob Tawney | |
| David Michael | |||
| Erin Puttick | |||
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| 1997-1998 | Jarold Jacob Tawney | Mark Ward | |
| Catherine Graf | Todd Wine | ||
| Kauserali Kheyroolla | Fei Shen | ||
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| 1996-1997 | Mark Ward | Jay Neidermeyer | |
| David Hindman | Tedd Dawson | ||
| Zhu He | |||
| Dairu Peng | |||
| Fei Shen | |||
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| 1995-1996 | Tedd Dawson | Jason Mihevic | |
| Jay Neidermeyer | Carolyn Holthaus | ||
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| 1994-1995 | Carolyn Holthaus | Martha Mulligan | |
| Jason Mihevic | |||
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| 1993-1994 | Yi-Bo Huang | Jiaming Wu | |
| Benjamin Blake | William Correll, Jr. | ||
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| 1992-1993 | Christina Juergens | Jianming Wu | |
| Christopher Swanson | William Correll | ||
| Rohit Gayal | |||
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| 1991-1992 | Chris Swanson | Steve Bailey | |
| Christina Juergens | Scott Dexter | ||
| Charles Richardson | |||
| Timothy Dunham | |||
| Albert Liau | |||
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| 1990-1991 | Steve Bailey | Anna Georgieva | |
| Scott Dexter | Nicholas Gracilla | ||
| Laura Mily | Upendra Patel | ||
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| 1989-1990 | Nicholas Gracilla | Craig Cooley | |
| Richard Bennett | |||
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| 1988-1989 | Craig Cooley | James Donohoe | |
| Joanne Allegra | Timothy Bolser | ||
| Taizoon Attari | |||
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| 1987-1988 | Timothy J. Bolser | Russell W. Kincaid | |
| Sara Allswede | |||
| Taizoon S. Attari | |||
| James D. Donahow | |||
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| 1986-1987 | Russell W. Kincaid | Katie Owens | |
| Scott Leithauser | |||
| Kyriacos W. Kuriacco | |||
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| 1985-1986 | David M. Mehringer | Nelson R. Bosacoma | |
| Kyriacos T. Kyriacou | |||
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| 1984-1985 | Paul Loring | Donna Lawson | |
| Elizabeth Peirce | Ilane Mathews | ||
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| 1983-1984 | Donna Lawson | Lauir Cheidester | |
| Ilane Mathews | Lori Hartman | ||
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| 1982-1983 | Laura Chidester | Stephen Kennedy | |
| Kimberly Mallarnee | Daryl Steen | ||
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| 1981-1982 | Stephen Kennedy | Brian Batke | |
| Daryl Steen | Ana A. Payne | ||
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| 1980-1981 | Ana A. Payne | Marting Halkyard | |
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| 1979-1980 | Jane Scipione | Diane Bonnel | |
| Joseph Jameson | Mary Hoeppner | ||
| Christian Tapia | Joseph Winget | ||
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| 1978-1979 | Joseph Jameson | Thomas Ludeke | |
| Mary Hoeppner | Diane Litle | ||
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| 1977-1978 | Diane Litle | Rebecca Brown | |
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| 1976-1977 | Steven Gileno | Russell Dooman | |
| Mark Smiley | |||
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| 1975-1976 | Russell Dooman | David Kuehl | |
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| 1974-1975 | David Kuehl | Karen Brethern | |
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| 1973-1974 | Einar Kjartansson | Woodward C. Hoffman | |
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| 1972-1973 | Woodward C. Hoffman | Clifford Thomas | |
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| 1971-1972 | Steven Pitler | Gregory Hudak | |
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| 1970-1971 | John Dolbee | Katherine Lumm | |
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| 1969-1970 | Eugene Fluke | Susan Baranovic | |
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| 1968-1969 | Susan Baranovic | John Brewer | |
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| 1967-1968 | Timothy Flanagan | Michael Obletz | |
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| 1966-1967 | Eugene Schmidt | Barbara Braeutigam | |
| Mary Markis | |||
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| 1965-1966 | Sanford Stowe | Margaret Moody | |
| Lawrence Schaad | |||
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| 1964-1965 | Gerald Bryce | Thomas McChesney | |
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| 1963-1964 | William Schaich | Charles Burch | |
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| 1962-1963 | Nancy Grosick | Suzanne Stouffer | |
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| 1961-1962 | Virginia Kramer | James Witherspoon | |
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| 1960-1961 | Geoffrey Darrow | Garry Koch | |
| Karen Williams | |||
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| 1959-1960 | Kay Cushman | William Brown | |
| Nancy Furbish | |||
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| 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)
2010-2011
- Neal C. Barcelo
2009-2010
- Jacob Z. Shapiro
2008-2009
- Samuel J. Behrend
- Matt Steinke
- Colleen Hughes
- Patricia Garmirian
- Elizabeth A. Ehret
- Anthony R. Fressola
- Rohit Bansal
- Vesselin I. Drimitrov
- Michael J. Khoury
- Barnaby Joel Nardella
- Jared Michael Schuetter
- Linda Sue Schuman
- David Alexander Michael
- Thomas Carlton Groff
- Alexander James Thackeray
- Jarold Jake Tawney
- Mark Daniel Ward
- Jay Neidermeyer
- Tedd Dawson
- Stacia Rockfield
- Todd Roberts
- Jeffrey Haidet
- Carolyn Holthaus
- William L. Correll, Jr.
- Christopher Swanson
- Rohit Goyal
- Steven Bailey
- Wentao Chen
- Anna Georgeiva
- Craig Cooley
- Joanne Allegra
- Tiazoon Attari
- James Donahoe
- Russell W. Kincaid
- aneen Estelle Buzash
- Paul R. Loring
- Daniel L. Kiskis
- Lauire Chidester
- Daryl Steen
- Stephen Kennedy
- Brian Batke
- Craig Thiel
- Martin Halkyard
- Lawrence Crowl
- Joseph Jameson
- Christian Tapia
- Douglas Eakin
- Thomas Ludeke
- Mark Smiley
- Rebecca Brown
- Chris Vitale
- Michael Timinski
- David Kuehl
- Karen Brethen
- Woodward Crim Hoffman
- Clifford Thomas
- Gregory Hudak
- Holly Richards
- Cynthia Sherman
- Thomas MacLeay
- Andrew French
- Michael Obletz
- Stephen Kriebel
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Gerald Brice
- Margaret Moody
- Thomas McChesney
- Kathleen Schwarz
- Beverly Willes
- Ronald E. Holtman (tied)
- Helen Shadduck
- Ruth Rogers
- Jean Dusek (tied)
- Ruth Knight
- Delma Miller
- Carol Hendon
- Maxine Shafer
- Carol Shanesy
- James Cooke
- Joan Chappell
- Loise B. Olney
- James McFarland
- Igor Jurkevitch
- Mary Elizabeth Langan
- Harvey William Preslau
- Robert Seall
- Joan Berner
- Catherine Niemitz
- Richard Dean
- Mary Jane Oestmann
- Joyce Clark
- Marjorie Ann Spengler
- Laura Lee Cowan
- Susan Martz
- Mary Todhunter
- Edward Deeds
- Stanley Hanna
- Charles Oxley
- William Price
- Ronald Wiley
- Eileen Meacham
- Leonard Welles
- William Taylor
- David Western
- Edson Rupp
- Harold Wiley
- Alen Murray
- Charles Stoneking
- Charles Edwards Welling
- Mary Margaret Handel
- Winthrop Wiggins Dolan
- Charles Millard Brelsford
- Carroll Ely Amos
- George Garrison
- George R. Stibitz
- Chosaburo Kato
- Hazel Irene Dunlap
- J. Ellis Powell
- Burton Harland Chandler
- August Fabel Jones
- Robert Leland Case
- Herschel Bernhard Lemmon
- Esther Weaver
- Charles Thedore Bumer
- Grace E. Jefferson
- Grace E. Jefferson
- Marie Frances Tilbe
- A. Lowell Johnson
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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)
| 2010-2011 | Neal C. Barcelo |
| 2009-2010 | Not awarded |
| 2008-2009 | Samuel J. Behrend |
| 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.
- Colleen Hughes ('06) wins award at Mathfest 2004
- Colleen Hughes ('06) wins again at the 2005 Joint AMS/MAA Mathematical Meetings
- Patricia Garmirian ('05) impresses at the 2005 Joint AMS/MAA Mathematical Meetings