Mathematics Faculty and Student Awards


Student Awards

Goldwater Fellowship

Lord Botetourt Medal

Thomas Jefferson Awards

Chappell Fellowship

Luther T. Conner Prize

The award is given to a mathematics concentrator who displays both a contagious enthusaim for mathematics and an attitude of respect and concern for others.

William and Mary Prize in Mathematics

The award is given to an outstanding senior mathematics concentrator who displays academic achivement and an unusally strong dedication to the study of mathematics.

Cissy Patterson Prize

Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky scholarship of the American Mathematical Society

Truman Scholars by the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation


Faculty Awards

SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards

Thomas Jefferson Faculty Awards

Ralph E. Powe Junior faculty Enhancement Awards

SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize

Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching

Alumni Teaching Awards

Faculty Award for the Advancement of Teaching by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa

Simon Teaching Prize

Dr. John Simon, W&M '64, and Olinda Simon, W&M '63, have established the Simon Prize for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. The annual award will be made to an outstanding teacher of mathematics at the College. 

The purpose of the Simon Prize is to reward an inspirational teacher who teaches students of all capabilities, slow learners as well as those with a facility for mathematics, to understand and enjoy mathematics at any level.

Receipients (Award Year) 

  • Dana Johnson (2002)
  • Larry Leemis (2003)
  • Vladimir Bolotnikov (2004)
  • Sebastian Schreiber (2005)
Nomination Form for 2005 Simon Teaching Prize
(Instruction of nomination)

(From left: Dr. John Simon, Prof. Larry Leemis, Prof. Dana Johnson, and 
Olinda Simon)

Endowed Professorships