The Phi Gamma Delta Prizes in Mathematics for First-Year Students
1924 Wendell Holmes Langdon
1925 Not awarded
1926 Arthur Samuel Blank
1927 Abraham Hackman
1928 Howard Daniel Doolittle
1929 Ralph Smith Christy
1930 Lewis Alexander Wadlow, Jr.
1931 Douglas Joseph Gladwin
1932 Thomas Irvine
1933 First Prize: Aron Leon Mirsky
Second Prize: John Kapp Clark
Third Prize: Stephen Jennings
1934 First Prize: Edwin Norman Nilson
Second Prize:
Lawrence Mason Baldwin
Third Prize: Daniel Alpert
1935 First Prize: Edward Robert Barlow
Second Prize: Paul Humphrey Barbour
Third Prize:
Seymour Borrow Podorowsky
1936 First Prize: James Michael Kelly
Second Prize: Bernard Gale Borden
Third Prize:
Michael Vincent Gualtieri
1937 First Prize: William John Wolf
Second Prize: Norman Clinton Miller
Third Prize: Stephen Michael Riley
1938 First Prize: Edward Bronstein
Second Prize: Charles Bayer
Third Prize:
George Joseph Prendergast, II
1939 First Prize: Harvey Martin Nilson
Second Prize: Aldo Martin Pulito
Third Prize:
George Lawrence Hopkins Smith
1940 First Prize: Ralph Monaghan
Second Prize:
William John Tribelhorn
Third Prize: George Clinton Nelson
1941 No prizes awarded
1942 No prizes awarded
1943 First Prize: Roger Geer Dissell
Second Prize: Welles Vorce Adams
Third Prize:
Paul Samuel Liscord, Jr.
1944 First Prize: David Theodore Cross
Second Prize: Robert Smith Loomis
Third Prize: Not awarded
1945 First Prize: Joel Bengston,
Romeo Rene Gaudreau
Second Prize: Stanley Hromiko,
David Hershel Rivkin
Third Prize: Arthur Eugene Morris
1946 First Prize: Leonard Eli Greenberg
Second Prize: Not awarded
Third Prize: Not awarded
1947 First Prize:
Louis Francis Vismontas
Second Prize: Leonard Stanley Ross
Third Prize: John Laraway Jopson,
Thomas Joseph Cunningham, Jr.
1948 First Prize:
Irving Alexander Hamilton
Second Prize: John Henry Weikel
Third Prize: John Joseph Kane, Jr.
1949 First Prize:
Alexander Finley Schaef
Second Prize:
Allyn Jarvis Washington
Third Prize: Russell MacLean Lewis
1950 First Prize: Claude Peter Rotondo
Second Prize: Alan Foster Yates
Third Prize:
Lawrence Thomas Brennan,
Richard John Roback
1951 First Prize: George Dewey Waldman
Second Prize:
James Frederick Sauvage
Third Prize: David Hawkins
FRESHMEN
1952 First Prize: Harold Katzman
Second Prize:
Mason Palmer Southworth
Third Prize: John Stephen Gleason,
Charles Peter Smith
Honorable mention:
John Finney Finesilver
1953 First Prize: David Arthur Ginns
Second Prize: John Piper
Third Prize: Alfred Thomas Guertin,
Joseph Gabriel Kelley
1954 First Prize: Fernen Earl Fox, Jr.
Second Prize: Ronald Eric Gocht
Third Prize: Paul Anthony Giffin,
Douglas James Kimber
1955 First Prize: David Alexander Smith
Second Prize: Wayne Richard Park,
Roy Stephen Tucker
Third Prize:
Charles Goldman Blumstein
1956 Unable to determine prize winners
from archival sources
1957 First Prize: Irving Howard LaValle
Second Prize: Ying-Yeung Yam
Third Prize: Burton Tiffany
1958 First Prize: Raymond Allen Slater
Second Prize: Robert Powell Guertin
Third Prize:
Richard Arthur Stroud, Jr.
1959 First Prize: Bohdan Balko
Second Prize: Daniel Tuerk
Third Prize: Jerry Bruce Gough
FIRST YEAR MATHEMATICS
1960 First Prize: Raymond Allen Drate
Second Prize: Stephen Howard Tucker
Third Prize:
Stephen Lloyd Perreault
1961 First Prize: Peter Kyle Hayes,
Edward John Mosher
Second Prize: Ward Burleson Ewing
Third Prize:
Lawrence Michael Friedman,
Wilson Henry Taylor
1962 First Prize: Edward William Chapin
Second Prize: Dexter Sturgis Cook
Third Prize:
Frederick Christopher Arterton
1963 First Prize: Jose Roberto Orellana
Second Prize: Thomas Owen Mitchell
Third Prize: David Albert Bremer
1964 First Prize: Thomas Charles Flood,
Robert Wakelee Tuttle
Second Prize: Greig Robert Sidor
Third Prize:
Thomas Warren McConnell,
Geoffrey Joyce White
1965 Unable to determine prize winners
from archival sources
1966 First Prize:
Joseph Steven Hessenthaler,
John Harry Nickle, Jr.
Second Prize:
Richard James Sharples
Third Prize: James Garry Jakielo,
Jeffrey Marshall Vorelgesang
1967 First Prize: Winston George Davids,
Paul Hans Serafino
Second Prize: James Ray Demicco
Third Prize: David Henry Bamberger,
Charles John Lemonier
1968 First Prize:
Joseph Boothroyd Ewbank
Second Prize: Hugh Boyd Woodruff
Third Prize: Gerald Neil Van Aken
1969 First Prize: Larry King Graves,
Joseph Michael Groden
Second Prize: James Thomas Sinnamon
Third Prize:
Lawrence Drucker Sichel
1970 First Prize: Benjamin John Bock,
David Alan Harrold
Second Prize: Not awarded
Third Prize: Alfred Joseph Brunetti
1971 First Prize: Donald J. Belmont,
Joseph Palmer Liberatore
Second Prize: Artemis I. Kent
Third Prize: Not awarded
1972 First Prize: Sharon Joy Laskowski
Second Prize: Andrea Mercer McCrady
Third Prize: Neal H. Goldberg
1973 First Prize: John Riggs Orrick, Jr.
Second Prize: Ronald Jay Blitz
Third Prize: Wayne Paul Franco
1974 First Prize: Gale Phyllis Simon
Second Prize: Daniel S. Silver
Third Prize: Angelee Diana,
Ross Allen Lewin,
Merrill Michael O'Brien,
Pamela Ann Waleryszak
1975 First Prize: Frank C. Jaworski,
Nanette C. Harvey
Second Prize: Kevin H. Bursley
Third Prize: Kathy L. Jabs
1976 First Prize: Scott M. Ramsay
Second Prize: Emily B. Van Vleet
Third Prize: David M. Kyle,
S. Todd Bernstein, Susan I. Conlon
1977 First Prize: Koan Seng Chong
Second Prize: Elena G. Hovey
Third Prize: David A. Gatenby,
Catherine A. Menard
1978 First Prize: Ernest I. Wilson
Second Prize: Robert D. Malkin
Third Prize: Tin Pau Ho,
Jonathan L. Holder
1979 First Prize: Martin E. Woods
Second Prize: Patricia A. Heppe
Third Prize: Scott G. Estabrook,
Roy H. Ervin, Jr.,
John D. McAllister II
1980 First Prize: Lorenzo Pinto
Second Prize: Allen N. Lepore,
Jonathan C. Sproul
Third Prize: Teresa A. Johnson,
Holly E. Mooney
1981 First Prize: Gwen A. Osterhout
Second Prize: Donald M. Bisson,
Susan G. Lawrence
Third Prize: Not awarded
1982 First Prize: Robert A. Moran
Second Prize: Michael J. Zikovich
Third Prize: Craig G. Curry
1983 First Prize: Christopher J. Scola
Second Prize: James P. Sickinger
Third Prize: Toshiya Akizawa
1984 First Prize: Craig A. Entwistle
Second Prize: Miron Drewiacke,
Christopher A. Hyland
Third Prize: Daniel C. Owen
1985 First Prize: Arash Nikoukari
Second Prize: Gwendolyn G. Heine
Third Prize: Nicholas W. Ritchie
1986 First Prize: Jennifer S. Cole,
Eric P. Hambleton
Second Prize: Not awarded
Third Prize:
Christopher M. Pelletier,
Barbara C. Scudder,
Margaret G. Tracy
1987 First Prize: Edward J. Kupa
Second Prize: James C. Oppenheimer,
Tania M. Revault d'Allonnes
Third Prize: Linda D. DiPaolo,
Elya M. Schwartzman, Paul Brian
1988 First Prize: Laura S. Nelson,
Mark L. Russell
Second Prize: Charles W. Gibbs,
Christopher L. Goodridge
Third Prize: Eve J. Applebaum,
Taki Rapulane
1989 First Prize: Jennifer L. Tarozzi,
John W. Brien
Second Prize: Anita B. Chaudhari,
Jennifer M. Winter
Third Prize: Dianna J. Mounsey,
Scott B. McNeill, Phoebe H. Yager
1990 First Prize:
Jungsuk Christopher Oh,
Wei Zhu, John E. Simsarian
Second Prize: Michael N. Jolie,
David A. Raymond
Third Prize: Not awarded
1991 First Prize: Bret M. Teller,
Michael M. Henry
Second Prize: Elizabeth A. Genco,
Michael W. Robinson
Third Prize: Debra J. Vassallo
1992 First Prize: Theresa Kuharich,
Vasiliki A. Kouma
Second Prize: Michael S. Radin,
Jena M. Sujat
Third Prize: Jakob Shaw,
Audrey A. Stross
1993 First Prize: Tanya L. Ferraro
Second Prize: Mark B. Reis,
James W. Woodworth, Jr.,
Annemarie Peil, Masumi M. Nakamura,
Kenneth Y. Huh
Third Prize: Sandra Mali Barkman,
Eric M. Deshaies
1994 First Prize: Charles W. Baker,
Julieann E. Esper
Second Prize: Helen M. Limoncelli,
Joseph P. DeAngelis
Third Prize: Carroll S. Jacobs
1995 First Prize: Christina H. Lee,
Kirsten E. Eckelmeyer,
Second Prize: Kirby L. Horan,
Michelle L.Lombard
Third Prize: Shahryar Khan
1996 First Prize: Sarah E. Wilbour
Second Prize:
Christopher J. Savarese
Third Prize: Viraj K. Majmudar,
Christine L. Ball,
Susan E. Kemalian
1997 First Prize: Melissa A. Church,
Joel I. Elzweig
Second Prize: Alicia K. Ferraro,
Abigail P. Day
Third Prize: Katharine D. Woodcock,
Adam L. Orr, Juli A. Tomaino
1998 First Prize:
Kevin J. McCullough, Jr.
Second Prize: Jennifer J. Carvalho,
Achal Sahai, Adam F. Strogoff
Third Prize:
Nicholas H. R. Gastaud,
Claire E. Moodie
1999 First Prize: Jessica L. Mosher,
Kundan Nepal,
Xiao-yan Jennifer Shu,
Kimberly M. Stevens,
Lisa M. Termine
Second Prize: Annabelle M. Bartsch,
Alan M. Kurd
Third Prize: Laura M. Cecchi,
Michael G. Indelicato,
Jonathan Stein
2000 First Prize: Stephen C. Coakley,
Michael J. Cross,
Shyam S. Gouri Suresh,
Maximillan B. Shaffer
Second Prize: Ali V. Capa,
Kelly M. Desmarais, Sarah E. Moore
Third Prize: Laura A. Heath,
Erin E. LeDell, Julie K. MacPhee
After 2000, an award for work performed in a given academic year was presented at the end of the following academic year.
2002 First Prize: Michael Doros,
David Huoppi, Jessie Schepker,
Nhon Trinh
Second Prize: Nathaniel S. Bourne
Catherine J. Jurkiewicz,
Lily S. Leung
Third Prize: Meghan E. Emilio,
Scott B. Graham,
Daniel P. Gyllstrom
2003 First Prize:
Robert W. Bialobrzeski,
Nilsson Holguin, Bozidar Marinkovic
Second Prize: Rachel Hartman,
Joseph Houkal, James Malone,
Mark Witt
Third Prize: Chase J. D’Agostino,
Jonathan Goins, Jacqueline O’Brien,
Michelle O’Neil
2004 First Prize: Adam B. Lesser,
Dilian P. Kovachev
Second Prize: Caitlyn A. Prescott,
Maria I. Restrepo, Joseph S. Wzorek
Third Prize: Lisa J. Bosy,
Douglas S. Goodman
2005 First Prize: Susmita Bhandari,
Caroline S. Colket, Saiying He,
Timothy G. Hood, Jr.,
Michael S. Kelleher, Jr.,
Margaret A. Moult,
James M. Piette, III,
Michael R, Sollami
Second Prize: Jonathan B. Boreyko,
Thomas L. S. Bransfield, Katie E. Gordon,
Adam M. Leamon, Laura C. Maloney
Third Prize: Daniel J. Kelleher,
Michelle A. Melton, Jesse L. Turcotte
2006 First Prize: Nikolay A. Atanasov,
Giovanni Capalbo, Nabil Imam,
Haley A. Lepo, Lisa M. L. Pham,
Ryo Saotome, Valentina G. Zhelyazkova
Second Prize: Leighann G. Kinter,
David Pietrocola, Willis C. Reed-Button
2007 First Prize: Saroj Aryal, Mary Ebraheem, Kalin V. Gochev
Second Prize: Sagar Bhandari, William G. Burns Jr., Urey Chow,
Jennifer C. Gifford, Keith J. Goldman, Sylvia H. Hristakeva,
Olga C Irizarry, Arland F Kane, Kristen A. MsNamara, Jonathan Nyce,
Ezel Poslu, Eli J. Roxby, Gautam A. Samarth, Rumen S. Vasilev
2008 First Prize: Heather Lothrop, Matthew Phinney, Adam Wright.
Second Prize: Vinit Agrawal, Christopher Hall, Ankit Saraf, Ryan
Shapiro.
Third Prize: Derek Anderson, Alexander Salvato, Nathan Swaim
2009 First Prize: Michelle M. Benjamin, Sarthak Khanal, Chao Liao,
Rahul R. Shakya, Julia Svedova
Second Prize: Dimitar V. Gochev, Andrew M. Janiga, Simon Lin,
Trang T. Luong, Andrew R. Page, Young Ho Shin, Benjamin B. Wheatley
2010 First Prize: Kevin Huang, Gregory P. Vaughan
Second Prize: Rayan H. Beydoun, John P. Bower, My T.T. Dam,
Nicolae Dragu, David Gelwan, Adam J. Katcher, Sean C. McCarthy,
Yuan Mei, Todor N. Mitev, Mary K. Morr, Lorenzo R. Sewanen,
Nay Oo Shein
2011 First Prize: Emma C. Phillips
Second Prize: Muhammad Hardiansyah, Andrei Marchidan, Han Wu
Third Prize: Erika J. Adams, Jonathan D. Handali, Nyi M. Htet,
Ayiti C. Maharaj-Best, Benjamin T. Rudy
2012: First Prize: Vlad S. Burca'14 and Gokuleshwor Pokharel '14
Second Prize: Yuxi Cai '14, Xu Huang '14, Shu Lin '14 and
Mary N. McAlister '14
Third Prize: Sarah R. Isaac '14, Lorena Lazo de la Vega '14 and
Jessica L. L'Heureux '14