Mathematics Department

Faculty Awards

SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards
  • Charles Johnson (2001)
  • Chi-Kwong Li (2004)
  • David Lutzer (2006)
Thomas Jefferson Faculty Awards
  • David Lutzer (1995)
  • Vladimir Bolotnikov (2007)
Ralph E. Powe Junior faculty Enhancement Awards
  • Junping Shi (2002) 
SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize
  • Roy Mathias (2003,2005)
Endowed Professorships
  • Charles Johnson, Class of 1961 Professor (1987 - present)
  • Chi-Kwong Li, Ferguson Professor (2000 - present).
  • David Lutzer, Chancellor Professor (2001 - present).

Distinguished Associate Professor

  • Vladimir Bolotnikov (2007)
Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching
  • John Drew (2003) 
Alumni Teaching Awards
  • John Drew
  • Rex K Kincaid (1990)
  • Ilya Spitkovsky (1993)
  • Hugo Woerdeman
  • Vladimir Bolotnikov (2005)
Faculty Award for the Advancement of Teaching by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
  • Chi-Kwong Li (2003)
Faculty Award for the Advancement of Scholarship by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
  • Junping Shi (2008)
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)
  • R. Michael Lewis (2006)
  • Dana Johnson (2007) and Nicholas Loehr (2007)