The Mathematical Association of America's
Trevor Evans Award
The Trevor Evans Awards, established by the Board of Governors in 1992
and first
awarded in 1996, are presented by the Mathematical Association of America to
authors of
exceptional articles that are accessible to undergraduates and published in Math
Horizons.
The Awards are named for Trevor Evans, a distinguished mathematician, teacher
and writer
at Emory University. The award is $250.
List of Recipients
2000
Stan Wagon, "The Ultimate Flat Tire,"
Math Horizons February 1999, pp.14-17.
Peter Schumer, "The Magician of Bedapest,"
Math Horizons, April 1999, pp. 5-9.
1999
Ravi Vakil, "The Youngest Tenured Professor in Harvard History,"
Math Horizons, September 1998, pp.
8-12.
1998
Tom M. Apostol, "What Is the Most Surprising Result in Mathematics?"
(Part II), Math. Horizons, February 1997, pp. 26-31.
Martin Gardner, "The Square Root of Two = 1.41421 35623 73095 ...",
Math. Horizons, April 1997, pp. 5-8.
1997
William Dunham, "1996--A Triple Anniversary", Math. Horizons, September 1996, pp. 8-13.
Dan Kalman, "A Perfectly Odd Encounter in a Reno Cafe", Math. Horizons, April 1996, pp. 5-7.
1996
Joel Chan, "As Easy as Pi", Math. Horizons, Winter 1993, pp. 18-19.
Underwood Dudley, "Why History?", Math. Horizons, November 1994, pp. 10-11.
Joseph Gallian, "Weird Dice", Math. Horizons, February 1995, pp. 30-31.
Alan Tucker, "The Parallel Climbers Puzzle", Math. Horizons, November 1995, pp. 22-24.