Results of the 2001 AWM Essay Contest: Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics
The 2001 contest was sponsored by the Computer Science Research Institute at Sandia National Labs.
Grand Prize
- Women In Mathematical Sciences: To Infinity and Beyond! A Biographical Essay on Dr. Toni Galvin by Alexandra McKinney, Londonderry Middle School, Londonberry, New Hampshire.
Graduate School
- 1st Place: A Moment with Vera Pless by Susan D'Agostino, Dartmouth College.
- Honorable Mention: Overcoming Gender Biases in Mathematics: An Interview with Dr. Linda Sons by Amanda Mahmoud, Northern Illinois University.
College
- 1st Place: Tasha Inniss by Charles Moffit, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
- Honorable Mention: An Unexpected Mathematician: Lara Schmidt by Amy Chin, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey.
- Honorable Mention: It Takes One to Make One: Biography of Dr. Amy Shell by Jenilee McAnulty, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
High School
- 1st Place: Biographical Essay: Misha E. Kilmer by Sana Ahmed, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York.
- Honorable Mention: Joan Feigenbaum by Jessica Berger, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York.
- Honorable Mention: Lenore Cowen by Marlo Dublin, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York.
Middle School
- 1st Place: Women In Mathematical Sciences: To Infinity and Beyond! A Biographical Essay on Dr. Toni Galvin by Alexandra McKinney, Londonderry Middle School, Londonberry, New Hampshire.
- Honorable Mention: Sharon Lozano by Sarah Overton, O. Henry Middle School, Austin, Texas.
- Honorable Mention: Biography of Dr. Elizabeth Chambliss by Evan Gilliland, O. Henry Middle School, Austin, Texas.
- Honorable Mention: Trista Giacalone by Alex Maccaro, Oyster Bay High School, Oyster Bay, New York.
Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM web site.
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