Distinguished Life Achievement in Mathematics Award

Guidelines for Nomination

The nominee should meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Be retired or near retirement.
  2. Given distinguished and honorable service and made significant contributions to the field of mathematics education in Illinois.
 

 Past Winners 

1963 Elinor Flagg   1977 Maurice Hartung   1997 Jerry Cummins
1964 Gertrude Hendrix   1978 Ruth Anderson   1998 Charles Schulz
1966 H. Glenn Ayre   1979 Joseph Stipenowich   1999 Charles Hamberg
1966 William Storm   1980 Lawrence Ringenberg   2000 Marvin Doubet
1967 Edith Benjamin   1981 Ralph Ganzer   2002 Ron Vavrinek
1968 Henry Swain   1982 Dale Jungst   2003 Paula Filliman
1969 Frank Allen   1983 James Ulrich   2004 Richard Wyllie
1970 E.H.C. Hidebrandt   1984 John Schumaker   2005 Randy Pippen
1971 Eugene Hellmich   1985 Alphonso J. DiPietro   2006 Sandra Spalt-Fulte
1972 Clyde McCormick   1986 Phyllis C. Ferrell   2007 Sue Pippen
1973 Alice Hart   1987 E. Gene Dolson   2008 Archie Benton McIntosh
1973 Kenneth Henderson   1988 Phares O'Daffer   2009 Jackie Cox
1974 Marie Bauer   1989 Shirley Przybylski   2010 Zalman Usiskin
1974 Gussie Phillips   1990 John LeDuc   2011 Edna Bazik
1975 Seth Boyd   1991 Lynn Brown   2012 Dr. Paul Sally
1975 M. Eleanor McCoy   1992 Jerry Shryock   2013 John McConnell
1975 Rothwell Stephens   1993 Dennis Filliman   2014 Angela Andrews
1976 Martha Hildebrandt   1994 Lee Yunker   2015 Peter Braunfeld
1976 Joseph Urbancek   1995 Darrell Ropp   2016 Steve Viktora
1977 Douglas Bey   1996 Alan Foster   2017 John Benson
            2018 Regeta Slaughter
            2019 Carol Nenne
            2020 Paul Christmas
            2021 Jerry Becker
            2023 Astrida Cirulis