Charles J. Hanks Excellence in Mathematics Award
This award effectively ran out of funds in 2022. That fact wasn't discovered until winner for 2023 (Joel Anderson) had already been chosen. To cover that mistake, money was used from the Hanks Scholarship to cover the award.
Description
The following appears underneath the corresponding plaque in the Math Department:
Mrs. Marjorie Hanks established this scholarship in memory of her husband, Charles, who was a mathematics professor at Cal Poly. The Charles J. Hanks Excellence in Mathematics Award recognizes a mathematics major who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding academic ability.
The Annual Cal Poly Mathematics Department Award for Excellence in Mathematics was initiated in 1973 by an anonymous donation.
Each year since that time, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hanks have very generously matched all donations earmarked for this award.
In 1988, the Mathematics faculty voted to change the name of the award to the Charles J. Hanks Award for Excellence in Mathematics to reflect the department's appreciation of the financial and administrative support given by Dr. Hanks.
The award is presented to a student who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding ability.
Donor info
If I learn anything about Dr. Charles J. Hanks, I will include that here.
Past recipients
| Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Joel Anderson |
| 2022 | Lucas Kerbs |
| 2021 | Kyle Rachman |
| 2020 | Joel Pion |
| 2019 | Sam Lindbloom-Airey |
| 2018 | Cruz Godar, Danielle Reagan |
| 2017 | Aron Daw, Liam Madden |
| 2016 | Brian Jones, Michael Blakeman |
| 2015 | Anthony Kling, John Shamshoian |
| 2014 | Matthew Rodrigues |
| 2013 | Chad Duna |
| 2012 | Trevor Jones, Matthew Tytel |
| 2011 | James Hall, Jeremy Kun |
| 2010 | Joshua Pollitz, Nicholas Varner, Paul Coombs |
| 2009 | Kyle Chapman |
| 2008 | David Renfrew, Mark Tiefenbruck |
| 2007 | Martin Harrison, Steven Tartakvosky |
| 2006 | Joseph Reed, Shawn Wirts |
| 2005 | Brendan Creutz, Nathan Sunukjian, Sarah Wright |
| 2004 | Allison Cunningham, Jessica Faruque |
| (I'll add the winners from 2003-1973 eventually.) |