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Departmental ScholarshipsThe department has six scholarships and prizes that it awards annually to students. These are: Arthur E. Hallerberg ScholarshipOur Friend and colleague, Arthur Hallerberg, was among us at Valparaiso University for eighteen years. During that time he represented the epitome of what we regard as excellence in a member of our faculty. He was a devoted teacher, who prepared meticulously for those students privileged to he in his classes. As a writer, he generated numerous articles, authored two books, and edited the 31st yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Historical Topics for the Mathematics Classroom. As Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, as presiding officer of the University Senate, and as Director of nine National Science Foundation Summer Institutes in Mathematics, he set standards of service that all would do well to emulate. His service to larger constituencies, whether to his profession or to his church, was always directed toward the betterment of the condition of his fellow man; and his love for his own family was deep and abiding. His untimely death left a deep void. In the spring of 1980, in memory of Professor Hallerberg, Valparaiso University hosted a Symposium on the Use of History in the Teaching of Mathematics. That this Symposium was attended by national and international figures of the mathematical community marked an entirely appropriate recognition of Professor Hallerberg's consummate scholarship. It is therefore most fitting that there be a Hallerberg Memorial Endowed Scholarship to encourage students to emulate his scholarship, service, and Christian commitment; those attributes which earned him the love and respect of all with whom he shared his Lord's many blessings. Past RecipientsReturn to Top Martin David Mundt ScholarshipThe Martin David Mundt Scholarship was established in memory of the son of Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Mundt. The award is made annually to an upper division student (s) with a major or minor in mathematics. Past RecipientsReturn to Top Howard Kibble Hughes ScholarshipHoward Kibble Hughes was an Iowa native who earned the A. B. and M. S. degrees in mathematics from the University of Iowa; spent a short time at the University of Kansas, and then received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1930. He began a long and distinguished teaching career at Purdue University in 1928, over the course of which he authored a trigonometry text, published a number of papers, and guided eight students to the Ph.D. in mathematics. Upon his retirement from Purdue in 1968, Dr. Hughes came to Valparaiso University, where he enjoyed three very happy years with us. Dr. Hughes always remembered with pride his participation in a mathematics competition at the University of Iowa that resulted in the awarding of the Louden Prize. And so... Dr. Hughes resolved to contribute sufficient funds to Valparaiso so that recognition might be given for achievement in mathematics at Valparaiso University. To make possible the participation of science and engineering students, as well as mathematics students, Dr. Hughes declared that the purpose of the competition would be to determine the student showing the greatest proficiency in the first four calculus courses. It is with much pride, and the warm memory of a gentle colleague, that we are privileged to award the Hughes Mathematics Prize. Past RecipientsReturn to Top
Kermit H. Carlson ScholarshipMany "veteran" faculty members, along with many alumni, perhaps your parents or those of some of your fellow classmates, remember the kind, gentle leader, the father of our department, Kermit Carlson. In the forties, he taught at Valparaiso University before and after serving in World War II, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin; one of our country's leading graduate schools in mathematics. He earned the great respect of outstanding professionals in the field, and encouraged and nurtured us to develop skills in this new thing called computer science. In the late fifties, he had some sort of sense of the impact that the computer would have on higher education, even before a lot of people in technical fields began to push for it. He saw the computer as a tool for dynamic mathematics - mathematics in motion. He was a visionary in the true sense of the word. As Chairman of the department for many years, beginning in 1957, he built the foundation for this modern department. He was a caring person who attracted caring people to teach at Valparaiso University. He conveyed the feeling that what Valparaiso University stood for was really worthwhile; that this was an institution that was important and meant something; that we had a mission. He helped to instill in us this feeling of community, mutual respect, and togetherness. Past RecipientsReturn to Top Nancy Wehmeier Nagel and Robert B. Nagel AwardIn the 1950's Nancy Wehmeier attended Valparaiso University on a scholarship. She majored in mathematics and minored in physics, chemistry, and secondary education. As a senior, she was very pleased to receive the Alpha Lambda Delta Award given to the graduating senior woman with the highest grade point average. Her Valpo experience provided a solid basis for her to pursue a master's degree at Illinois Institute of Technology, where she received a National Science Foundation Fellowship. After teaching mathematics in high school and college, she had a career at the Chicago Transit Authority where she was Manager of Management and Budget. She now resides in the Chicago area where she serves on numerous boards of charitable organizations related to education and social service. She has two married daughters. In appreciation for her Valpo education, grounded in Christian values, and the scholarship which she received, she and her husband Robert have established the Nancy Wehmeier Nagel and Robert B. Nagel Award. Believing that excellence should be rewarded, they have specified that the award should be given to the woman, majoring in mathematics, who has the highest grade point average at the end of her junior year. Past RecipientsReturn to Top Harold & Elizabeth Denig Endowed ScholarshipThe Math and Computer Science Department is pleased to announce the Denig Endowed Scholarship, to be granted to those students majoring in math who have a financial need, are in good academic standing, and demonstrate Christian values. Both Harold and Elizabeth are alumni of Valparaiso University. Harold received his bachelor's degree in 1941, majoring in business and economics. He was a regional executive for General Electric for 32 years. Harold passed away in 1990. Elizabeth also graduated from Valparaiso University in 1941, with a bachelor's degree in math. She passed away in October, 2003. They have two children, Nancy (Denig) Neubauer and Thomas Denig, who also graduated from VU. Past RecipientsReturn to Top |
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