Professor Charles Wexler founded the ASU Department of Mathematics in 1930 and served until 1977. Memorial gifts from his family and others have provided funds for two awards which are presented at the annual Charles Wexler Awards ceremony each April.
The Charles Wexler Mathematics Prize is presented each year to the outstanding undergraduate senior mathematics major. The student is selected by an awards committee based on faculty nominations.
The Charles Wexler Teaching Award is presented each year to an outstanding teacher of undergraduate mathematics. The winner is selected by the awards committee based on nominations made by undergraduate students with majors in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
Recipients of the Charles Wexler Awards receive an inscribed plaque and a cash award. Their names are placed on archival plaques permanently displayed in our School's office.
Read more about the 40th anniversary celebration of the Charles Wexler Awards:
Charles Wexler Award winners detail the sum of mentor's influence
The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences hosted the 47th Annual Charles Wexler Awards ceremony on April 10, 2024 at 1:30pm in Charles Wexler Hall.
Read more about the 2024 Charles Wexler Mathematics Prize recipient, Jacob Cooper:
Charles Wexler prize recipient finds passion for math at ASU
Florian Sprung (2024 Charles Wexler Teaching Award) and Jacob Cooper (2024 Charles Wexler Mathematics Prize).
Recipients
| Year | Student Prize | Teaching Award | ||
| 2024 | Jacob Cooper | Florian Sprung | ||
| 2023 | Camron Upshur | John Zicarelli | ||
| 2022 | Charlotte Cliatt | Raymond Ye Zhang | ||
| 2021 | Jackson Carpenter | Dov Zazkis | ||
| 2020 | Rose Lopez | Sharon Crook | ||
| 2019 | Emily Rumney | Marko Samara | ||
| 2018 | Zhihan Jennifer Zhang | Jelena Milovanovic | ||
| 2017 | Alexandra Porter | Carl Gardner | ||
| 2016 | Aditya Dhumuntarao | Brett Kotschwar | ||
| 2015 | Jakob Hansen | Horst Thieme | ||
| 2014 | Matthew Brown | Andrzej Czygrinow | ||
| 2013 | Alexander Gutierrez | Jesse (Jay) Taylor | ||
| 2012 | Tho Nguyen Xuan | Nicolas Lanchier | ||
| 2011 | Rebecca Borchering | Susanna Fishel | ||
| Jared Neufer | ||||
| 2010 | Matthew Grimes | Kyeong Hah Roh | ||
| Erik Walsberg | ||||
| 2009 | Aaron Royer | Glenn Hurlbert | ||
| Steven Troxler | ||||
| 2008 | Keenan Kidwell | Eric Kostelich | ||
| 2007 | David Kaspar | Doug Blount | ||
| 2006 | Timothy Kahn | Don Jones | ||
| Annette Spyker | ||||
| 2005 | Daniel M. Romero | Hendrik (Hank) Kuiper | ||
| 2004 | Joshua R. Whitney | Katie Kolossa | ||
| 2003 | Andrew Jennings | Anmin Zhu | ||
| Joshua Kantor | Helene Barcelo | |||
| 2002 | Son Tran | Sergei Suslov | ||
| 2001 | Steven Spiriti | Yingxian Zhu | ||
| 2000 | Lisa Tracy | Nandor Sieben | ||
| 1999 | Michelle Rockafellow | John Spielberg | ||
| 1998 | Joel Hindorff | John Jones | ||
| 1997 | Lynn Tobin | Mike Brilleslyper | ||
| 1996 | Susan A. Leutwyler | Michael Trapuzzano | ||
| 1995 | Felicia Hendricks | Faris Odish | ||
| Boris Mitavskiy | ||||
| 1994 | Robert Jan Sussland | Matthias Kawski | ||
| 1993 | Edward E. Coe | Larry Welch | ||
| Colleen R. McFadden | ||||
| 1992 | Linda Lea Schroder | Terri L. Miller | ||
| James Douglas Stanley | Joseph W. Rody, Jr. | |||
| 1991 | Ronald E. Roberts | Dennis L. Young | ||
| 1990 | James L. Nutting | Joaquin Bustoz | ||
| Frances Y. Jackson | ||||
| 1989 | Steven A. Speer | John N. McDonald | ||
| 1988 | Louis J. Kerofsky | Matthew J. Hassett | ||
| 1987 | Sarah Jane Witherspoon | Andrew Bremner | ||
| 1986 | Keith Gregg | Sharon Walker | ||
| John Merkel | ||||
| Amy Riordan | ||||
| 1985 | Robert Hinkle | John Quigg | ||
| 1984 | Revathi Narasimhan | Joan McCarter | ||
| 1983 | Teresa K. Hughey | Enrico J. Serpone | ||
| 1982 | Frank J. Attanucci | Philip A. Leonard | ||
| Terrie L. Norris | ||||
| 1981 | Stephen Kirschvink | Cecilia Wang | ||
| Keith Lewis | ||||
| 1980 | Michael Hegarty | David Dudley | ||
| 1979 | John Froelich | Gerald Payne | ||
| 1978 | Presley Surratt | Roger V. Roman |