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.
The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences recently hosted a smaller virtual version of the 45th Annual Charles Wexler Awards ceremony via Zoom, as ASU was discouraging large in-person events due to COVID-19. The video can be viewed on the School's YouTube channel.
Recipients
| Year | Student Prize | Teaching Award | ||
| 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 |