The Strauss Scholarship is awarded to a math major with exceptional ability and interest in mathematics.
The scholarship, first awarded in 1989, is named after Ron Strauss, a professor in the Mathematics Department who after an earlier research career in dynamical systems turned with great energy and dedication to education and the history of mathematics. He died in 1978 while serving as Undergraduate Chair of the Mathematics Department.
2024 Noah Kupinsky- 2023 Adam Melrod
- 2022 John Brownfield
- 2021 Steven Jin
- 2020 Elliot Kienzle
- 2019 Lanqi Fei
- 2018 Aaron George
- 2017 Suh Hyun Kim
- 2016 William Marcus Golding
- 2015 Christopher Yaeger
- 2014 Ilse Yafiet Haim
- 2013 Daniel Kaufman
- 2012 Alexander Youcis
- 2011 Peter Mueller
- 2010 Robert A. Maschal
- 2009 Allen Gehret
- 2008 Jon Anderson
- 2007 Burhan Sadiq
- 2006 Anton Lukyanenko
- 2005 Timothy Dulaney
- 2004 Neha Gupta
- 2003 Jonathan Dahl
- 2002 Marshall C. Williams
- 2001 Marshall C. Williams
- 2000 Bryan Osborn
- 1999 Wesley Yin
- 1998 Sarah Oppenheim
- 1997 Not Awarded
- 1996 Not Awarded
- 1995 Peter Calabrese and Mikhail Konikov
- 1994 Anna Borovikova and Dursun Bulutoglu
- 1993 Eli Hawkins and Lev Novick
- 1992 Not Awarded
- 1991 Not Awarded
- 1990 Eric Boesch and Amy Galitzer
- 1989 First year of the scholarship: Annegret Paul and Richard Philip Penn