William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition Winners
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college students enrolled at institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada (regardless of the students' nationalities). It is widely considered to be the most prestigious university-level mathematics examination in the world, and its difficulty is such that the median score is often zero or one (out of 120) despite being attempted by students specializing in mathematics. The competition was founded in 1927 by Elizabeth Lowell Putnam in memory of her husband William Lowell Putnam, who was an advocate of intercollegiate intellectual competition. The exam has been offered annually since 1938 and is administered by the Mathematical Association of America.
2018
Individual, Honorable Mention - Gideon Leeper
2017
Individual, Honorable Mention - Lazar Ilic, Zhengyuan Shang
2016
Team (Honorable Mention) - Zachary Chase, Matthew Jin, Matthew Weidner
Individual, Honorable Mention - Kushal Agarwal, Matthew Jin, Matthew Weidner
2015
Team (Honorable Mention) - Xiangyi Huang, Zhaorong Jin, Tian Nie
Individual, High Ranking (Top 16) - Zhaorong Jin
Individual, Honorable Mention - Xiangyi Huang, David Lichko
2014
Team (Honorable Mention) - Xiangyi Huang, Zhaorong Jin, Tian Nie
Individual, High Ranking (Top 16) - Zhaorong Jin
Individual, Honorable Mention - Xiangyi Huang, David Lichko
2013
Team (5th Place) - Xiangyi Huang, Zhaorong Jin, Tian Nie
Individual, Honorable Mention - Zhaorong Jin, Kevin Li, Yuoi Zhu
2012
Individual, High Ranking (Top 16) - Zhaorong Jin
2011
Putnam Fellows (Top 5) - Samuel Elder, Brian Lawrence
Team (3rd Place) - Zarathustra Brady, Samuel Elder, Brian Lawrence
Individual, Honorable Mention - Zhaorong Jin
2010
Team (1st Place) - Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Jason Bland, Brian Lawrence
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Brian Lawrence
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Jason Bland, Zarathustra Brady
Individual, Honorable Mention - Timothy Black, Samuel Elder, Jeffrey Manning, Gjergji Zaimi
2009
Team (3rd Place) - Jason Bland, Samuel Elder, Gjergji Zaimi
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Jason Bland, Samuel Elder, Eric Stansifer
Individual, Honorable Mention - Timothy Black, Zarathustra Brady, Michael Gottlieb, Jeffery Manning, Doo Sung Park, Yeo Il Yoon, Gjergji Zaimi
2008
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Brian Lawrence
Team (Honorable Mention) - Jason Bland, Zarathustra Brady, Brian Lawrence
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Jason Bland
Individual, Honorable Mention - Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Samuel Elder
2007
Putnam Fellows (Top 6) - Jason Bland, Brian Lawrence
Team (Honorable Mention) - Lozan Ivanov, Brian Lawrence, Doo Sung Park
Individual, Honorable Mention - Timothy Black, Evan Dummit, Doo Sung Park, Gjergji Zaimi
2006
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Po-Ru Loh, Doo Sung Park, Yeo Il Yoon, Rumen Zarev
Individual, Honorable Mention - Evan Dummit, Lozan Ivanov
2005
Team (Honorable Mention) - Justin Blanchard, Po-Ru Loh, Rumen Zarev
Individual, High Ranking (Top 16) - Po-Ru Loh
Individual, Honorable Mention - Justin Blanchard, Lozan Ivanov, Po-Ling Loh, Yeo Il Yoon
2004
Team (5th Place) - Po-Ru Loh, Mehmet Yenmez, Rumen Zarev
Individual, Honorable Mention - Yuliya Gorlink, Po-Ru Loh, Mehmet Yenmez, Rumen Zarev
2003
Team (4th Place) - Zhihao Liu, Po-Ru Loh, Po-Shen Loh
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Po-Ru Loh, Po-Shen Loh, Rumen Zarev
Individual, Honorable Mention - James Hegeman, Mehmet Yenmez
2002
Team (Honorable Mention) - Dario Amodei, Po-Shen Loh, Mehmet Yenmez
Individual, High Ranking (Top 23) - Zhihao Liu, Po-Shen Loh
Individual, Honorable Mention - Kevin Costello, James Hegeman, Nathan Paymer, Nicholas Rupprecht, Andrew Yang
2001
Team (Honorable Mention) - Kevin Costello, James Hegeman, Michael Shulman
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Fu Liu
Individual, Honorable Mention - Dario Amodei, Renat Bekbolatov, Po-Shen Loh, Michael Shulman, Christopher Sung, Mehmet Yenmez, Keng Hee Yeo
2000
Team (4th Place) - Kevin Costello, Christopher Hirata, Michael Shulman
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Christopher Hirata
Individual, Honorable Mention - Kevin Costello
1999
Individual, High Ranking (Top 24) - Christopher Hirata, Kaiwen Xu
Individual, Honorable Mention - Christopher Chang, Kevin Costello
1998
Team (4th Place) - Christopher Chang, Christopher Hirata, Hanhui Yuan
Individual, High Ranking (Top 26) - Christopher Chang, Scott Carnahan
Individual, Honorable Mention - Frederik Eaton, Christopher Hirata, Mark Tilford
1997
Team (Honorable Mention) - Christopher Chang, Wei-Hwa Huang, Hanhui Yuan
Individual, Honorable Mention - Christopher Chang
1996
Team (5th Place) - Christopher Chang, Hui Jin, Hanhui Yuan
Individual, High Ranking (Top 25) - Hui Jin
Team, Honorable Mention - Christopher Chang, Mark Tilford, Michael Westover
1995
Individual, High Ranking (Top 24) - Serban Nacu, Balint Verag
Individual, Honorable Mention - Samit Dasgupta, Wei-Hwa Huang, Roman Muchnik
1994 - no significant results for Caltech
1993
Putnam Fellow (Top 6) - Wei-Hwa Huang
1992 - no significant results for Caltech
1991
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Jun Teng
1990
Team (Honorable Mention) - Tien-Yee Chiu, Russell Manning, Robert Southworth
Individual, Honorable Mention - Robert Southworth, Jun Teng
1989
Putnam Fellow (Top 6) - William Cross
Team (Honorable Mention) - William Cross, Robert Southworth, Glenn Tesler
Individual, Honorable Mention - Russell Manning
1988
Team (5th Place) - William Cross, Robert Southworth, Glenn Tesler
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - William Cross
Individual, Honorable Mention - Edward Ratner, Robert Southworth
1987
Individual, Honorable Mention - Leland Brown, William Cross, Robert Southworth, Glenn Tesler
1986
Team (Honorable Mention) - Leland Brown, Stanley Chen, Darien Lefkowitz
Individual, Honorable Mention - William Cross, Earl Hubbell, Darien Lefkowitz, Theron Stanford
1985
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Everett Howe
Team (Honorable Mention) - Leland Brown, Art Duval, Daniel Loeb
Individual, Honorable Mention - Stanley Chen
1984
Team (Honorable Mention) - Everett Howe, Jung Im, Eric Kawamoto
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Leland Brown
Individual, Honorable Mention - Art Duval, Daniel Loeb
1983
Team (1st Place) - Bradley Brock, Charles Cuny, Alan Murray
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Alan Murray
Individual, Honorable Mention - Bradley Brock, Pang-Chieh Chen, Charles Cuny, Everett Howe, Jung Im, Eric Kawamoto
1982
Team (3rd Place) - Bradley Brock, Scott Johnson, Zinovy Reichstein
Individual, Honorable Mention - Bradley Brock, Charles Cuny, Scott Johnson, Alan Murray
1981
Team (Honorable Mention) - Lance Dixon, Scott Johnson, Zinovy Reichstein
1980
Team (Honorable Mention) - R. Sekhar Chivukula, Peter Shor, John Stembridge
Individual, Honorable Mention - Zinovy Reichstein, Peter Shor
1979
Team (2nd Place) - Christopher Bretherton, Peter Shor, John Stembridge
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Peter Shor
1978
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Peter Shor
Team (5th Place) - Christopher Bretherton, Steve Jackson, Peter Shor
Individual, Honorable Mention - Christopher Bretherton, John Stembridge
1977
Team (3rd Place) - Karl Heuer, Peter Shor, Albert Wells
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Peter Shor
Individual, Honorable Mention - Michael Chandler, Karl Heuer,
1976
Putnam Fellow (Top 6) - Christopher Henley
Team (1st Place) - Christopher Henley, Karl Heuer, Albert Wells Jr.
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - Douglas Tyler
Individual, Honorable Mention - Karl Heuer, ALbert Wells Jr.
1975
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Christopher Henley
Team (1st Place) - Christopher Henley, Frank Liang, James Shearer
1974
Team (3rd Place) - Christopher Henley, Frank Liang, James Shearer
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Christopher Henley, James Shearer
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Dummit
1973
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Arthur Rubin
Team (1st Place) - Arthur Rubin, James Shearer, Michael Yoder
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Christopher Henley
Individual, Honorable Mention - Frank Liang, James Shearer, Stephen Tappel, Michael Yoder
1972
Putnam Fellow (Top 6) - Arthur Rubin, Michael Yoder
Team (1st Place) - Bruce Reznick, Arthur Rubin, Michael Yoder
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) -Bruce Reznick, James Shearer
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Dummitt, Robert Fisher
1971
Putnam Fellow (Top 6) - Michael Yoder
Team (1st Place) - Bruce Reznick, David Smith, Michael Yoder
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Bruce Reznick
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Smith
1970
Team (5th Place) - Leonidas Guibas, Andrew Odlyzko, David Smith
Individual, Honorable Mention - Andrew Odlyzko
1969
Team, Honorable Mention - Thomas Daivd, Jerry Feinberg, Randolph Tuler
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Alan Lederman
Individual, Honorable Mention - Thomas Davis
1968
Individual, Honorable Mention - Robert Tarjan
1967
Team (2nd Place) - Gregory Harkness, Jeffery Leon, Allen Schwenk
Individual, Honorable Mention - Gregory Harkness
1966
Individual, Honorable Mention - Glenn Engebretsen, William Mitchell
1965
Team (5th Place) - Frederic Ferdman, Stacy Langton, Vern Poythress
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - Richard Stanley
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Chu, Glen Engebretsen, Kim Gibson, Vern Poythress
1964
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Vern Poythress
Team (1st Place) - Norman Hyde Camien, Kenneth Kunen, Vern Poythress
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - Kenneth Kunen
1963
Team (4th Place) - A. Hindmarsh, Kenneth Kunen, Vern Poythress
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - Kenneth Kunen
Individual, Honorable Mention - Norman Camien, M. Cohen, Vern Poythress, Richard Stanley
1962
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Edward Bender, John Lindsey
Team (1st Place) - Edward Bender, Kenneth Kunen, John Lindsey
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Roger Hill, K. Stolarsky
Individual, Honorable Mention - A. Hindmarsh, Kenneth Kunen, Charles Ryavec
1961
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Edward Bender, John Lindsey
Team (3rd Place) - William Emerson, Roger Hill, John Lindsey
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - William Emerson
1960
Putnam Fellows (Top 5) - William Emerson
Team (Honorable Mention) - Edward Bender, Harold Stark, John Wilkinson
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - John Wilkinson
Individual, Honorable Mention - John Lindsey
1959
Putnam Fellows (Top 8) - Alfred Hales
Team (2nd Place) - Donald Anderson, Alfred Hales, Harold Stark
Individual, High Ranking (Top 10) - Harold Stark
Individual, Honorable Mention - Donald Anderson, Stanley Sawyer
1958 (Fall)
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Alfred Hales
Team (3rd Place) - Alfred Hales, Robert Jewett, Thomas Morton
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Handel, Robert Jewett, Thomas Morton
1958 (Spring)
Team (Honorable Mention) - Luis Baez-Duarte, H. Jerome Keisler, Charles Stone
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - H. Jerome Keisler
1957
Team (4th Place) - Luis Baez-Duarte, H. Jerome Keisler, Charles Stone
Individual, High Ranking (Top 11) - H. Jerome Keisler
1956
Individual, High Ranking (Top 14) - Howard Rumsey
Individual, Honorable Mention - David Cantor
1955
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - Howard Rumsey
Team (Honorable Mention) - Norman Albright, David Cantor, Howard Rumsey
Individual (Honorable Mention) - David Cantor
1954
Team (Honorable Mention) - George Baker Jr., David Cantor, Robert Ryan
Individual (Honorable Mention) - George Baker Jr.
1953
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - George Baker Jr.
Team (Honorable Mention) - George Baker Jr., Robert Ryan, David Stevens
1952 - no significant results for Caltech
1951 - Caltech did not compete
1950
Putnam Fellow (Top 5) - R. Pierce
Team (1st Place) - J. Brody, H. Forrester, R. Pierce
Individual, Honorable Mention - H. Forrester, S. Zwick
1949
Team (Honorable Mention) - H. Forrester, H. Hegnemann, J. Hummel
1947, 1948 - Caltech did not compete
1938 - 1946 - Information not available
