The B. F. Bryant Prize for Excellence in Teaching is awarded annually to a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Mathematics. The B.F. Bryant award was established in 1987 in honor of  Billy F. Bryant, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, who taught at Vanderbilt from 1948 to 1986. The award is given each spring to a graduate teaching assistant who has demonstrated concern for and accomplishments in teaching, qualities that characterized the career of Professor Bryant.

Bryant received a B.S. from the University of South Carolina, a master’s degree from Peabody College, and his doctoral degree from Vanderbilt. During his 38-year career in the Department of Mathematics, he directed the research in topology of seven Ph.D. students and received the Sarratt Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Thomas Jefferson Award for service in the governance of the University. He served as the chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1970 to 1976.

Past Recipients

2012         Jeremy LeCrone and Justin Schroeder
2011         Tara Davis and Hang Wang
2010         Justin Fitzpatrick
2009         Matt Calef
2008         Jan Spakula
2007         Fumiko Futamura and Casey Leonetti
2006         Daniel Paul Biebighauser
2005         Dmitriy M. Sonkin
2004         Mozhgan Mirani
2003         D. Chris Stephens
2002         Derek O. Bruff and Nikolaos Galatos
2001         Amy H. Lin and J. Alan Alewine
2000         Sarah Ann Stewart and Ian P. Stobert
1999         Lea A. Overby and Tanya M. Morton
1998         John W. Snow
1997         David Assaf, IV
1996         Robert N. Talbert
1995         J. Derrick Head and Jeffrey A. Marasovich
1994         Deborah L. Cotten
1993         Sonya F. Stanley and Amy L. Wildsmith
1992         D. Kirk Menser
1991         Thomas P. Bass, Jr.
1990         Bradford F. Lyon
1989         James B. Hart
1988         John J. Mika
1987         Marvin E. Glover, Jr.
1986         Michael R. Pinter