The Trevor Evans AwardThe Trevor Evans Award is intended to recognize outstanding performance by undergraduate majors in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University. The Award is given annually and is intended to help defray educational expenses. The Award has been established by family and friends of Professor Evans to honor his contributions to mathematics and to Emory University. Each year, the Undergraduate Committee of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science selects the award recipient based upon information received from the Department faculty. Professor Evans received bachelor's and master's degrees, and the Doctor of Science from Oxford University. He taught at Manchester and Wisconsin before joining the Emory faculty in 1951. Here, he served as departmental chair for the periods 1957-72 and 1976-82; he was named Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Mathematics in 1980. In the early 50's he was invited to spend a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; he travelled extensively throughout his career as a research mathematician. An expert in algebra and its applications to combinatorial problems, Professor Evans is most well-known for his work on partial planes, nonassociative algebras, and word and decision problems. He had many PhD students during his career at Emory: Curt Lindner is a notable research mathematician, a Distinguished University Professor at Auburn, and the late Etta Falconer, who served as dean at Spelman University and who received the Hay Award from the Association of Women in Mathematics, to name two of his most successful students. Professor Evans was awarded the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Education in 1972. In recognition of his lifelong service to mathematics, Professor Evans received the first distinguished service award from the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America. As well, prizes in his name are given by the MAA to recognize the best articles published in "Math Horizons". Recipients of the Trevor Evans Award
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