Vernon A. Kramer Memorial Service Award
Dr. Vernon A. Kramer (1924-1985) taught for and helped develop the Mathematics Department at UCR. He studied under such reputed mathematicians as A.A. Albert at the University of Chicago and Frantisek Wolf at UC Berkeley. Hired in 1954 as part of the UCR Physical Sciences faculty, Dr. Kramer proved to be invaluable. Among many other services, he authored curricula, catalog copy, and grant proposals; he conducted extensive searches for new faculty and worked with the administration in the development of the structure of the new department.
His colleagues created this memorial to honor Dr. Kramer's memory. It takes a great deal of effort for our department to accomplish all that it does. We are thankful that we have such a large contingent of graduate students who are more than willing and able to not only contribute to the department, but to also go the extra mile. When graduate students consistently steps up to help other grads and instructors, help with events, attend recruitment fairs, and more, we put forth the effort to recognize and thank them with the Vernon A. Kramer Memorial Service Award.
2025 - 2026 Award Recipients
The 2025-26 Vernon Kramer Memorial Service Award winners are: Nerea Alonso Garcia, Shane Rankin and Thoon Nguyen.
Thank you so much, we truly appreciate your extensive support of the UCR math community this year.
Past Winners of the Vernon A. Kramer Memorial Service Award
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2024 - 2025
Chase Brown
Christina Grossack
Kevin Gao
Khoi Vo
Shane Rankin
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2023 - 2024
Jialin Wang
Kevin Gao
Tyler Pierce
Zachary Virgilio
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2022 - 2023
Jennifer Rangel Ambriz
Khoi Vo
Raymond Matson
Will Hoffer
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2021 - 2022
Jacob Garcia
Austin Hansen
Alysha Toomey
Noble Williamson
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2020 - 2021
Alysha Toomey
Jennifer Rangel Ambriz
Michael McNulty
Savanna Gee
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2019 - 2020
Jonathan Alcaraz
Therese-Marie Landry
Matthew Overduin
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2018 - 2019
Timothy McEldowney
Ryan Moruzzi
Xavier Ramos-Olivé -
2017 - 2018
Dane Lawhorne
Ryan Moruzzi
John Simanyi
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2016 - 2017
Donna Blanton
Kayla Murray
Andrew Walker -
2015 - 2016
Andrea Arauza
Donna Blanton
Robert Willett -
2014 - 2015
Thomas Schellhous
Joshua Strong
John Simanyi -
2013 - 2014
John Dusel
Jason Erbele
Matthew Lee
Matthew O'Dell
Lisa Schneider
Peri Shereen
Jeffrey Wand
Parker Williams
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2012 - 2013
Tim Cobler
Jason Erbele
Dennis Gumaer
Brett Sanchez
Lisa Schneider
Peri Shereen
Jeffrey Wand
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2011 - 2012
Ed Haley
Nishua Lal
Daniel Majcherek
Paul Oeser
Juan Zaragoza
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2010 - 2011
Matthew Bennett
Jack Bennett
Ed Haley
Nathan Manning
Kimberly Puen