It should be noted that four of these five were women and that one of them, Virginia Johnson, graduated after celebrating her 18th birthday less than a month before graduation. Her remarkable achievement - leaving her poverty-stricken Sacramento home, never attending a single day of high school, receiving encouragement from those who helped her after she left home - was the subject of feature articles in several local newspapers. In addition, Brandoch Calef and Nancy Heinschel graduated with highest honors.
The winners of the 1995 Undergraduate Mathematics Contest were Matthew
Nelsen (first prize), Bradley Ballinger and Brandoch Calef (tied
for second prize), and Hien Bui (third prize). This is the second year in a row
that Matthew Nelsen was a first prize winner in this contest. Congratulations to
them all! (H.A.)