Will C. Buck wins the Second Robert Lewis Wasser Prize


The second Robert Lewis Wasser Prize, in the amount of $500, was awarded at the Annual Departmental Awards Ceremony by Dr. Peter Rock, Acting Dean of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. It was made from funds received from the endowment of the Robert Lewis Wasser Memorial Fund in excess of $10,000 named in memory of Robert Lewis Wasser, a junior student in our Department, tragically killed in a car accident on September 11, 1993. The prize is awarded to the winner of the Robert Lewis Wasser Memorial Contest conducted annually for freshmen and sophomore students at Davis.

The second contest was held on May 4, 1995. Twenty students participated. The winner, who received an outstanding score on this very challenging contest, was Will Clevenger Buck, a sophomore student with a major in physics, but, partly as a result of his success in the contest, is giving serious consideration to majoring in mathematics.

The prize was handed to him by Mrs. Vera May Wasser, Robert's grandmother, the initiator and main contributor to the Fund. Also present at the ceremony were Robert Wasser's mother, Cheryl Booth, and aunt, Sharon Zeches.

In addition, Trevor Unverferth and Jason Sullivan received honorable mentions. (H.A.)


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