Department History

UVM's mathematics and statistics department has its roots at the start of the 19th century and has continued through the new millennium.

Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Vermont: 1800–2000 (PDF)

 

The Math/Stat Eulers, 1989
The Math/Stat Eulers, 1989. Kneeling, left to right: Andrew Cooke, Dan Archdeacon, Jeff Dinitz, Jim Burgmeier. Stand-ing, left to right: Larry Kost, Roger Cooke, Lloyd Simon, Jim Fenwick, Dave Dummit, Jack Lawlor, Jonathan Sands, Dave Morency, Sandy Karstens, Taka Ashikaga.

Department Chairs

YearsChair
2021– PresentJianke Yang*
2014 – 2021 Jeffrey S. Buzas
2004 – 2014James W. Burgmeier
1998 – 2004Jeffrey H. Dinitz*
1992 – 1998William D. Lakin
1988 – 1992Kenneth I. Gross*
1986 – 1988Donald E. Moser
1985 – 1986James Becker
1984 – 1985Roger L. Cooke
1978 – 1984Donald E. Moser
1957 – 1977James Schoonmaker
1953 – 1956Ivan Raymond Herschner
1931 – 1952James Arthur Bullard *
1914 – 1931Elijah Swift *
1886 – 1914Archibald Lamont Daniels *
1854 – 1886Rev. McKendree Petty *
1832 – 1854Farrand Northrup Benedict *
1829 – 1832George Russell Huntington
1825 – 1829George Wyllys Benedict
1822 – 1824James Dean
1819 – 1821Rev. Gamaliel Olds
1815 – 1817Rev. Ebenezer Burgess
1809 – 1814James Dean

* Williams Professor of Mathematics

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