Prof. Ed Burger Wins National Teaching Award

To the Williams Community,

I am pleased to report that Professor of Mathematics Ed Burger has today been named recipient of The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. The award, managed by Baylor University, encompasses all faculty throughout higher education.

What a great honor for him, for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and for the entire College.

Since its beginning in 1991, the Cherry Award has been given to 18 teachers, including Bob Bell, the Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of English, in 1998, and Colin Adams, the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics, in 2003. The faculty at no other college or university has received more than one.

Focus on the quality of teaching here at Williams has long been a part of the College culture, and an occasion like this reinforces that pride.

But today belongs to Ed, whose contributions to mathematics, to teaching, and to Williams are truly extraordinary.

With regards,
Bill Wagner
Interim President

The full announcement is at
http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=67452

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