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| Ira J. Papick |
Ira J. Papick, professor of mathematics at the University of Missouri-Columbia, is the 2001 winner of the UM System's Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award, which includes a $15,000 stipend, recognizes long-term achievements in teaching. Each campus nominates a candidate and the winner is selected by a system-wide committee of faculty.
Since joining the UM-Columbia faculty in 1978, Papick has received several teaching awards, including a William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching, an Amoco Award for Undergraduate Teaching and a Purple Chalk Award.
Besides teaching undergraduate, graduate and honors classes, Papick has worked with the UM-Columbia College of Education to improve pre-college math education. He has been involved in some $7 million in grant-funded projects to benefit middle school and high school mathematics instruction, and, is a consultant to a national program that mentors new Ph.D.'s in the mathematical sciences.
He also conducts research in commutative and homological algebra and is a reviewer for several professional journals. Papick received bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics education from State University College of New York at Buffalo in 1970 and 1971, respectively, and a doctorate in mathematics from Rutgers University in 1975.
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