Section Awards

Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics

The Distinguished Teaching Award is given each year to an outstanding teacher who is a member of the Section. Winners then compete at the national level for the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award. Members of this Section who went on to win the Haimo award are Deborah Hughes-Hallett in 2005 and David Pengelley in 2009. Past winners of the Section award are:

2014	Kien Lim	University of Texas-El Paso
2013	Michelle Zandieh	Arizona State University
2012	Terence R. Blows	Northern Arizona University
2011	Hamide Dogan-Dunlap	University of Texas-El Paso
2010	Larry Lesser	University of Texas-El Paso
2009	Joanne Peeples	El Paso Community College
2008	David Pengelley	New Mexico State University
2007	Glenn Hurlbert	Arizona State University
2006	Irene Bloom	Arizona State University
2005	Art Duval	University of Texas-El Paso
2004	Deborah Hughes-Hallett	University of Arizona
2003	Janet McShane	Northern Arizona University
2002	Phillip A. Leonard	Arizona State University
2001	William D. Stone	New Mexico Tech
2000	Julie De Pree	University of New Mexico-Valencia
1999	John Hagood	Northern Arizona University
1998	Fredrick Stevenson	University of Arizona
1997	Anne Dudley	Glendale Community College
1996	Richard Metzler	University of New Mexico
1995	Bill Kaigh	University of Texas-El Paso
1994	Steve Shew	Glendale Community College
1993	David Pengelley	New Mexico State University
1992	David Lovelock	University of Arizona

Certificate for Meritorious Service

The MAA's Certificate for Meritorious Service is given on a rotating basis, with each Section allowed to nominate one person every five years. Past awardees in the Southwestern Section are:

2011	John Hagood
2006	William Yslas Vélez
2001	Joanne Peeples
1991	Alvin Swimmer
1986	Everett L. Walter