The Irving Reiner Memorial Award was established in memory of Professor Irving Reiner by his family in 1988, with the support also of colleagues and friends. Professor Reiner, a long-time member of the University of Illinois Department of Mathematics, was a leader in the field of integral representation theory. The Reiner Prize is awarded each spring to one or more graduate students in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement in the field of algebra.
Professor Reiner received his Master's and Ph.D. from Cornell University. After Cornell, he spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, where he met and worked with Professor L.K. Hua.
He joined the University of Illinois Department of Mathematics faculty in 1948. During his 38 years at Illinois, he wrote 107 research papers, survey papers, books, and other scholarly works, with many collaborators. He directed the thesis work for 17 students. His classic and influential book on representation theory, written with Professor Charles W. Curtis, was published in 1962. During his career, he received many awards for his outstanding work, among these a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Brooklyn College, and a NATO Senior Fellowship. When Professor Reiner died at age 62, a colleague wrote, "We have been enriched by knowing him."
Recipients
2020
- Colleen Robichaux (prize)
- Lutian Zhao (prize)
2019
- Shiyu Shen (prize)
2018
- Emily Heath (fellowship)
- Heejoung Kim (fellowship)
2017
- Neriman Tokcan (prize)
- Bolor Turmunkh (prize)
- Hao Sun (fellowship)
2016
- Anna Weigandt
2015
- Oliver Pechenik
2014
- Dominic Searles
2013
- Brian Ray
2012
- Jesse Beder
2011
- Gregory Kelsey
- Alexandra Seceleanu
2010
- Patrick Reynolds
2009
- Jason McCullough
2008
- Isaac Goldbring
2007
- Shivi S. Bansal
2006
- Nadya Markin
- Lucas Sabalka
2005
- Jinjia Li
2004
- Michael Bush
2003
- David Murphy
- Amador Martin-Pizzaro
2002
- Bogdan Petrenko
2001
- Donghi Lee
- Donghoon Hyeon
2000
- Mark Bauer
1999
- Miriam Kantorovitz
1998
- Yu-Fen Wu
- Darrin Doud
1997
- Claudia Miller
1996
- Judy Walker
1995
- Mark Walker
1994
- David Ose
1993
- Abdellatif Laradji
1992
- Niels Lauritzen
1991
- Tuval Foguel
1990
- Hara Charalambous
1989
- Sunil Gunaratne
1988
- Harald Ellers