The Mathematical Association of America's George Pólya Lecturers

George Pólya, renowned teacher and writer, embodied the high quality of exposition that the MAA seeks to encourage. To further this goal, the George Pólya Lectureship was created in 1991. Each Section is entitled to a Pólya Lecture for a Section meeting approximately once every five years.

List of Lecturers

2013-2014, 2014-2015
Ruth Charney, Brandeis University

2012-2013, 2013-2014
Ravi Vakil, Stanford University

2011-2012, 2012-2013
Jeffrey Lagarias, University of Michigan

2010-2011, 2011-2012
Erik Demaine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2009-2010, 2010-2011
Judy Walker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2008-2009, 2009-2010
Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago

2007-2008, 2008-2009
George Andrews, The Pennsylvania State University

2006-2007, 2007-2008
Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College

2005-2006, 2006-2007
Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley

2004-2005, 2005-2006
Steven Rudich, Carnegie Mellon University

2003-2004, 2004-2005
I. Martin Isaacs, University of Wisconsin

2002-2003, 2003-2004
David Bressoud, Macalester College

2001-2002, 2002-2003
Edward Burger, Williams College

2000-2001, 2001-2002
Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin

1999-2000, 2000-2001
Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth

1998-1999, 1999-2000
Colin Adams, Williams College

1997-1998, 1998-1999
Ronald L. Graham, AT&T

1996-1997, 1997-1998
Laszlo Babai, University of Chicago and Eotvos University

1995-1996, 1996-1997
Underwood Dudley, DePauw University

1994-1995, 1995-1996
Robert Osserman, Stanford University

1993-1994, 1994-1995
Carl Pomerance, University of Georgia

1992-1993, 1993-1994
Patricia K. Rogers, York University

1991-1992, 1992-1993
John H. Ewing, Indiana University