Prof. Mark Snavely
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Professor Mark Snavely will receive the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA) Certificate for Meritorious Service at MathFest in Denver this summer. MAA has been awarding this certificate since 1984. The Wisconsin Section is able to nominate someone for the award every five years.

Prof. Snavely has distinguished himself in numerous services to the Wisconsin section of MAA. He served on the MAA Wisconsin executive committee in the years 2002-2005 as chair-elect (and thus conference organizer of the spring meeting), then chair, and past chair; as secretary/treasurer for a six-year stint from 2006-2012, and then as section governor from 2014-2017. He served this role as governor during a very critical time when the Association rewrote its bylaws and shifted from the board of governors to the MAA congress. In all, he served as a member of the executive committee of the section for an impressive period of 12 years in different capacities.

Prof. Snavely initiated the executive committee listserv and continues to maintain it. He has many of his undergraduate students give presentations at the MAA section spring meeting, they compete in MAA’s section student face OFF competition, and he is the scorekeeper. Through his service, Prof. Snavely embodies the vision and mission of the MAA.

Congratulations, Prof. Snavely!