The William Lowell Putnam Intercollegiate Prize [medal], 1928.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Dolan, Henry Thomas.

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William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition was named from William Lowell Putnam, Harvard College Class of 1882. In 1927 Mrs. Putnam established a fund to support such a mathematics competition in her husband's memory. After a few, and apparently unsatisfactory, dual meets, it was decided to hold an annual national contest in mathematics. This medal dates from one of the earliest competitions. It was awarded to Thomas J. Dolan, Harvard College Class of 1928. From the description o...

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

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