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Mildred Bennett Elementary Math Education AwardOver the years OCTM has recognized individuals for their service to the teaching profession. In 1991 OCTM wanted to honor Mildred Bennett and her dedication and efforts for the successes of the Oregon Math Leaders Conference. The next year the honor was extended by naming an award in Mildred’s honor—the Mildred Bennett Elementary Math Education Award focused on outstanding elementary teachers. The criteria for selection include:
The recipient of the Mildred Bennett Elementary Math Education Award is recognized at the annual Oregon Math Leaders conference. An article about the awardee follows in one of the first The Oregon Mathematics Teacher issues of the next school year. 2025 no nominees 2024 Valerie May TOMT Online Fall 2024 2023 Samantha Salvitelli Fall 2023 2022 Nicole Rigelman Winter 2023 2021 no nominees 2020 no nominees 2019 Cathy Bernhard Nov/Dec 2019; Jan/Feb 2014; Dec 1993; See also Hall of Fame 2018 Jennifer Bell Nov/Dec 2018 2017 Steve Wyborney (could not be present at awards ceremony so the presentation was delayed for a year) Nov/Dec 2018 2016 no nominees 2015 no nominees 2014 no nominees 2013 Jane Osborne Jan/Feb 2014 2012 Molly Smith Jan/Feb 2013; Dec 2006; Dec 2015 2011 Jan Gillespie Jan/Feb 2012 2010 Cheri Clausen Jan/Feb 2011; see also Hall of Fame 2009 Nancy Anderson Jan/Feb 2010; Dec 1989; Sep/Oct 2013; Jan/Feb 2016; see also Hall of Fame 2008 Jill Board Jan/Feb 2009; Oct/Nov 1990 2007 Giny Christensen Jan/Feb 2008; Oct/Nov 2000 2006 Ann McMahon Jan/Feb 2007; Oct/Nov 2001; Mar/Apr 2020 2005 Cheryl Klampe-Van Hess Jan/Feb 2006 2004 Kathy Reed Jan/Feb 2005; Oct/Nov 1991; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1997 2003 Kayda Mitchell Jan/Feb 2004; Oct/Nov 2002 2002 Jan Hill Jan/Feb 2003 2001 Tari Querin Jan/Feb 2002; Jan/Feb 2013; see also Hall of Fame 2000 Jackie Cooke Jan/Feb 2001; Oct/Nov 1995; Oct/Nov 1996; Oct/Nov 1998; Jan/Feb 2014; see also Hall of Fame 1999 Kathryn Warrior Jan/Feb 2000 1998 Shirley Payne and Jerri Wickert Shirley: Mar/Apr 1999 Jerri: Mar/Apr 1999; Dec 1993 1997 Phil Bartsch Jan/Feb 1998 1996 Jackie Nissen Jan/Feb 1997; Dec 1989 1995 Pam Alexander Mar/Apr 1996 1994 Diane Price-Stone Mar/Apr 1995; Oct/Nov 1990; Jan/Feb 2011; see also Hall of Fame 1993 Judy Johnson Mar/Apr 1994; Oct 1985; Sep 1987; May/June 2003; Jan/Feb 2005; see also Hall of Fame 1992 Joanne Wilkie Dec 2004 1991 Mildred Bennett Mar/Apr 1992; Oct/Nov 2002; May/June 2009; see also Hall of Fame Oscar Schaaf Secondary Math Education AwardThe Oscar Schaaf Secondary Math Education Award is the parallel secondary version of the Mildred Bennett award. OCTM established the Oscar Schaaf Secondary Math Education Award in honor of Oscar’s long-term commitment to improving secondary mathematics education in Oregon. Award recipients exemplify the spirit and dedication Oscar had shared over the years. It was created about a year before the passing of Oscar Schaaf, the Two Meter Man. The criteria for selection are the same as the criteria for the Mildred Bennett award:
The recipient of the Oscar Schaaf Secondary Math Education Award is recognized at the annual Oregon Math Leaders conference. An article about the awardee follows in one of the first The Oregon Mathematics Teacher issues of the next school year. 2025 no nominees 2024 Nick Hershman TOMT Online Fall 2024
2023 no nominees
2022 Laura Lethe Winter 2023
2021 no nominees
2020 no nominees
2019 Marla Baber and Jerry Young Marla: Nov/Dec 2019 Jerry: Nov/Dec 2019
2018 Marge Burak Nov/Dec 2018
2017 no nominees
2016 no nominees
2015 Don Crossfield Jan/Feb 2016; Winter 2023; See also Hall of Fame
2014 Patty Sandoz and Jill Sumerlin Jill: Jan/Feb 2015; Nov/Dec 2018; Sept 2009; Nov/Dec 2020: See also Hall of Fame Patty: Jan/Feb 2015; Fall 2023; Dec 2005; May/June 2000; See also Hall of Fame
2013 Marie Cramer Jan/Feb 2014; See also Hall of Fame
2012 no nominees
2011 Lynn Bonser and Winnie Miller Jan/Feb 2012
2010 Karen Higgins Jan/Feb 2011
2009 Fred Board Jan/Feb 2010
2008 Mike Gould Jan/Feb 2009
2007 Linda Samek Jan/Feb 2008
2006 Trudy Mitchell Jan/Feb 2007; Oct/Nov 2002
2005 Sue Ann McGraw Jan/Feb 2006; May/June 2002
2004 Ralph Schubothe Jan/Feb 2005; Oct/Nov 1994; Winter 2023; See also Hall of Fame
2003 Brent Freeman Jan/Feb 2004; Oct/Nov 1997; Nov/Dec 2017; See also Hall of Fame
2002 Gwen and Ron Waite Gwen: Jan/Feb 2003; Oct/Nov 2000 Ron: Jan/Feb 2003
2001 Jim Specht Jan/Feb 2002; Oct/Nov 1991; Dec 1993; Oct/Nov 1998; Jan/Feb 2010; see also Hall of Fame
2000 Tom Stone Jan/Feb 2001; Oct/Nov 1991; see also Hall of Fame
1999 Tom Swanson Jan/Feb 2000; Fall 2022 Mar/Apr 1999; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1995; Oct/Nov 1996
1998 Anne McEnerny-Ogle Mar/Apr 1999; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1995; Oct/Nov 1996
1997 Chuck Peterson Jan/Feb 1998; Sept 1986; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1995; Jan/Feb 2004; Dec 2006; see also Hall of Fame
1996 Richard Brannan Jan/Feb 1997; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1994; Jan/Feb 2002; see also Hall of Fame
1995 Wally Rogelstad Mar/Apr 1996; Oct 1985; Jan/Feb 2000; Mar/Apr 2004; Sep/Oct 2012; see also Hall of Fame
1994 Jim Young Mar/Apr 1995
1993 Scott McFadden Mar/Apr 1994; Oct 1984; Jan/Feb 2002
1992 Oscar Schaaf May/June 1993; May 1979; Oct/Nov 2001; Oct/Nov 2009; see also Hall of Fame Oregon Mathematics Education Hall of FameThe Hall of Fame Math Education Award was created in 1992 in recognition of a lifetime of service and achievement in math education in Oregon. The first members of the Hall of Fame were Oscar Schaaf, Mildred Bennett, ad Bill Burger (in memoriam) were inducted at the 1992 Oregon Math Leaders conference. For the Hall of Fame there are two plaques. One is a permanent plaque with the engraved names placed at the Oregon Department of Education. Each individual Hall of Fame-er is given their own plaque as well. The criteria for the Hall of Fame Award is the same as for the Mildred Bennett and Oscar Schaaf awards:
The recipient of the Oscar Schaaf Secondary Math Education Award is recognized at the annual Oregon Math Leaders conference. An article about the awardee follows in one of the first The Oregon Mathematics Teacher issues of the next school year. 2025 no nominees
2024 Cheri Clausen, Marie (Cramer) Shaffer, Joe Spooner Cheri: Jan/Feb 2011; TOMT Online Fall 2024; See also Mildred Bennett Marie: Jan/Feb 2014; TOMT Online Fall 2024; See also Oscar Schaaf Joe: TOMT Online Fall 2024
2023 Patty Sandoz Fall 2023; Jan/Feb 2015; Dec 2005; May/June 2000; See also Oscar Schaaf
2022 Ralph Schubothe Winter 2023; Jan/Feb 2005; Oct/Nov 1994; See also Oscar Schaaf
2021 Nancy Swarat Winter 2023
2020 Don Crossfield Winter 2023; ; Jan/Feb 2016; See also Oscar Schaaf
2019 Becky Reed Nov/Dec 2019
2018 Jill Sumerlin Nov/Dec 2018; Jan/Feb 2015; Sept 2009; Nov/Dec 2020; See also Oscar Schaaf
2017 Brent Freeman Nov/Dec 2017; Jan/Feb 2004; Oct/Nov 1997; See also Oscar Schaaf
2016 no nominees
2015 Nancy Anderson (posthumous) and Sara Normington Nancy: Jan/Feb 2010; Sept/Oct 2013; Jan/Feb 2016; see also Mildred Bennett Sara: Jan/Feb 2016; Oct/Nov 1990; Oct/Nov 1991
2014 no nominees
2013 Cathy Bernhard and Jackie Cooke Cathy: Jan/Feb 2014; Dec 1993; see also Mildred Bennett Jackie: Jan/Feb 2014; Oct/Nov 1995; Oct/Nov 1996; Oct/Nov 1998; Jan/Feb 2001; see also Mildred Bennett
2012 Tari Querin Jan/Feb 2013; Jan/Feb 2002; see also Mildred Bennett
2011 no nominees
2010 Diane Price-Stone and Tom Stone Diane: Jan/Feb 2011; Oct/Nov 1990; Oct/Nov 1991; Mar/Apr 1995; see also Mildred Bennett Tom: Jan/Feb 2011; Oct/Nov 1991; Jan/Feb 2001; see also Oscar Schaaf
2009 Jim Specht Jan/Feb 2010; Oct/Nov 1991; Dec 1993; Oct/Nov 1998; Jan/Feb 2002; see also Oscar Schaaf
2008 Thomas Dick Jan/Feb 2009
2007 Cathy Brown Jan/Feb 2008; May/June 2007
2006 J. Michael Shaughnessy Jan/Feb 2007
2005 Ted Nelson Jan/Feb 2006
2004 Judy Johnson Jan/Feb 2005; Oct 1985; Sept 1987; Mar/Apr 1994; May/June 2003; see also Mildred Bennett
2003 Chuck Peterson Jan/Feb 2004; Sept 1986; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1995; Jan/Feb 1998; Dec 2006; see also Oscar Schaaf
2002 Doug Cruikshank Jan/Feb 2003
2001 Richard Brannan Jan/Feb 2002; Oct/Nov 1992; Oct/Nov 1994; Jan/Feb 1997; see also Oscar Schaaf
2000 Marj Enneking Jan/Feb 2001; Oct/Nov 2003
1999 Wally Rogelstad Jan/Feb 2000; Oct 1985; Mar/Apr 1996; Mar/Apr 2004; Sept/Oct 2012; see also Oscar Schaaf
1998 Ron Nicholson Mar/Apr 1999; Dec 1989; Sept 1998; Oct/Nov 1998
1997 Linda Foreman Jan/Feb 1998; Sept 1986
1996 Dwight Lippe Jan/Feb 1997
1995 Ron Morgali Mar/Apr 1996; Dec 2004
1994 Gene Maier Mar/Apr 1995
1993 Don Fineran Mar/Apr 1994; Jan/Feb 2003
1992 Mildred Bennett and William Burger and Oscar Schaaf Mildred: Mar/Apr 1992; Oct/Nov 2002; May/June 2009 TOMT; see also Mildred Bennett Oscar: Oct/Nov 2002; May 1979; May/June 1993; Oct/Nov 2001; Oct/Nov 2009; see also Oscar Schaaf |