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T G Room Medal Winner, Stephanie Wang with her teacher Mr Ian Woodhouse

Photo: 2006 T G Room Medal Winner, Stephanie Wang with her teacher Mr Ian Woodhouse

Student Services - The T G Room Award

Professor T G Room was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Sydney in 1935, succeeding Professor H S Carslaw. He held this position for over 30 years and had great influence mathematics education in NSW. He was president of MANSW in 1963 - 64. In 1968, after his retirement, MANSW established the T G Room Award in his honour. The award was to be made annually to the student who gains first place in the Higher School Certificate examination.

The first recipient was Christopher Cosgrove who gained first place in the inaugural HSC mathematics examination, in 1967.

T G Room Award: Medallists

The T G Room Award goes to the student who gains first place in the highest level Mathematics course in the NSW Higher School Certificate in the year preceding the year of the award. The award consists of an engraved medallion and a cash award, currently $350.

1968

Christopher Cosgrove

Kingsgrove North HS

1969

Robert Simes

Wollongong HS

1970

Jeremy Dawson

Sydney Grammar School

1971

James Franklin

St Joseph's College

1972

Miriam Jucovic

Sydney Girls HS

1973

Kenneth McLeod

St Ives HS

1974

Barry Quinn

St Joseph's College

1975

Amnon Ne'emann

Randwick Boys HS

1976

John Rogers

Knox Grammar School

1977

Robert Heal
Peter Vohralik

Knox Grammar School
Knox Grammar School

1978

Alan Fekete

Sydney Grammar School

1979

Richard Middleton

Toronto HS

1980

Matthew Dyer

Hurstville Boys HS

1981

James Smelt

St Aloysius College

1982

Leon Poladian
Richard Wilson

Fort Street HS
The King's School

1983

David Craig

Richmond River HS

1984

Gregory Gard
Lisa McIntyre

James Ruse Agricultural HS
James Ruse Agricultural HS

1985

Alan Blair

Sydney Grammar School

1986

David Mitchell
Haralabos Koumoukelis

Kadina HS
Sydney Technical HS

1987

David Hogan

James Ruse Agricultural HS

1988

Michael Wells

St Joseph's College

1989

Geoffrey Blainey

St Aloysius College

1990

Iain Johnston
Aaron Minney

Kempsey HS
St Joseph's College

1991

Joseph Lau
Elisabeth Le Strange

North Sydney Boys HS
SCEGGS Darlinghurst

1992

Roshan Ganeshan

Sydney Technical HS

1993

Adrian Banner

Sydney Grammar School

1994

Anthony Henderson

Sydney Grammar School

1995

Kevin Tay

Sydney Technical HS

1996

Kim Hoe Chan

Sydney Boys HS

1997

Oscar Kwon

Sydney Boys' HS

1998

Ruiyi Wang

St George Girls' HS

1999

Prasad Ganesan

Sydney Grammar School

2000

Sidney Gee-Lake Sek

James Ruse Agricultural HS

2001

Thomas Xia

James Ruse Agricultural HS

2002

Hugh Miller

Barker College

2003

David Chan

Sydney Grammar School

2004

Thomas William Clement

St Ignatius, Riverview

2005 Andrew Tin-Pui Ngai
James Ruse Agricultural HS
2006 Stephanie Wang James Ruse Agricultural High


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