The Ross Legacy and Alumni
The program has incubated many great mathematicians, and a few alumni have created summer programs of their own. Such programs include PROMYS at Boston University (created by alumni David Fried and Glenn Stevens) and the Texas State University Honors Summer Math Camp at Texas State University–San Marcos (created by alumnus Max Warshauer). Alumni with notable research achievements include Robert Coleman, Brian Conrad, Ira Gessel, David Harbater, Jacob Lurie, Davesh Maulik, Alexander Wissner-Gross, Michael Mitzenmacher, Jonathan Rogawski, Karl Rubin, David Saltman, Lauren Williams, and Michael Zieve.
In 2001 and 2007, Ross Reunions were held at Ohio State, and every Ross alum was invited. The former was held to commemorate the founder, Arnold Ross, and raise funds to keep the program running. The latter was held in the summer of 2007, as the Fiftieth Anniversary of the program. Several guest lectures were held, covering topics such as math, meteorology, economics, mazes, graphics, and, not surprisingly, number theory.
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