Harvard Squad Takes First Place In National Mathematics Contest

A three-man team of Harvard undergraduates has been named the winner of the William Lowell Putnam Intercollegiate Mathematical competition.

The three, Daniel M. Fendel '66, Barry Simon '66, and Roger E. Howe '66, Bok examinations on November 20 along with 1500 other college students throughout the country. The results of the commotion were announced late last week.

Harvard finished first by a wide mar-in over M.I.T. The University of Toronto, Princeton, and California Institute of Technology rounded out he first five finishers among the 220 schools entering . The competition officials also announced individual winners placing the top five scorers in an undifferentiated grouping, and doing the same with the next six.

Fendel and Simon both placed among the top five finishers. Howe was in the second grouping.

Last year, on the basis of his performance on the test, Howe was awarded the William Lowell Putnam fellowship for a year of graduate study in mathematics at Harvard. This year's winner will be announced sometime during the spring.

In addition to the team of Fendel, Simon, and Howe, about 30 other Harvard undergraduates took the examinations as individual entrants in the competition. One of them, Neal I. Koblitz '69, placed in the second group of finishers.

Harvard finished first by a wide mar-in over M.I.T. The University of Toronto, Princeton, and California Institute of Technology rounded out he first five finishers among the 220 schools entering . The competition officials also announced individual winners placing the top five scorers in an undifferentiated grouping, and doing the same with the next six.

Fendel and Simon both placed among the top five finishers. Howe was in the second grouping.

Last year, on the basis of his performance on the test, Howe was awarded the William Lowell Putnam fellowship for a year of graduate study in mathematics at Harvard. This year's winner will be announced sometime during the spring.

In addition to the team of Fendel, Simon, and Howe, about 30 other Harvard undergraduates took the examinations as individual entrants in the competition. One of them, Neal I. Koblitz '69, placed in the second group of finishers.

Fendel and Simon both placed among the top five finishers. Howe was in the second grouping.

Last year, on the basis of his performance on the test, Howe was awarded the William Lowell Putnam fellowship for a year of graduate study in mathematics at Harvard. This year's winner will be announced sometime during the spring.

In addition to the team of Fendel, Simon, and Howe, about 30 other Harvard undergraduates took the examinations as individual entrants in the competition. One of them, Neal I. Koblitz '69, placed in the second group of finishers.