McAvaney

Kevin McAvaney receives his BH Neumann Award from Professor Neumann at a function held at Deakin University on 23 March 1995.

Citation

Associate Professor Kevin McAvaney is an outstanding example of a Bernhard Neumann Award recipient. For example

• Talented Children's Program: Kevin has run the mathematics sessions for several years in this program run by Deakin and the Barwon SW region of the Victorian Ministry of Education for students in the Geelong area;
• Deakin University Mathematics Contest: This started in 1989 based on UC Maths Day. For Year 10 students in the Geelong area, it has been so successful that Kevin is considering including the Warrnambool region via video link;
• Belmont High School: Through being on the school board, Kevin has helped implement a fast-track Year 7-12 program and been part of a government initiative to establish a science and technology centre in Geelong.

Peter Taylor

23 March 1995.

Later Note

Kevin then spent some time overseas but he returned in 2006 and took over from Bruce Henry as Chair of the Challenge Committee.