Sumner Byron Myers (February 19, 1910 – October 8, 1955) was an American mathematician specializing in topology and differential geometry.
He studied at Harvard University under H. C. Marston Morse,[1] where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1932.
He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during the 1955 Michigan–Army football game at Michigan Stadium.
[4] The Sumner B. Myers Prize was created in his honor for distinguished theses within the LSA Mathematics Department.
[5][6] Notable recipients include June Huh, Mary Wootters, and Theodore J.