William Lowell Putnam Competition

Every year Gettysburg College enters a team of students in the William Lowell Putnam Competition. This exam, which is held on the first Saturday of December, consists of 12 difficult problems, to be done in six hours. The Putnam exam is the center of a Gettysburg College / St. Mary's College of Maryland rivalry that dates back to 2001. Each year the school with the largest point total wins the fabled Putnam lamp, which is pictured below. In 2001 Gettysburg lost the lamp by a score of 21-0, but in 2002 we won it back by a score of 56-39. For more information about this year's competition, contact Bela Bajnok.