Adam Logan

Adam Logan

Adam Logan (born 1975 in Kingston, Ontario) is a research mathematician and a top Canadian Scrabble player. He won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005, beating Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand 3-0 in the final. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Scrabble Championship three times (1996, 2005, and 2008). He was also the winner of the 1996 National Scrabble Championship and North America's top rated player in 1997.

Since his competitive career began in 1985, Logan has played at least1,042 tournament games, winning about 66%, and earning at least $62,000in prize money.

He was a Putnam Fellow in 1992 and 1993.

Logan completed his first degree, in mathematics, at Princeton University in 1995 and received a PhD from Harvard University in 1999. He is currently employed as a Quantitative Analyst at D. E. Shaw & Co.

External links

* [http://www.cross-tables.com/results.php?p=3522 Adam Logan's career Scrabble tournament results]
* [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?given=Adam&surname=Logan&exact=1 Adam Logan's NSA player profile]
* [http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~a5logan/math/index.html Adam Logan's professional home page]


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