The Math Olympiad Program was created when the United States began participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1974. It was first organized by Samuel Greitzer, who led the USA team to the IMO for its first few years. Subsequent directors have included Murray Klamkin, Cecil Rousseau, Gerald Heuer, Anne Hudson, and Titu Andreescu (the current director). The first MOP was held at Rutgers University. From 1975 until 1994, the location of MOP alternated between the US Military Academy in West Point, NY, and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. In 1995, MOP was held at the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora, IL. Since 1996, MOP has been held at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE, the home of the American Mathematics Competitions, which administers the program. The 2001 MOP will be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, in conjunction with the 2001 IMO, which is scheduled to be held in and around Washington, DC.
The following chronology will be updated whenever I get around to it. You can also check the email address list for a particular person's dates of participation.
| Director/Leader | Gerald Heuer |
| Deputy Leader | Gregg Patruno |
| Student Assistants | Michael Abramson Robert Southworth Eric Wepsic |
| Participants |
| Director/Leader | Gerald Heuer |
| Deputy Leader | Gregg Patruno |
| Student Assistants | Michael Abramson Robert Southworth Sam Vandervelde |
| Participants |
| Director/Leader | Cecil Rousseau |
| Deputy Leader | Dan Ullman |
| Student Assistants | Royce Peng Sam Vandervelde |
| Participants |
| Director/Leader | Cecil Rousseau |
| Deputy Leader | Dan Ullman |
| Student Assistants | Royce Peng Sam Vandervelde |
| Participants |
| Director/Leader | Cecil Rousseau |
| Deputy Leader | Anne Hudson |
| Other Instructors | Titu Andreescu Elizabeth Wilmer |
| Student Assistants | Kiran Kedlaya Akira Negi |
| Participants |
| Director/Deputy Leader | Anne Hudson |
| Leader | Walter Mientka |
| Other Instructors | Titu Andreescu Paul Zeitz |
| Student Assistants | Kiran Kedlaya Lenny Ng |
| Participants | Jeremy Bem Christopher Chang Li-Chung Chen Jay Chyung Nathan Curtis Samit Dasgupta Craig DeAlmeida Andrew Dittmer Todd Geldon Andrei Gnepp Tao He Anders Hendrickson Theodore Hwa Daniel Johnston Aleksandr Khazanov Jacob Lurie Davesh Maulik Johanna Miller Josh Nichols-Barrer Jacob Rasmussen Noam Shazeer Frank Thorne Aaron Ucko Stephen Wang Jonathan Weinstein Donald Ying |
| Director/Leader | Titu Andreescu |
| Deputy Leader | Paul Zeitz |
| Other Instructor | Elgin Johnston |
| Student Assistants | Kiran Kedlaya Lenny Ng Stephen Wang |
| Participants | Carl Bosley Christopher Chang Li-Chung Chen Jay Chyung John Clyde Nathan Curtis Jonathan Fisher Michael Freiman Andrei Gnepp Daniel Johnston Stefan Kazachki Aleksandr Khazanov Travis Schedler Michael Korn Eric Kuo Jacob Lurie Davesh Maulik Josh Nichols-Barrer Alexander Saltman Daniel Stronger Aaron Ucko Lauren Williams Kevin Woods Donald Ying |
| Director/Leader | Titu Andreescu |
| Deputy Leader | Kiran Kedlaya |
| Other Instructors | Elgin Johnston Paul Zeitz |
| Student Assistants | Jeremy Bem Jonathan Weinstein |
| Participants | Roger Barkan Reid Barton Carl Bosley Cy Chan Christopher Chang Richard Chiburis John Clyde Michael Colsher Nathan Curtis Lukasz Fidkowski Michael Freiman Ioana Gradinaru Kaveh Hassani Kai Huang Michael Korn Chak Lam Kwok Kevin Lacker Paul Laskowski Chris Mihelich Carl Miller Leonidas Nguyen Mike Perry Matthew Riddle Alexander Saltman Travis Schedler Alexander (Sasha) Schwartz David Shih David Speyer Daniel Stronger David Vener Melanie Wood Eliana Zoque (Colombia) |
| Director/Leader | Titu Andreescu |
| Deputy Leader | Elgin Johnston |
| Other Instructors | Fan Chung Zuming Feng Razvan Gelca Kiran Kedlaya |
| Student Assistants | Jeremy Bem Jonathan Weinstein |
| Participants | Reid Barton Carl Bosley Chi-Bong Chan Cy Chan Li-Chung Chen John Clyde Nathan Curtis Lawrence Detlor Kenny Easwaran Andrew Frohmader Ioana Gradinaru Kai Huang Michael Khoury Tim Kirchner Kevin Lacker Matthew Lee Jim Leonard Lionel Levine Po-Shen Loh Dan Moraseski Yogesh More Josh Nichols-Barrer Mateo Restrepo (Colombia) Andrew Schepler Sasha Schwartz David Speyer Paul Valiant David Vickrey Andrew Warshall Nicholas Williams Melanie Wood |
| Director/Leader | Titu Andreescu |
| Deputy Leader | Elgin Johnston |
| Other Instructors | Zuming Feng Razvan Gelca Kiran Kedlaya Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel |
| Student Assistants | Carl Bosley Noam Shazeer |
| Participants | David Arthur Reid Barton Gabriel Carroll Chi-Bong Chan Lawrence Detlor Jeffrey Fonck Matt Hughes Daniel Katz Michael Khoury Kevin Lacker George Lee, Jr. Jim Leonard Po-Shen Loh James Merryfield Dan Moraseski Yogesh More Oaz Nir Alexey Radul Sasha Schwartz David Speyer Charles Steinhardt Paul Valiant David Vickrey Melanie Wood |
| Director/Leader | Titu Andreescu |
| Deputy Leader | Kiran Kedlaya |
| Other Instructors | Zuming Feng Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel |
| Student Assistants | Andrei Gnepp Daniel Stronger |
| Participants | Reid Barton Michael Carr Gabriel Carroll Andrew Chi Michael Church Lawrence Detlor David Gaebler Stephen Hass William Hillegass, Jr. Daniel Kane Ian Le George Lee, Jr. Ricky Liu Zhihao (Howard) Liu Po-Ru Loh Po-Shen Loh Yuran Lu David Mermin James Merryfield Andrew Niedermaier Christopher (Kai) Sung Paul Valiant Abhiram Vijay Melanie Wood |