<p>No I think the CV says that he was “only” second at Mudd.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.math.hmc.edu/~dyong/papers/thesis.pdf[/url]”>http://www.math.hmc.edu/~dyong/papers/thesis.pdf</a> (go to the very last pages, he has attached a copy of his CV to the end of his thesis).</p>