From the Official Obituary of Iris Shanyue Tang
Iris Shanyue Tang, a graduate of Lakeside School in Seattle, WA, and most recently a student at Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA, working on her Bachelor of Science, passed away suddenly on Nov 22, 2025. She was 18.
Iris was sharp, quiet, and considerate. She loved math – she was a two-time Math Prize for Girls Qualifier (2023 & 2024), four-time AIME qualifier (2021 – 2024). She also taught elementary schoolers competition math on the weekends in Northwest Chinese School, Bellevue WA.
Iris excelled in academia beyond math. She got the Best Solution Award in North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (2023) and was also a National Merit Scholarship Finalist (2025), and a U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate (2025).
If you want to leave a kind message, please visit Iris’s Memorial Page.
