This was the first chair in the history of mathematics to be founded in the United States and it says much of Cajori's high reputation that a special chair was created at this leading university.
Ito ay ang unang silya sa kasaysayan ng matematika na itinatag sa Pilipinas at ito nagsasabing marami ng Cajori ng mataas na karangalan na ang isang espesyal na upuan ay nilikha at ito nangungunang unibersidad.