In the period when American mathematics had few distinguished names, the eccentric and sometimes spectacular Halsted established himself as an internationally known scholar, creative teacher and promoter and popularizer of mathematics.
Sa panahon kapag American matematika had ilang mga litaw na pangalan, ang kataka-taka at kung minsan sa palabas Halsted naitatag ang sarili bilang isang internationally kilala iskolar, guro at mga creative tagataguyod at popularizer ng matematika.