Curriculum Vita
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Education
- University of Notre Dame, B.A. 1960 (mathematics)
- University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1964
(mathematics)
Teaching Experience
- Benjamin Peirce Instructor, Harvard, 1964-6;
- Research Associate, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1966-7;
- Brown University: Asst. Prof. 1967, Assoc. Prof. 1970, Professor 1973
- Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Year 1998, Brown University
- G. Leonard Baker Visiting Professor of Mathmatics, Yale, Fall 1998
- Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2001
- Visiting Professor, UCLA, Winter 2002
Teaching Awards
- Danforth (1960) and Woodrow Wilson (1959)
Fellowships;
- Senior Teaching Citation, 1976 (chosen by the Brown senior class);
- Lester Ford Award 1978 (for outstanding expository writing);
- Joseph Priestley Medallion, Dickinson College 1987 (science award)
- Bray Award for Teaching Excellence in Sciences, Brown 1993 (faculty);
- Mathematical Association of America Northeastern Section Award 1995;
- MAA National Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching
of Mathematics 1996 (one of three awarded annually).
- Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Fairfield University, 1998
- Pew Scholar, Carnegie Foundation Teaching Academy, 1999
- Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Foundation, 1999-2000
- Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Rhode Island College, 2001
Publications Related to Teaching
- International Congress of Mathematicians, Helsinki, 1978, invited
address in the section on Pedagogy, Computer Animation and the
Geometry of Surfaces in 3- and 4-Space (the first such presentation to
involve graphics).
- Linear Algebra Through Geometry (with John Wermer),
Springer-Verlag 1983, revised and expanded second edition 1991
- EDGE-The Educational Differential Geometry Environment, (with
Richard Schwartz) 1987 (reworking and expansion of a student final
project)
- Student-Generated Interactive Software for Calculus of Surfaces in
a Workstation Laboratory, (co-authored with four students) UME Trends
1990
-
Beyond the Third Dimension, Scientific American Library 1990, 1996
- Nine other articles on teaching (among 85 bibliography items)
Service
- Assoc. Editorships:
- Mathematics Magazine 1978-81,
- Amer. Math. Monthly 1982-85,
- Geometriae Dedicata 1986-95,
- Communications in Visual Mathematics, 1996-;
- Acting Dean of Student
Affairs, Brown, 1970-71;
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National Committee: Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors;
- Board Memberships:
- Society for Values in Higher Education,
- CommonCause of RI,
- Mathematical Association of America,
President, 1999-2000
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