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May I begin with a brief biographical sketch. I was born in New York City and moved to Chicago when I was two. I moved to Dallas when I was eight. I attended Sunset High School where I graduated in 1956. I attended the University of North Texas in Denton where I graduated with B.S. and M. Ed. degrees in 1960 and 1961. In the fall of 1961, I began teaching mathematics at Sunset High School. I taught there until 1964. In the summer of 1964, I got married and moved to Dripping Springs, Texas where my wife taught mathematics in the high school there while I went back to school to study for a Ph. D. in mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.
I defended my dissertation in December, 1968 and received my Ph.D. in January, 1969. I was hooded at UT's annual graduation exercise in May, 1969.
My field of interest in mathematics was and still is Euclidean Geometry. I taught the four geometry courses offered at TAMU-Commerce many times.
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From 1979 to 2000 I had 29 articles published in professional journals. In 1994, 26 of them were compiled into a book entitled Twenty-five and Counting. It sells for $14.95 which includes an addendum containing the other three articles. It may be obtained from the Mathematics Department, Binnion Hall 307, TAMU-Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75429. Proceeds from the sale of this book are deposited in the Bub Taylor scholarship fund. |
I attended several annual joint meetings of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. I presented research papers at some of them. The last paper was entitled "A Chinese Zodiac Mathematical Structure" and was presented on Friday, January 15, 1999, at the annual joint meeting in San Antonio. If you would like to look at a copy of the handout for the talk, click here.
I was an active member of the Texas Section of the MAA and presented numerous papers at the annual meetings at colleges and universities around the state. I was also the "official" photographer for the section meetings. To see the pictures I took from 2002 to 2008 at the meetings, click here.
While teaching at TAMU-Commerce, I presented many talks to schools and clubs in the TAMU-Commerce area on mathematics and space exploration. Over the years, I visited most of the high schools in the area and several of the elementary and middle schools.
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I received the plaque at the left for my service to the Texas Section as official photographer for the annual meetings and as a Level 2 Director for three years. It was presented to me at the 1995 annual meeting of the Texas Section which was held in Waco at Baylor University. |
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I received the plaque at the left for attending 40 consecutive meetings of the Texas Section from 1969 to 2008. It was presented to me at the 2008 annual meeting of the Texas Section which was held in Stephenville at Tarleton State University. |
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I retired from ETSU in July, 1995. That fall, the ETSU Mathematics Department held a retirement dinner for me and three other retirees. We each received a plaque like the one to the left for our many years of service to the department. |
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On May 1, 1998, I was presented the plaque at the left by President Keith McFarland for my 30 years of service to TAMU-Commerce. I was one of 14 professors who had also served 30 years. |
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I started my career at TAMU-Commerce in 1968 as an Assistant Professor. In 1973, I was promoted to Associate Professor, and I attained the rank of full professor in 1980. |
