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DR. MARY ELLEN MAZEY NAMED BGSU’S Message from the Chair 11TH PRESIDENT GSU proudly celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010. The centennial celebration started in the Spring of 2010 and went well into the Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey has been following fall semester with many academic and homecoming named the 11th president of BGSU, B succeeding current President events for our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. The University held Carol Cartwright, who will retire different centennial lecture series in September and October. The centennial June 30, 2011. Mazey was provost homecoming was more elaborate than ever, featuring sports symposia and and vice president for academic an athletic archives display. The year-long celebration concluded with the affairs at Auburn University since February of 2009. In that position Centennial Academic Convocation at the on November, 9th. she had oversight of academic Two former BGSU presidents, Drs. Olscamp and Ribeau, were invited back to programming for 12 colleges the Convocation, along with many former colleagues. On our end, we continue and was responsible for the to celebrate with an article about the history of our department in this issue of the newsletter. advancement of the university’s strategic plan. From 2005 to 2009 Speaking of Presidents, President Carol Cartwright will retire on June 30th. As we will miss her and wish she was the dean of the Eberly her well in her retirement, we welcome our new 11th President, Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, who is currently College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University (WVU), and prior the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Auburn University. Dr. Cartwright has laid down a to that she served as Dean of the strong foundation for the strategic plan for BGSU, and Dr. Mazey is ready to take BGSU forward. College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University. Mazey earned At the department level, our PhD program has risen to the new historical ranking of 77th in the nation bachelor and master degrees according the most recent National Research Council survey. Within BGSU, we have the highest from WVU (BA in Sociology, MA in number of publications per tenure-track faculty among all doctoral granting departments. Our faculty Geology) and a doctoral degree in different fields publish high quality research articles in top journals. One particularly exciting result in Urban Geography from the University of Cincinnati in 1977. is that Dr. Alex Izzo solved a 45-year old open problem in the Theory of Function Algebra. His result will appear in the prestigious Annals of Mathematics. The combined efforts of all faculty certainly has TABLE OF CONTENTS contributed to the department’s reputation for its graduate and undergraduate programs. 1. Message from the Chair

2. Department History 3. Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics (Table with footnotes) Kit Chan, Professor and Chair 4. Department and Faculty News 5. A Department Reunion 7. Alumni News 8. Recent PhDs DEPARTMENT OFFICERS Kit Chan CHAIR John G Wade ASSISTANT CHAIR Hanfeng Chen GRAD CHAIR Jim Albert UNDERGRAD COORD

We hope to include news of many more alumni in future issues, so please tell us about you: new and updated career news, family news, and anything you would like to share. A survey is provided for your convenience on the last page, or simply send an email to one of the editors.

Maria Rizzo, Editor [email protected] Barbara Moses, Associate Editor BGSU ® Bowling Green State University Department History Do you remember?.... A look at the last 100 years of BGSU & Math

ay back in 1910, The University was growing and the state of two colleges, College of Liberal W established two Arts (of which Dr. Overman normal schools in northern served as Dean) and the College Ohio. One was in Kent and the of Education were established. other was in Bowling Green. Dr. Overman remained as Chair Normal schools were being of the Math Department until established throughout the 1948, at which time Dr. Ogg country; their purpose was to took over and he remained

Normal schools were being established throughout the country; their purpose was to train high school graduates to be teachers.

The Mathematics Department in 1941: train high school graduates to Chair until 1965. In 1965, Dr. be teachers. Four years later, in Graue became Chair for eight Gryting, Mathias, Dr. Ogg, Hendrickson. 1914, the first faculty member years, followed by Dr. Terwilliger Sitting: Dr J. R. Overman was hired at Bowling Green for the next eight years. The State Normal College. His name Department then switched to Zwallenberg. At this point, the department moved to was J. Robert Overman, and two-year terms; Dr. Holland, the department was housed Overman Hall. Telephones he happened to be the first Dr. Rohatgi and Dr. Gupta each in the old administration were restricted to the secretary’s mathematics faculty member, became Chair for two years. building with some classes desk and blackboards were as well as the first BG faculty When the Department decided held in South Hall. In 1960, actually green. n member. Dr. Overman became to go back to four-year terms, the first Chair of the Mathematics Dr. Al-Amiri, Dr. Glass (whose Department (he was, however, last year was completed by n March 1970, the Department moved to its current the only faculty member in the Dr. Meronk), Dr. Hayden, Dr. location. The building was also the location of the Ogg department until the 1920’s!); Carothers (two four-year terms) I Science Library and the Computer Science Department. he also served later as the Dean each served as Chair, leading up By 1972, the Department of Mathematics had 34 full- of Liberal Arts, Dean of Men, to our current Chair, Dr. Chan, time faculty: 10 Professors, 6 Associate Professors, and 18 Dean of Faculties, and the first who will begin his second four- Assistant Professors. Their areas of specialization spanned Librarian. (As a side note, the first year term on July 1st. all mathematical domains: library was in the Ross Hotel.) Calculus was first offered in 1915. The Department of • Algebra—10 A second instructor was finally Mathematics began to grow, hired in 1924. Anna Gryting, a as the University did. In • Complex analysis—4 graduate of Columbia University, the late 1950’s, President was hired in 1927, and Frank McDonald felt that there • Real/Functional analysis—3 Ogg (for whom the Ogg Science was an insufficient number Library was named) and Harry of Ph.D. faculty, so in the • Mathematics Education—1 Mathias were both hired in 1960’s and 70’s an effort 1931. Dr. Krabill was hired in was made to hire more • Numerical analysis—1 1946 and was the interim head Ph.D. mathematicians. Dr. of Computer Science, which he Graue was hired in 1959 • Probability/statistics—6 helped form in the early 70’s. (and became Chair six years later) along with Dr. Long, • Topology—4 In 1929 the Ohio legislature Dr. Vogeli (who is best allowed BG to grant bachelor remembered for offering • Geometry/differential geometry—2 degrees (which it actually had a special master’s degree been doing) and the college for in-service high school • Logic/foundations—2 changed its name to Bowling math teachers, sponsored Green State College. by the NSF), and Dr. Van • Differential equations/applied mathematics—1 lthough the master’s degree the M.A.T. degree, the M.S. degree began in the 1930’s, the and the Ph.D. degree. In 2005 the APh.D. program began in BGSU Ph.D. degree in statistics was 1973/74. Dr. Holland, a world designated as a separate degree leader in group theory was brought from mathematics by the Ohio in to design the Ph.D. in algebra. Board of Regents.

Dr. Holland, a world leader in group theory was brought in to design the Ph.D. in algebra. Dr. Lukacs, an international name in statistics was brought in to design the MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT IN 1987 Ph.D. in statistics. How many can you identify?

Dr. Lukacs, an international name The first Ph.D. degrees were Spielmann (under Dr. Laha), and student math honorary, Kappa in statistics was brought in to granted in Summer 1975. There Robert Tortora (under Dr. Rohatgi). Mu Epsilon, was formed in 1937; design the Ph.D. in statistics, and were four doctoral degree In the next year, there were two it is the Ohio Alpha chapter. he brought with him Dr. Laha recipients at that time, all in doctoral degree recipients, both in Florence Ogg, an assistant and Dr. Rohatgi. The graduate statistics: Carol O’Connor algebra: Vijaya Mannepalli (under professor in mathematics and program has been growing since (under Dr. Rohatgi), Thomas Dr. Satyanarayana) and Jo Ellen wife of Dr. Ogg, helped to then, including the M.A. degree, O’Connor (under Dr. Laha), Jeffrey Smith (under Dr. Holland). The establish this chapter. n

Faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics 1959 – 1968 1969-1978 1979- 1988 1989 – 1998 1999 - 2008

Al-Amiri (64) Applebaum (69) Albert (79) Bennett (93) Bes (02) Bohn (61) Blass (70) Carothers (87) Chan (92) Blok (05) Eakin (64) Fong (70) * Chou (85) Chen, H. (90) Chen, J. (00) Graue (59) Glass (71) Nguyen, T (82) Izzo (94) Diesl (07) Hollister (65) * Gresser (69) Pena (86) McCleary (90) Hoffman (99) Kirby (61) * Gupta (76) Seubert (87) Meel (96) Irmak (05) Leetch (61) Hayden (70) Nichols (91) McGovern (00) Long (59) * Hern (69) Shpectorov (97) Nguyen, D. (02) Meronk (67) * Holland (71) Szekely (95) Ning (06) Rickey (68) Johnson (70) Wade (93) Rizzo (06) Sabbagh (67) Laha (72) * Zirbel (96) Shang (05) Satyanarayana (66) * Lukacs (72) * Sun (99) Snipes (67) * McMorris (70) Winter (03) * Steiner (68) Moses (78) Terwilliger (65) Neumann (71) Weber (68) Norton (70) O’Brien (69) Rohatgi (72) Williams (70) Woodruff (70)

* deceased For additional information, check out: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/math/history/index.html

Above you will find a table containing the tenure-stream faculty in mathematics and statistics who have joined the department since 1959. Do you see your favorite listed there? Write in and share a sentence or two about how that faculty member influenced your life or your career. Send your thoughts to Dr. Rizzo at [email protected] n Department and Faculty News

has developed and taught

Arjun Gupta David Meel graduate courses in the has received the Faculty Lifetime received the MAA Award teaching and learning of Achievement Award. The award for Distinguished College high school geometry, the was presented by the Faculty Senate or University Teaching of teaching and learning of at the Faculty Recognition Dinner Mathematics. The award was high school algebra, the March 22, 2011 and with it, a $1,000 presented by Richard Little of teaching and learning of cash prize. The Faculty Senate Baldwin-Wallace College at the linear algebra and of calculus, Chair, Kristine Blair, wrote “it is a meeting of the Ohio Section of advanced mathematical mark of your (Arjun’s) longstanding the Mathematical Association thinking, visualization, and commitment to the welfare of of America held at Youngstown mathematical understanding. the University to be selected for State Univ. March 26, 2011. David He has developed on line this prestigious award.” Gupta has has been teaching full-time in the courses for in-service teachers. published 450 refereed research Department of Mathematics and David is very active in articles, 48 invited papers and 18 Statistics at BGSU since 1996. His teaching innovations. He has books in statistics. His 22 Ph.D. research interests are collegiate developed interactive applets students are now professors in mathematics education, teaching for linear algebra (including research departments across the University Professor in 1995. and learning of linear algebra, eigenvalues and singular value country, as well as college deans He earned his bachelor and teaching and learning of calculus, decomposition) and calculus, and department chairs. Gupta joined master’s degrees at Poona and mathematical understanding. and corresponding modules Bowling Green State University in University in India and his Ph.D. He has taught undergraduate for student explorations. n 1976 and became a Distinguished at Purdue University. n and graduate courses in mathematics and mathematics Program.” Jim’s proposal is titled education: including Jim Albert “Teaching Statistics Using Active linear algebra, calculus, was awarded funding for his Learning and Technology.” Jim will discrete mathematics, PREP grant proposal by the be the Program Director of a week- beginning and advanced Mathematical Association of long professional development mathematics courses America and the National Science program in Gambier, Ohio, in the for early childhood Foundation. PREP stands for Summer of 2011. n and middle childhood “Professional Enhancement teachers, college algebra, precalculus, calculus for business students, and modern geometry. He administrative leadership” (IMS Gábor J. Székely Bulletin 39/6). The election of (former faculty member), National Fellows of the IMS is indeed Science Foundation, was welcomed selective; among our faculty of biological processes in living as a newly-elected honored Fellow he has been only the third to Craig Zirbel cells have been found. Some of of the Institute of Mathematical be so honored (Eugene Lukacs and his collaborator Neocles these play a role in cancer and Statistics at the 2010 Annual Meeting and Radha Laha were our only Leontis (Chemistry, BGSU) received other diseases. Zirbel and Leontis of the IMS in Gotheburg, Sweden. other Elected Fellows of the IMS). a 4-year, $1.3 million grant from have been working together over Dr. Székely was recognized “for Gábor is Program Director of the National Institutes of Health in the last 10 years to annotate RNA his theorems on factorization of Statistics at the National Science August 2010. The grant will fund basepairs and other interactions in characteristic functions, for the deep Foundation. He is pictured at the their work on annotating atomic- RNA. They have written a program stochastics underlying his empirical presentation ceremony August 6, resolution RNA 3D structures which will search large RNA distance that tests independence, 2010, receiving a plaque from IMS deposited at the Protein Data Bank structures for matches to a known and for his organizational and president Michael Steele. n (PDB) at Rutgers University. RNA motif, and they are working on has long been known as the mere predicting RNA 3D structure from messenger between DNA and genomic sequences. The grant will the proteins that DNA codes for, pay for summer research time, a but in the last several years, many postdoc, and assistantships for two new RNAs that regulate all sorts PhD students. n

Andrew Glass Retires Former faculty member Andrew Glass is retiring at the end of this academic year (September, 2011) from University of Cambridge, U.K., Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. He wrote that he looks forward to having more time for his research. n A Department Reunion

rofessor Emeritus Josef an Associate Professor in 1975 and Blass visited campus on was promoted to Professor in 1984. P April 26, 2011, his first He retired from our department visit since retirement in 2000. He in 2000. During his years at BGSU, gave three talks during the day. Josef Blass published over 40 papers The first two talks were about in Algebraic Geometry, Number the application of mathematics Theory, and Financial Mathematics. in finance and careers, for He helped develop our department’s undergraduates and later for actuarial program and also graduate students. In the last supervised the program until he talk Josef gave us an interesting retired. He maintained close contact recount of the history of the with different insurance companies department during his tenure here to promote our students for their including the history of how our internship programs and created PhD programs in mathematics a network of our former students and in statistics were established. for employment opportunities. Several of our retired faculty Shortly before he retired from our Josef is well known for his history of Wood County. For that, members joined us for the event, department, he received Poland’s generosity with his time, energy, Green Coalition received a special and a nice reception was held in highest civilian honor, the Knight’s and money. He organized award from the State of Ohio. the Bowen-Thompson Student Cross of Merit, for his support of and advised activities of Green Union following the talk. Polish initiatives at the University Coalition to purchase the Bradner After Josef Blass retired from our of Michigan and for his experienced Property and donate it to the department, he continued to be Josef Blass received his PhD from leadership in advising Polish Bowling Green Department of active in the financial sector and the the University of Michigan in 1970. businesses and institutions during Park and Recreation. That was the insurance industry, and currently He joined our department as the transition to democracy. largest of this type of effort in the resides in North Carolina. n

Upper left: So-Hsiang Chou and Hanfeng Chen Top middle: Vern Terwilliger and Vic Norton Upper right: (front) John Chen, Hanfeng Chen, Cyndi Patterson, So-Hsiang Chou, Tong Sun, (back) Charles Applebaum Lower left: Josef Blass with retired staff members Cyndi Patterson and Mary Chambers Bottom middle: Vic Norton, Josef Blass, Vern Terwilliger Lower right: Tom O’Brien and Josef Blass Department and Faculty News, continued Prof. Alexander Izzo settled Obituary a 45-year-old question ale Winter was Assistant Professor and director of service math in mathematics in our department during 2003-2004. We were saddened to learn that Dale Winter took his own life on January 5, 2010. Kit Chan, Department Chair D Dale graduated from the University of Michigan in 1998, under the Dr. Izzo had a paper (“Uniform Approximation on direction of Joel Smoller. After graduation, he worked at Duke University Manifolds”) accepted by the Annals of Mathematics, one and Harvard University, where he won several awards, including the of the three most prestigious, of over 100, mathematics Arts and Sciences Council Research Award from Duke, and three CUE journals. The paper settles a 45-year-old question posed by Teaching Awards from Harvard in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He joined our Michael Freeman. Michael Freeman’s question was: If A is department in August 2003 as a tenure-track assistant professor, and a function algebra generated by a family F of continuously left our department in June 2004 for a tenure-track position at the differentiable functions on a compact manifold-with- University of Michigan. Later Dale took a position at Carnegie Mellon boundary M, the maximal ideal space of A is M, and E is the University. Although Dale worked with us for only one year, many of us set of points where the differentials of the functions in F still remember Dale as a great colleague, who helped us out with our fail to span the complexified cotangent space to M, does it foundational math courses. n follow that A contains every continuous function on M that vanishes on E? Dr. Izzo showed that the answer is yes. The result generalizes many earlier results and has applications im Margush (MA 1977; Ph.D. Mathematics with cognate in to other function algebra problems. Freeman proved the Computer Science) passed away March 9, 2010. Tim was an result for 2-dimensional manifolds, generalizing an earlier TAssociate Professor in the Department of Computer Science result of Wermer on the disc, which was his motivation at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. Tim was diagnosed with for the question. For manifolds of arbitrary dimension, inoperable prostate cancer around Thanksgiving of 2009. He didn’t affirmative answers were given under stronger hypotheses teach in spring, 2010, while undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. by numerous mathematicians including Fornaess, He recovered quite well, and was able to teach in summer and in the fall. However, around New Year’s, it was discovered that the cancer had Hormander, and Wermer. n returned and was growing aggressively. Tim was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Deshler, Ohio. n Putnam Team On Saturday December BGSU students taking the exam 4, 2010 four BGSU were Lisa Bergman, Jason Carr, T undergraduates participated Rebecca Szparagowski, and Chris in the William Lowell Putnam Tressler. Out of the total of 4296 Mathematics Competition. contestants, Lisa, Rebecca, and This is an annual international Chris each received a rank competition given throughout the of 1669.5 placing them at the United States and Canada. The 61st percentile, and Jason was competition consists of an exam ranked 3285 placing him at comprised of 12 very challenging the 24th percentile. The students mathematical problems. Each were coached by Professors year about 4000 students take the Izzo, Blok, and Gagola. Putnam exam which is given on Congratulations to all. n the first Saturday in December. The Alumni News

Leotus Amstutz (BA 1963, Pamela J. (Iffland) Darwin William (Bill) A. Herr Erica (Army) Lofthouse (BS MS 1966) retired from high (BS Ed. Mathematics, 1972) is (Master of Arts in Teaching - Integrated Mathematics, 2008) school math at Chesterton High Instructor of Developmental Mathematics, 1971) is a retired is a math teacher at Lima Senior School in Chesterton, Indiana in Math at Thomas University in teacher, farmer, and Chaplain at High School in Lima, Ohio. She 2002. His wife Patricia Burnside Thomasville, GA. She earned Mennonite Memorial Home. He met her husband, Casey Lofthouse graduated from BGSU with a BA an MS in mathematics from was named Most Outstanding (Mechanical Design, 2009), while in 1963. He currently resides in University of Toledo in 1977. She Teacher at Riverdale High School working as resident advisors in Westville, Indiana. is retired from Bell South and 1969-70 and Teacher of the Year McDonald Hall. Erica’s brother married to William R. Darwin. at Bluffton High School 1981-82. is currently an undergraduate Oxana Grinevich (Ph.D. He and his wife, Gloria G. Herr, student at BGSU. 2004) is Associate Professor at Kelsie Graham (MS 2011) was live in Bluffton, Ohio. Lourdes College in Sylvania, Ohio. awarded the 2010 Outstanding Dr. Douglas B. Meade Her husband Oleg Grinevich Teaching Assistant Award at Tom Hileman (BS Mathematics (BS 1984 Mathematics and graduated from BGSU in 1997 with the Graduate Student Senate and Physics, 1995) was recognized Computer Science) is Director a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Award Ceremony. as one of the “Top 40 under of Undergraduate Studies and Forty - Class of 2009” by Crain’s Associate Professor of Mathematics John Barrow (MS 2009) has Dr. Thomas Dence (BS Ed. Cleveland Business, November at the University of South Carolina, been working at the US Census Mathematics, 1967) is Professor of 30, 2009. Tom is Managing Columbia, SC. He is a co-author of Bureau, and has recently taken a Mathematics at Ashland University Partner, Hileman Enterprises LLC. “Getting Started with Maple”, 3rd new job with them in Washington, DC. in Ashland, Ohio. He is a former The three-year-old technology ed. (Wiley, 2009), a co-author of President of the Ohio Section of consulting firm employs a full-time Maplets for Calculus, a collection Edward A. Boose (Master of the MAA and received the Ohio staff of 10 and outside contractors. of 94 Maple-based applets that Arts in Teaching – Mathematics) Sections’ Distinguished Award for The full story is available online provide tutoring without the tutor. retired as teacher and head of College/University Teaching of at http://www.crainscleveland. In 2008 he received the ICTCM the Mathematics Department Mathematics in 2003. He attended com/article/20091130/ Award for Excellence in Innovation of Huron High (Ohio) in June of the recent Ohio Section MAA FORTY09/311309977 using Technology in Collegiate 1996 with 30 years of service. meeting hosted by BGSU and gave Mathematics. Currently he is substitute teaching a talk “On the Ratios of Products Shannon (Kritzler) Kuhlman occasionally and does some of Primes”. Dr. Dence is the author (1990 BS Secondary Mathematics Beverly Moyer (M. Ed. tutoring. As a member of the of over 50 research papers and his Education) teaches at Kenton Secondary Education, Campbell Scholarship Committee sixth book, co-authored with his Senior High School, Kenton, Mathematics) is a teacher at at Huron High, he stays current older brother Joe (BGSU, 1963) on OH. She received her Masters Perkins Local Schools, Ohio and with each graduating class at Advanced Calculus, has recently of Education degree from the resides in Huron, Ohio. Huron High. Monitoring a bluebird been published. His wife Kathe University of Findlay in 2006. trail in the local park district, (Hemminger) Dence is also a Karen L. (Van Belleghem) gardening, travel (Alaska in June BGSU grad, and former Executive Larry Leffel (BS Mathematics, Murany (BS Math Ed., 1965) 2008 and Colorado in June 2009), Secretary to the Dean of BGSU/ 1968) retired after 37 years of is Professor of Mathematics at genealogy (BGSU is a great source Firelands campus. teaching, and is currently a Oakland Community College in of information) and Sudoku help realtor with his own office (www. Royal Oak, Michigan (19 years). She keep life interesting. He and his Marlene Eby (BS Math Ed., larryleffel.com) and an Adjunct earned an MS in Mathematics at wife, Marlene, reside in Huron, Ohio. MA Math) retired from Huber Professor at Edison Community Elmira College, Elmira, NY in 1970. Heights City Schools in 2003. She College in Piqua, Ohio. He earned Karen taught high school for five Ozgur Martin (Ph.D. 2010), was department head at Wayne a M. Ed. Degree in 1971, and was years in Elmira, NY, and taught at continues as Visiting Assistant High School, Huber Heights City formerly the men’s basketball Lawrence Technological University Professor at Miami University Schools, for 10 years. Currently she coach and Director of Athletics in Southfield, MI. Her husband (Ohio), since last Fall. is an adjunct professor at Sinclair at Edison C.C. while Mathematics Andrew Murany (deceased) Community College. Department Chair at Northwestern graduated from BGSU with a BS David Crawford (BS Math Ed. High School in Clark County. He in Business (1965) and MBA in And English, 1965) is Instructor Donald J. Esber (BS Ed. Math/ currently resides in Troy, Ohio with Finance (1965). at Lorain County Community Chemistry, 1973) retired as math his wife Karen Gaier. College, Elyria, Ohio. He earned teacher in 1996 from Olentangy Paul Olsen (BS Math, 1970; MA his M. Ed. At Kent State in 1968, High School, Olentangy Local Lonie Moore (BS Math/ Math, 1972) is Associate Professor and took additional coursework at Schools, Delaware, Ohio. He is Actuarial Science 2008) accepted of Mathematics and Director of BGSU, KSU, Ashland University and married to Linda G. Esber and lives a position with GE - Aviation Advising at Wesley College in Oberlin. He resides in Avon, Ohio in Delaware, Ohio. (General Electric’s aviation Dover, Delaware, where he has with his wife Maryann. corporate headquarters in taught for 29 years and served two H. Ruth (Hyland Hall) (Math 1954) Cincinnati), joining a team that years as Assistant Vice President for Matthew Osborn (BS Math is retired as mathematician for the models jet engine failure. He Academic Affairs. He also taught and CS, 1999) is Executive Director National Advisory Committee for is also adjunct faculty at Xavier for three years at BGSU Firelands of Information Technology at Aeronautics (which became the University in Cincinnati, teaching campus and five years at Shelby Northwest State Community National Aeronautic and Space actuarial science. He and his wife State Community College in College in Archbold, Ohio. Administration) and resides in welcomed baby daughter Grace Memphis, Tennessee. Spokane, Washington. Elizabeth Moore, born 10/29/10. Alumni News, continued math.stat.chat Non-Profit Org. Dept. of Mathmatics and Statistics U.S. POSTAGE 450 Math Science Building PAID Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 MINSTER, OH Permit No. 2

Alumni News, continued Ryan Rahrig (Ph.D. 2010) also on a tenure-track Assistant for Anaheim Union H.S. District in years. Prior to BGSU she attended began his career immediately after Professor position since this past Fall. 2002 and nominated for teacher several summer math sessions graduation in August as a tenure- of the year for California. For the for high school math teachers. track faculty member in Statistics Thomas R. Rodgers (BS last five years he has taught adult She has two children and four at Ohio Northern University. Mathematics, 1963) served as Chair education in mathematics. He is granddaughters. of the Mathematics Department married to Veronica S. Rodgers and Kevin Rion (Ph.D. May 2011). of South Jr. High, Anaheim Union resides in Fountain Valley, CA. Kyle (Masterton) Schultz Kevin accepted a (tenure-track) H. S. District in California for 20 (BS Math and CS, 1972) is Senior Assistant Professor position at years, where he taught 38 years, Esther Julia (Hoover) Business Security Manager (Chief Bridgewater State University retiring in 2004 with 41 years of Schrock (MA Mathematics, Security Office) at AT&T, Inc. in (Massachusetts), where his wife teaching including three years in 1962) currently resides in Goshen, Lake Mary, Florida. He is married to Irina Seceleanu (who earned her the Elgin School District in Ohio. Indiana. She taught at Penn High Dana W. Schultz and resides in The Ph.D. under Kit Chan in 2010) is Thomas was “Teacher of the Year” School, Mishawaka, Indiana for 25 Villages, Florida. n Recent PhDs

Benjamin Carr (PhD in Nathaniel Iverson (PhD in Composition Operators,” Irina Seceleanu (PhD Mathematics, 2010) “On Flips of Mathematics, 2010) “A Phan- supervised by Juan Bes, in Mathematics, 2010) Unitary Buildings,” supervised by like Theorem for Orthogonal accepted a position at Miami “Hypercyclic Operators and Rieuwert Blok, accepted a position Groups in Even Characteristic,” (OH) University. Their Orbital Limit Points,” at Lindenwood University. supervised by Rieuwert supervised by Kit Chan, joined Blok, accepted a position at Ngoc Nguyen (PhD in Bridgewater State University. n Ryan Rahrig (PhD in Statistics, University of Toledo. Statistics, 2010) “Estimation of 2010) “Automated Alignment of Technical Efficiency in Stochastic RNA 3D Structure,” supervised by Ozgur Martin (PhD in Frontier,” supervised by Arjun Craig Zirbel, accepted a position at Mathematics, 2010) “Disjoint Gupta, accepted a position at Ohio Northern University. Hypercyclic and Supercyclic University of Kentucky.