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Professional and Leadership Positions
Editorial Positions
Major St. Olaf Responsibilities
Selected Speaking Engagements
Selected Publications (pdf)
Professional and Leadership Positions
| 2003-07
| Special Assistant to the Provost, St. Olaf College. | |
2000-03 | Director of Institutional Research and Planning, St. Olaf College. | |
1996-03 | Senior Faculty Advisor, Office of the Provost, St. Olaf College. | |
1992-95 | Executive Director, Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB), National Research Council. | |
1989-92 | Faculty Director of Academic Computing, St. Olaf College. | |
1989 | Chair, Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP). | |
1988-90 | Chair, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS). | |
1985-86 | President, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). | |
1982-88 | Secretary, Section A (Mathematics), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). | |
1979-82 | Chairman, Consortium on Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) Council. | |
1975-05 | Professor of Mathematics, St. Olaf College. | |
1960-71 | Institute Mittag-Leffler, Djursholm, Sweden. | |
1965-75 | Assistant, Associate Professor of Mathematics, St. Olaf College. |
Editorial Positions
| 2004-05
| Editor, Math and Bio 2010: Linking Undergraduate Disciplines, Mathematical Association of America, 2005. | |
2003-06 | Editor, Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 2006. | |
2000-06 | Consulting Editor for Mathematics, Achieve, Inc. | |
1991-92 | Editor, Heeding the Call for Change: Suggestions for Curricular Action, Mathematical Association of America, 1992. | |
1991-92 | Editor, Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 1992. | |
1990-91 | Editor, Moving Beyond Myths: Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematics, National Academy Press, 1991. | |
1989-94 | Editorial Advisory Board, The Mathematica Journal. | |
1989-92 | Editorial Board, The Wittenberg Review: An Undergraduate Journal of the Liberal Arts. | |
1989-91 | Editor, MAA-NSF-Exxon Basic Library List in the Mathematical Sciences. | |
1989-90 | Editor, On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy, National Academy Press, 1990. | |
1988-91 | Associate Editor, Undergraduate Mathematics Education Trends. | |
1988-89 | Editor, Reshaping College Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 1989. | |
1987-88 | Editor, Calculus for a New Century: A Pump, Not a Filter, Mathematical Association of America, 1988. | |
1980-91 | Associate Editor, Mathematical Modelling: An International Journal. | |
1978-82 | Contributing Editor, The Mathematical Intelligencer. | |
1976-86 | Mathematics Writer for Britannica Book of the Year. | |
1976-82 | Contributing Editor for Mathematics, Science News. | |
1976-80 | Co-Editor, Mathematics Magazine. | |
1960-92 | Telegraphic Book Review Editor of The American Mathematical Monthly. |
Major St. Olaf Responsibilities
| 2003-07
| Special Assistant to the Provost. | |
2000-02 | Director, Institutional Research and Planning. | |
1996-02 | Member, Dean's Council. | |
1989-92 | Chair, Academic Computing Policy Board | |
1989-90 | Chair, Associate Dean Search Committee | |
1988-89 | Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics | |
1988-89 | Executive Secretary, Curriculum Review Committee | |
1983-84 | Chair, Personnel Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion | |
1979-83 | Project Director, NSF CAUSE program. | |
1979-80 | Co-Director of Academic Computing | |
1978-79 | Acting Chairman, Department of Mathematics | |
1976-77 | Chair, Personnel Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion | |
1975-79 | Danforth Liaison Officer | |
1972-74 | Executive Secretary, Centennial Long-Range Planning Committee | |
1967-60 | Director of N.S.F. Undergraduate Research Participation Programs |
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Degrees and Awards
Foreign Professional Experience
Departmental Reviews
Board and Committee Leadership
Selected Committees and Boards
Degrees and Awards
| 1999
| Award of Appreciation, American Mathematical Society of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC). | |
1996 | Sc. D., honoris causa, Concordia College (MN), Wittenberg University, Ohio (1991), Luther College, Iowa (1986). | |
1992 | Award for Distinguished Service, The Mathematical Association of America. | |
1989 | Board of Directors Special Award, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society | |
1985 | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa. | |
1982 | Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). | |
1973 | Lester R. Ford Awards for Expository Writing, The Mathematical Association of America (1973, 1975). | |
1960 | National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellowship, Institute Mittag-Leffler, Djursholm, Sweden. | |
1965 | Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Field: Mathematics.) | |
1961 | Danforth (1961-65), Woodrow Wilson (1961-62), and National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships. | |
1961 | B.A., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. (Majors: Mathematics, Physics; Minor: Philosophy.) |
Foreign Professional Experience
| 2003
| Australia: Plenary Address, Mathematical Association of Victoria, Melbourne. | |
2003 | New Zealand: Plenary Address, Delta'03: The Southern Hemisphere Conference on Teaching and Learning Mathematics at the University Level, Queenstown. | |
2000 | Switzerland: Plenary Address, L'Enseignement Mathématique Anniversary Symposium, Geneva. | |
2000 | Japan: Chief Organizer, Working Group on Mathematics Education in Universities, International Congress on Mathematics Education, Tokyo/Makuhari. | |
2000 | South Africa: Keynote Lecture, Annual Congress of the Association of Mathematics Educators of South Africa, Blomfontein. | |
1998 | Singapore: Plenary Lecture, ICMI Workshop on University Mathematics, Singapore. | |
1996 | Spain: International Congress on Mathematics Education, Seville. | |
1991 | China: Plenary Lecture, ICMI Regional Workshop, Beijing. | |
1990 | Russia: National Academy of Science Delegation on Mathematics Education, Moscow | |
1990 | Great Britain: ICMI Workshop on Popularization of Mathematics, Leeds. | |
1988 | Hungary: Plenary Lecture, International Congress on Mathematics Education, Budapest. | |
1985 | France: ICMI Workshop on Mathematics and Informatics, Strassbourg. | |
1985 | Mexico: Cross-Cultural Study of Technology in Mathematics Education, Guanajuato. | |
1983 | China: Assistant Leader, U.S. Delegation on Mathematics Education. | |
1960 | Sweden: Sabbatical Leave, Institute Mittag-Leffler, Stockholm. |
Departmental Reviews
| 2002
| Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California. | |
1998 | Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. | |
1998 | Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. | |
1990 | Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. | |
1990 | Hope College, Holland, Michigan. | |
1989 | Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. | |
1989 | Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. | |
1988 | Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. | |
1987 | Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. | |
1987 | Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, Pennsylvania | |
1986 | Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. | |
1985 | Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. | |
1983 | Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. | |
1983 | Colby College, Waterville, Maine. | |
1981 | Viterbo College, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. | |
1981 | The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. | |
1981 | St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota. | |
1980 | Regis College in Denver, Colorado. | |
1980 | Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. | |
1978 | Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. | |
1978 | St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. |
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Board and Committee Leadership
| 2000-02
| Vice Chairman, SciMath-MN, Minnesota Department of Children, Family, and Learning. | |
1999-02 | Project Director for Quantitative Literacy, National Council on Education and the Disciplines (NCED), Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. | |
2000-01 | Chair, Subcommittee on Best Practices and Professional Development of the Commission on Mathematics Education of the New York City Board of Education. | |
1996-00 | Chair, NSF Visiting Committee for the Long Island Consortium for Interconnected Learning (LICIL). | |
1997-99 | Co-Principal Investigator, NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Project. | |
1997-99 | Chair, Joint Advisory Board for Focus and MAA OnLine, Mathematical Association of America. | |
1995-98 | Co-Director, Project EXTEND, an Internet Forum on Mathematics Education. | |
1985-92 | Co-Director, Minnesota Mathematics Mobilization. | |
1988-91 | Chair, MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM). | |
1988-90 | Chair, MAA-AAC Task Force on the Undergraduate Mathematics Major. | |
1984 | Chair, Committee on Communications, American Mathematical Society. | |
1983 | Assistant Leader, Delegation of Mathematics Educators, People's Republic of China. | |
1980-86 | Trustee, Consortium on Mathematics and Its Applications. | |
1980-82 | Chair, Newsletter Editorial Committee of the Mathematical Association of America. |
Selected Committees and Boards
| 1997-02
| Committtee on Science Policy, Mathematical Association of America. | |
1999-02 | SciMath-MN Board of Directors, Minnesota Department of Children, Family, and Learning. | |
1999-01 | Mathematics Advisory Committee for Achieve's Mathematics Achievement Partnership. | |
1993-00 | Mathematics Advisory Committee, The College Board. | |
1992-96 | Advisory Committee, Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics (NCTM). | |
1992-96 | Committee on Opportunities in Science, American Assoc. Advancement of Science. | |
1992-96 | Coordinating Council on Education, Mathematical Association of America. | |
1992-96 | Advisory Committee for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, U.S. Dept. of Education. | |
1990-92 | Executive Committee, Project Kaleidoscope. | |
1976-92 | Board of Governors, Mathematical Association of America. | |
1985-91 | Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council. | |
1986-89 | Advisory Committee, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation. | |
1986-89 | Commission on Standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. | |
1985-87 | Committee on Programs for Talented Youth, American Mathematical Society. | |
1981-86 | Committee to Monitor Problems in Communications, American Mathematical Society. | |
1984-84 | Council of the American Mathematical Society. | |
1979-81 | U.S. Commission on the XXIII International Mathematical Olympiad. | |
1973-80 | Committee on Publications, Mathematical Association of America. |
Selected Speaking Engagements
| 2005
| Opening Lecture, SAUM Workshop on Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics, Clayton, GA. Topic: "Asking the Right Questions." | |
2003 | Plenary Address, Delta '03: The Southern Hemisphere Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics, Queenstown, New Zealand. Topic: "Refractions, Reflections, Recombinations: Democratising Maths for Mass Education." | |
2003 | Plenary Address, Mathematical Association of Victoria, Melbourne. Topic: "Citizens or Scientists? Just Who Benefits from School Mathematics?" | |
2002 | Keynote Lecture, Annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council, Asilomar, CA. Topic: "Quantitative Literacy." | |
2001 | Opening Plenary Address, NSF Workshop on Rethinking Precalculus, Crystal City, VA. Topic: "Twenty Questions About Precalculus." | |
2000 | Plenary Address, Anniversary Symposium "One Hundred Years of L'Enseignement Mathematique: Moments of Mathematics Education in the 20th Century," University of Geneva. Topic: "Analysis 2000: A Potpourri of Instructional Issues." | |
2000 | Colloquium Lecture, University of Cape Town. Topic: "Quantitative Literacy: A Challenge for Universities." | |
2000 | Opening Plenary Address, Annual Congress of the Association of Mathematics Educators of South Africa (AMESA). Topic:"Reaching for Quantitative Literacy." | |
1999 | Keynote Lecture, Silver Anniversary Meeting of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC). Topic: "Making Points for Mathematics." | |
1998 | Opening Plenary Address, International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) Study Conference, Singapore. Topic: "Revolution by Stealth: Redefining University Mathematics." | |
1995 | American Council of Learned Societies. Topic: "National Education Standards: Implications for Higher Education and for Learned Societies." | |
1993 | National Science Foundation Division of Education and Human Resources. Topic: "Goals for Mathematics Education: What Does it Mean to be Number One?" | |
1992 | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Topic: "Next Steps in Mathematics Education." | |
1992 | Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education, Quebec. Topic: "Undergraduate Mathematics in the United States." | |
1991 | University of Chicago International Conference on Mathematics Education. Topic: "Will Everybody Ever Count?" | |
1991 | Plenary Address, Regional Meeting on Mathematical Education, Beijing, China. Topic: "Facing the Future: Mathematics For Everyone." | |
1989 | International Commission on Mathematics Instruction Workshop on Popularization of Mathematics, Leeds, UK. Topic: "Mathematical News That's Fit to Print." | |
1987 | National Science Foundation Directorate for Science and Engineering Education. Topic: "Forces for Change in the Mathematics Curriculum." | |
1984 | Carl Mellby Memorial Lecture, St. Olaf College. Topic: "1 + 1 = 0: The Invisible Revolution in Modern Mathematics." |
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