Service Citation

CITATION

for

MELVIN A. NYMAN

for the

Michigan Section

Mathematical Association of America

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

The Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America is pleased to recognize Professor Melvin A. Nyman, Professor of Mathematics, Alma College, as the 2003 recipient of its Distinguished Service Award. We gratefully acknowledge the many contributions he has made both to our Section and to the larger mathematical community for many years.

Between 1988 and 1992 Professor Nyman served the Michigan Section as Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chair and Program Chair, Chair, and Past Chair. Mel chaired several committees for the Section, including the Nominating Committee, Distinguished Service Award Committee, and Governor Nominating Committee. He served on the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee and the Finance Committee, and chaired the Local Arrangements Committee when the 1994 Section Meeting was held at Alma College. From 1983 to 1986 he was a member of the MMPC Exam Committee, becoming its chair in 1986.

At Alma College, Mel was Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Chair, Natural Sciences Division Chair, and Vice Chair of the Alma College Faculty. He has served on editorial boards and refereed for several journals, published numerous articles in modeling botanical phenomena, statistics, and teaching issues, and traveled the world from New Zealand to England for his research and teaching. In 1986 the students of Alma College elected Mel to the Distinguished Faculty Award in Natural Sciences. Outside of academia, Mel has served the City of Alma on a number of committees and served on the City Commission. He was elected the Mayor of Alma in 2002.

For his many years of dedicated service and outstanding leadership, the Michigan Section is proud to present the

2003 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

to

PROFESSOR MELVIN A. NYMAN