The Certificate of Meritorious Service is presented for service at the national level or for service to a Section of the Association. The first such awards were made in 1984. At each January meeting of the Association, honorees from several Sections are recognized. In New Orleans in 2007, Jerry Grossman was recognized. His nomination statement follows.

The Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America is pleased to nominate Jerrold W. Grossman, Professor of Mathematics, Oakland University, for the 2006 Certificate of Meritorious Service given by the MAA. We gratefully acknowledge the many contributions he has made over the years both to our Section and to the larger mathematical community.

Jerry has a long history of service to the Michigan Section. He was a member of the Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition Exam Committee and the Michigan MAA Teaching Excellence Award Committee (after receiving the Section’s 1994 Teaching Excellence Award), Director of the High School Visiting Lecture Program, Newsletter Editor, and Section Governor. As Governor, Jerry was responsible for revising our Section By-laws.

Jerry has also served the larger mathematics community through his work on the MAA Monthly problems editorial panel, on the Dolciani series editorial board, as an AP Calculus Exam reader, as a problems consultant to the AMC and AIME national high school mathematics competitions, and as a member of the NCTM’s Educational Materials Committee. Jerry also created and maintains the Web site for The Erdös Number Project.

At Oakland University, Jerry has served in many roles, including as an elected member of the University Senate, College of Arts and Sciences Assembly, College Executive Committee, Senate Steering Committee, Faculty Re-employment and Promotion Committee, College of Art and Sciences Committee on Appointment and Promotion, Secondary Education Council and its Steering Committee. Jerry has been an Associate Chair and Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. In addition to being active in the AAUP at the university level, Jerry has also served at the state level as a member of Committee W (on the status of women in the profession).

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