THE OHIO SECTION: 1915-1990


Appendix D

SUMMER SHORT COURSES

1974  Combinatorics, June 10-14, Ohio State U.
Principal Lecturer: D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri (Ohio State) [40].
Numerical Analysis, June 17-21, Kent State U.
Principal Lecturer: James Dailey (Kent State) [20].
1975 Mathematical Programming and Economics, June 16-20, Youngstown State U.
Principal Lecturer: Gerald Thompson (Carnegie-Mellon) [73].
1976 Probability & Statistics, June 14-18, Bowling Green State U.
Lecturers: R.G. Laha & V.K. Rohatgi (Bowling Green) [49].
1977 Mathematical Problems in Biology and Medicine, June 14-18, Ohio U.
Jointly sponsored by MAA Ohio and Allegheny Mountain Sections.
Principal Lecturer: Maynard Thompson (Indiana U.) [25].
1978 Application of Control Theory, June 13-17, Allegheny C., Meadville, PA.
Jointly sponsored by MAA Ohio and Allegheny Mountain Sections.
Principal Lecturer: Don Norris (Ohio U.) [16].
1979 Theory of Computing, June 12-15, U. of Akron.
Principal Lecturer: Eugene Santos (Youngstown State U.) [30].
1980 Recent History of Mathematics, June 10-13, Kenyon College.
Principal Lecturer: Harry Pollard (Purdue) [50].
1981 Numerical Linear Algebra, June 16-19, Ohio State U.
Principal Lecturer: Bostwick Wyman (Ohio State) [42].
1982 Teaching Computer Science in a Mathematics Department, June 8-11, Denison U.
Organizer: Zaven Karian (Denison), Assisted by 15 lecturers [69].
1983 Introduction to Factoring and Primality Testing, June 16-18, Kent State U.
Principal Lecturers: Carl Pomerance and Sam Wagstaff (U. of Georgia) [49].

Data Structures, June 13-July 1, Denison U.
Principal Lecturer: Zaven A. Karian (Denison) [35].
1984 Systems Programming, June 11-29, Denison U.
Principal Lecturer: Zaven A. Karian (Denison) [31].
1985 Discrete Structures for Computers and Discrete Mathematics, July 17-19, U. of Akron.
(Originally planned for 1984.)
Principal Lecturers: Donald Beane (Wooster) and David Buchthal (Akron) [30].

Operating Systems, June 10-28, Bowling Green State U.
Principal Lecturer: Ann-Marie Lancaster (Bowling Green) [24].

Data Structures (Second Round), June 10-28, Denison U.
Principal Lecturer: Zaven A. Karian (Denison) [11].
1986 History of Calculus, July 16-18, Ashland College.
Principal Lecturer: V. Frederick Rickey (Bowling Green) [36].
1987 A New Unified Approach to Applied Linear Algebra, July 15-17, John Carroll U.
Principal Lecturer: Alan C. Tucker (SUNY-Stony Brook) [46].
1988 Using Computer Algebra Systems to Teach Calculus, July 13-15, Denison U.
Principal Lecturers: Zaven Karian and Andrew Sterrett (Denison) [31].

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Geometry and Discrete Mathematics
(for Secondary School Teachers), June 26-July 1, Muskingum College.
Principal Lecturers: James Smith (Muskingum) and Janet Roll (Findlay) [15].
1989 Topics in Additive Number Theory, July 26-28, Findlay College.
Principal Lecturer: George Andrews (Penn State) [18].

Discrete Mathematics and Electronic Graphing (for Secondary School Teachers),
July 23-August 4, Baldwin-Wallace College.
Principal Lecturer: Richard Little (Baldwin Wallace) [30].
1990 Standards in Mathematics: For the Present and the Future
(for Middle School Teachers), June 24-29, Muskingum College.
Principal Lecturers: James Smith (Muskingum) and Janet Roll [14].
1991 Problem Solving: How to Teach It.
July 17-19, John Carroll U.
Principal Lecturer: Edward Barbeau (U. of Toronto)
1992 Fractals and Chaos.
June 17-19, Bowling Green State U.
Principal Lecturer: Robert L. Devaney (Boston U.)
1993 Canceled
1994 No course
1995 Symmetry and Group Theory.
June 15-17, U. Of Dayton
Principal Lecturer: Doris Schattschneider (Moravian College)
1996 Actuarial Mathematics.
June 3-5, Marshall U.
Principal Lecturer: Mathew Carlton
1997 Topics in Discrete Mathematics.
June 5-7, Wittenberg U.
Principal Lecturer: Joe Gallian (U. of Minn.-Duluth)
1998 Cancelled due to illness
1999 Cancelled
2000 Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture
June 28-30, Cedarville College
David M. Bressoud (Macalester C.) [17]
2001 A Mathematical Sampler: 1669-1900.
June 27-29, Ashland U.
Principal Lecturer: William Dunham (Muhlenberg College) [37]
2002 Introduction to Game Theory.
June 27-29, U. of Dayton
Principal Lecturer: Phil Straffin (Beloit College) []
2003 Cryptography.
July 16-18, Capital U.
Principal Lecturer: Robert Lewand (Goucher College) [17]
2004 Teaching and Doing Knot Theory.
June 2-4, Ohio Northern U.
Principal Lecturer: Colin Adams (Williams College) [14]
2005 Canceled
2006 Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game.
June 7-9, Mount Union C.
Principal Lecturer: James Albert (Bowling Green St. U.)
2007 Canceled
2008 Study the Masters: Using Primary, Historical Sources in Teaching and Research.
June 18-22, Xavier University.
Principal Lecturers: Daniel Otero (Xavier) and David Pengelley (New Mexico State University) [11]
2009 Knot Theory.
July 13-14, Denison University
Principal Lecturer: Colin Adams (Williams C.)
[Numbers in square brackets denote attendance.]