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Education:
- M. S. Operations Research/Computer Science, Stanford University.
- Ph. D. Mathematics, Stanford University.
- B. A. Mathematics, Whitman College.
Professional Positions:
- Professor of Computer Science, Pacific Lutheran University.
- Chair and Director of Graduate Program, Computer Science, PLU.
- Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, PLU.
- Visiting Research Scientist, Agder College, Kristiansand, Norway.
- Program-Analyst for database project, Research Libraries Group, Stanford, CA.
- National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow, Stanford University.
- Visiting Research Professor, Department of Operations Research, Stanford University.
- Professor and Chair of Mathematics, Alma College, Alma, Michigan.
- Assistant Professor, Reed College, Portland, Oregon.
Areas of Professional Interest and Teaching Expertise
- Computer Graphics
- Programming Languages
- Data Structures
- Computer Information Systems & Database Management
- Teaching & Learning Mathematical Concepts using the Computer
- Operations Research: Queuing Theory
- Calligraphy and Calligraphic Design
- The Internet and Web Page Design
Professional Membership and Service:
- Computer Science Accreditation Board of the Computing Sciences Accreditation
Commission--evaluator
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Danforth Associates Northwest
- Society for Italic Handwriting
Honors and awards:
- Research Fellowship from the National Research Council of Norway, 1989-90
- National Science Foundation Faculty Fellowship (for full years post-doctoral study in
Computer Science at Stanford University), 1981-82
Publications, manuscripts, etc.
- Matriser og Datagrafikk (Matrices and Computer Graphics). Co-authored with
Aasvald Lima and Hans Erik Borgersen. Agder College monograph.
- Tables of Queue Size and Waiting Time Distributions. Co-authored with Avis,
Fossett, Hillier, Reiman, and Yu. Technical Report. Stanford University.
- Partial Derivative and the Tangent Plane. Computer animated movie. Co- authored
with Clifford Long. Computer Graphics for Learning Mathematics, National Science
Foundation Project.
- Linear Algebra and Multi-Variable Calculus, textbook, co-authored with Paul
Wilson.
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