Resume

My two favorite teachers at Murray were Max Carman and Evelyn Linn. Two very kind people and great teachers. I married my Hialeah High School sweetheart, Ann Carey, during the summer following graduation.

My masters thesis was written under the direction of Professor Bob Hemminger. My first child, Tim, was born in the middle of my second year at Vanderbilt. After getting the M.S. degree I spent an enjoyable three years teaching at Arkansas State University.

My mentor was Professor Robert L. Hemminger who recently retired. My third child, Cindy, was born during this time. After graduating from Vanderbilt I took a visiting position at Emory University.

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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Teaching

Arkansas State University, Department of Mathematics, Instructor, (1968-1971)

Needing a break from graduate school I had a chance to join a friend of mine and go to Arkansas. My friend was hired as Chair of the Department. This was a nice break for me. My second child, Tracy, was born in Arkansas. After three years I went back to Vanderbilt to finish my graduate study.

Emory University, Department of Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor , (1973-1974)

This was my first job after finishing the Ph.D.. What a great place to start a career. Three other fresh Ph.D.'s were there that year at Emory. We had a lot in common and became very good friends.

Iowa State University, Department of Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor , (1974-1975)

One year at Iowa State followed a one year visiting position at Emory. I had a choice at the end of this year to take a tenure track position at ISU or a research position at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. My wife was a big influence in this decision (she refers to the one year at Iowa State as four winters). Years later she would say she missed the Iowa winter. It was a memorable year at a very beautiful school and a very warm department.

Auburn University, Department of Mathematics, Assistant Professor, (1977-1980)

My three years at Auburn followed two years with NASA. When I interviewed here they threw a great big party for me. I was impressed. Later I learned they have great big parties every week. The research group in combinatorics was extraordinary. I learned a lot of very good mathematics during this time.

Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Professor, (1980-1990)

During these ten years I evolved into a computer scientist. These were fun times. There were hard working bright students eager to learn and it was all I could do to stay a day ahead of them. Through summer research programs at NASA and primarily at Argonne National Lab I was able to learn and bring a lot back to the classroom. The experience at ANL and my associations there led to my two years at LSU. Shortly after arriving in Kentucky my fifth and last child, Carey, was born.

Louisiana State University, Department of Computer Science, Associate Professor , (1990-1992)

While at LSU I was associated with the Concurrent Computing Laboratory for Materials Simulations (CCLMS) and the Computer Science Department. I developed some very special friendships with people at LSU and enjoyed my two years in Louisiana very much. I did miss my old Kentucky home though.

Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Professor, (1992-present) Foundation Professor, (1999-2001).

My teaching duties usually include both MAT and CSC courses.

Research

Illinois Institute of Technology NSF Summer Research Program , (Summer, 1969)

A summer in south side Chicago. Made some good friends and did some graph theory. A very good experience. I was at Rainbow beach, south side, when the eagle landed.

SUNY BinghamtonNSF Summer Research Program , (Summer, 1971)

The summer preceding continuing graduate work at Vanderbilt. Worked with Hud Kronk and John Mitchum on coloring and embedding problems. This time really helped me begin a Ph.D. research program.

Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, NRC Research Associate , (1975-1977)

These two years gave me my first involvement with applications and computing. It was a great experience. I worked with a small group of very bright people. Most of the work centered around experiment scheduling for HEAO-B, Space Telescope and the future shuttle programs. My fourth child, Kelly Lou, was born in Huntsville. My third child, not even four yet, has now lived in four different states.

Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Research Participant , (Summer, 1978 and 1979)

Much of the work I did during these summers was a continuation of the work on experiment scheduling during my two years as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate.

Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Research Participant , (Summer, 1981)

This was a nice summer. I can't claim to have contributed much to their effort but I did learn a lot. Also, the tennis facilities at Goddard were great.

Argonne National Laboratory, Research Participant , (Summer, 1988)

During this summer I would renew an old friendship and make two new ones. I learned a lot about programming SIMD machines (CM2) and develop a molecular dynamics algorithm for the Connection Machine. This work would eventually take me to Louisiana.

Argonne National Laboratory, Consultant (Fall, 1988 and Summer, 1989)

During this time I worked on the Center for Energy Research Computation (CERC) Project. All of my work on this project involved adapting and evaluating scientific applications for the Connection Machine located in the Advanced Computing Research Facility of ANL. The primary application areas were in quantum chromodynamics, fluid dynamics, and molecular dynamics.