A
History of the San Jose State Math Department
(written by Brad Jackson with contributions from various Math Department Emeritus Faculty).
A list of Math Department Emeritus is given in the table below. With sadness we announce the passing of two Math Dept Emeritus faculty, Britt J. Schweitzer and Lester H. Lange. Britt J. Schweitzer passed away on May 8, 2009, in Morgan Hill. Schweitzer taught mathematics at San Jose State from 1960-1988. After retirement, he played the viola with the South Valley Symphony Orchestra, and he also enjoyed playing the harpsicord and the piano. Lester H. Lange, a former chair of the Math Department and a longtime dean of the College of Science at San Jose State passed away on March 16, 2010. His obituary can be found at http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/announcements/news/3-17-10-dr-lester-h-lange-1924-2010. Math Department Emeritus Faculty, Robert Wrede and Anthony Lovaglia both died in Fall 2011.
Math Dept Emeritus Faculty
|
|
Name
|
Years of service
|
|
Rodney E. Anderson |
1958-1980 |
|
Martin Billik |
1961-2007 |
|
C. Kenneth Bradshaw |
1958-1995 |
|
Leonard Bristow |
1957-1969 |
|
Michael Burke |
1972-2004 |
|
Natasha Bozovic |
1987-2010 |
|
Jane Day |
1982-2010 |
|
Vladimir Drobot |
1990-2007 |
|
Amiel Feinstein |
1966-1986 |
|
Marjorie Fitting-Gifford |
1968-1992 |
|
Kenneth A. Fowler |
1957-1980 |
|
Edison Greer |
1959-1977 |
|
Eloise Hamann |
1985-2006 |
|
Lester H. Lange |
1960-1988 |
|
Charles N. Larsen |
1954-1989 |
|
Anthony R. Lovaglia |
1951-1986 |
|
Igor Malyshev |
1986-2007 |
|
John L. Marks |
1952-1979 |
|
John Mitchem |
1970-2005 |
|
Hedley Morris |
1986-2007 |
|
F. Patricia O'Donnell |
1948-1978 |
|
Veril Phillips |
1981-2010 |
|
Richard Post |
1957-1984 |
|
Gerald Preston |
1955-1988 |
|
Robert Pruitt |
1963-1987 |
|
Britt J. Schweitzer |
1959-1988 |
|
William H. Sills |
1966-1996 |
|
Edgar Simons |
1961-1994 |
|
Frederick Stern |
1968-2001 |
|
Howard S. G. Swann |
1970-2003 |
|
Dmitri Thoro |
1958-1994 |
|
Linda Valdes |
1990-2009 |
|
Donald Weddington |
1969-2008 |
|
Robert Wrede |
1955-1994 |
At the present time five Math Department faculty, Joanne Becker (1984- ), Michael Beeson (1981- ), Les Foster (1981- ), Ken Kellum (1981- ) and Ed Schmeichel (1979- ) have retired and entered the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP).