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Reception for Alumni and Friends of the Mathematics Department at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 5-8, 2009, in Washington, DC Tuesday, January 6, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Tyler Room, Marriott Wardman Park
Alumni, spouses, family and friends of the Mathematics Department are invited to come and meet old friends and to hear about recent events in the department.
Professor Emeritus LeRoy B. Martin, Jr. has been honored with the nineteenth PAMS Distinguished Alumni Award. (story)
In recognition of Dr. Martin's contributions to mathematics at NC State, James Goodnight, CEO of SAS Institute, has endowed the LeRoy Martin Distinguished Professorship", the first privately endowed distinguished professorship for the Mathematics Department.
Leroy Martin came to NC State University (then NC State College) as a teaching fellow in 1949, teaching half-time and working toward a masters degree. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1958, and after a stint with IBM, returned to NC State as an assistant professor in 1961. Martin served the university in a variety of leadership capacities, including directing the early development of computer science programs and facilities on campus in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1983, he returned to full-time teaching in the Mathematics Department as a full professor, and has been Professor Emeritus since 1996. Brief autobiography is here.
James Goodnight is one of the founders of SAS, the world's leading business intelligence software vendor. He received a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics in 1965, a master's degree in experimental statistics in 1968 and a doctorate in statistics in 1972, all from NC State, where he was also a faculty member from 1972 to 1976. Jim and his wife, Ann, are longtime supporters of PAMS and the university through leadership and financial generosity.
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New Mathematics and Statistics Building The new Mathematics and Statistics Building is under construction!
Follow construction progress here.
Photos of site and building model.
The story behind the new Mathematics - Statistics buidling.
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