I am the Valeriote Professor of Science at Santa Clara University and former chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Among my other duties, I am the Former President and past Secretary of the Mathematical Association of America. (I was President of the MAA between January 1997 and January 1999.)
I am also the Associate Director of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and edit the Spectrum Series of books for the MAA.
For additional biographical information, see: Who's Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, and Contemporary Authors.
Anyone interested in using the text Abstract Algebra: A First Undergraduate Course by A.P. Hillman and myself should be aware that it is available through Waveland Press, Inc., P.O. Box 400, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070.
E-mail and mailing addresses are
galexand@math.scu.edu
and
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0290
Phones:
408 - 554-6894 and 408 - 554-4525 (Mathematics/Computer Science Department office)
408 - 554-2370 (Mathematics/Computer Science Department FAX)
Maintainer:
galexand@math.scu.edu
Last changed: 21 September 2004.