CURRICULUM VITÆ
GERALD L. ALEXANDERSON
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
500 El Camino Real
Telephone: (408) 554-6894 or 554-4525
Fax: (408) 554-2370
E-mail: galexanderson@scu.edu
(In what follows, the most significant points are in
boldface.)
Information last updated, September 29, 2009.
Academic
Experience:
Teaching Assistant and Acting Instructor, 1955-58
Lecturer, Summers, 1958, 1959
Research Associate, Carnegie Corporation grant, 1958-61
Lecturer (
Instructor, 1958-62
Assistant Professor, 1962-67
Associate Professor, 1967-72
Professor, 1972-79
Michael & Elizabeth Valeriote Professor in Science, 1979-
Coordinator, University Honors Program, 1965-67
Chair, Department of Mathematics (now Mathematics & Computer Science), 1967-2002
Director of the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, 1981-90
Vice-Dean,
Member, Board of Trustees, 1979-86
Vice Chair, 1984-86
Member, Committee on Presidential Evaluation and Nominations, 1979-86
Member, Committee on Educational Programs and Academic Personnel, 1979-86
Chair, Committee on Long Range Planning and Priorities, 1979-86
Member, ad hoc Committee on Commencement Speakers, 1982-86
Education:
B. A. (with highest honors), 1955,
Mathematics,
M. S., 1958, Mathematics,
Membership in
Professional Societies:
American Mathematical Society,
Mathematical Association
of
Recognition:
Honor Societies:
Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Delta Phi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa
Awards:
President's Special Recognition Award for Teaching, Research and Service to the University, Santa Clara University, 1978
Election to the Phi Beta Kappa Fellows (formerly Associates), 1989
Dean's Alumni Achievement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 1989
Certificate of Meritorious
Service,
Faculty Senate Professor, Santa Clara University, 1990-91
Certificate of Appreciation,
Mathematical Association of
Professor Joseph Bayma, S.J., Award for Scholarship, Santa Clara University, 1996
Dean's Special Appreciation Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University, 2002
Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, MAA Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii Section, 2004
Distinguished Service Award,
Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 2005
Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu
Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics,
Mathematical Association of
Certificate of Appreciation,
Mathematical Association of
Icosahedron Society Membership,
Mathematical Association
of
Service:
University Committees, Campus Organizations (Abridged list from 1967 to present):
Member, Faculty Senate Council, 1967-68
Member,
Member, University Rank & Tenure Committee, 1974-77, 1978-80; Chair, 1978-80
Member, College of
Member, Board of Governors of the Faculty Club, 1971-72, 1977-80, 1987-91
President, Faculty Club, 1977-78, 1988-89
Treasurer, Sigma Xi Club, 1973-77
President, AAUP Chapter, 1972-73
Secretary, Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, 1977-84
Member, Committee to Screen Danforth and Fulbright Candidates, 1973-80, 1982
Member, Committee to Screen Truman Scholarship Candidates, 1980-81
Member, Student Publications Board, 1975-77
Member, Search Committee for President of the University, 1976-77
Chair, ad hoc Committee on Tenure Policy, 1978-79
Chair, Committee on Restoration of the Faculty Club, 1978-81
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, 1980-81
Chair, Faculty-Staff Committee on the Capital Campaign, 1981-82
Member, Search Committee for Vice President for Finance, 1983-84
Chair, Committee to Produce a New Faculty Handbook, 1984-87
Member, Search Committee for University Librarian, 1985
Member, Search Committee for Academic Vice President, 1986-87
Member, Valedictorian Selection Committee, 1989
Chair, Search Committee for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1989-90
Member, Search Committee for
Associate Deans,
Speaker, Faculty Convocation, March 1991
Member, Task Force on Promotion and Tenure, 1991-92
Principal speaker, Honors Convocation, May 1991
Member, Committee to Choose Faculty Senate Professor, 1992-
Member, Task Force on Departmental Budgets, summer 1994
President, Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, 1997-98
Member, President's Budget Advisory Committee, 1998-2001.
Member, College Sesquicentennial Committee, Summer 1999
Member, Search Committee for Director of the Honors Program, Spring 2003
Member, Honors Program Committee
on National Fellowships (
Member, Student Fellowships Committee, 2005-07
Mathematical
Association of
Chair, Program
Committee for the Annual Meetings (
Member, Committee on Secondary School Lecturers, 1974-78
Member, Committee to Review Guidelines for Evaluation, 1975-77
Member, Board of Governors, 1975-78, 1984-2005
Chair, Committee on the Reported Decline in the Preparation of Students for Collegiate Mathematics (Joint Committee with NCTM), 1976-77
Member, Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM), 1977-86
Member, Committee on the Putnam Prize Competition, 1975-
Member, Subcommittee on the Dolciani Mathematical Exposition Series of the Committee on Publications, 1977-82
Member, Committee to Monitor Responses, 1978-80
Member, Panel on Minimal Competencies of CUPM, 1978-81
Member, Panel on Problem Solving of the Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics (CTUM), 1980-83
Member, Program Committee for the
Annual Meetings (
Member, Panel on Remediation of CUPM, CTUM and the Committee on Two-Year Colleges, 1981-85; Chair, 1981-83
First Vice President, 1984-86
Member,
Member, Committee on Publications, 1986-90, 2000-; chair, 2002-04
Member, Committee on the Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards, 1986-90
Chair, Nominating Committee, 1987
Chair, Committee on the 75th Anniversary of the MAA, 1987-90
Member, Executive Committee, 1984-86, 1987-89, 1990-2000
Member, Editorial Board of the Spectrum Book Series, 1987-90, 1999-; Editor, 2000-
Member, Search Committee for an Executive Director, 1988-89
Member, ad hoc Committee on the Pólya Fund, 1989-90
Member, Committee on 25-Year Banquets, 1989-92
Member, Committee on Student Chapters, 1989-92
Member, ad hoc Committee on Committee Structure, 1989-92
Member, Membership Committee, 1989-92
Member, Committee on the Year of National Dialogue, 1989-90
Member, Committee on Meetings, 1990-92
Member, AMS-MAA-SIAM Joint Administrative Committee, 1990-99
Member, CEEB-MAA Committee on Mutual Concerns, 1990-91
Member, Finance Committee, 1990-2000
Member, Committee on Committees, 1990-99
Member, Newsletter Editorial Subcommittee, 1990-04
Secretary-Elect, 1988-1990
Secretary, 1990-97
Member, Strategic Planning Task Force, 1991-93
Member, ad hoc Committee on AMS-MAA Cooperation, 1991-95
Chair, ad hoc Committee on Elections, 1991
Chair, ad hoc Committee on Bylaws, 1991-94
Member, ad hoc Committee on the Centennial of The American Mathematical Monthly, 1992-93
Member, Advisory Committee, Math Horizons, 1992-2001
Member, ad hoc Personnel Committee, 1993-96
Chair, Nominating Committee for Associate Secretary, 1993-94
Member, Search Committee for Mathematics Magazine Editor, 1994
Member, ad hoc Committee on Publications Subcommittee on Information to Be Published in MAA Journals, 1995-96
President-elect, 1996-97
Chair, Committee on External Awards, 1997-03
Member, Coordinating Council on Awards, 1997-03
Representative of the MAA to the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, 1997-99
Member, Committee on Management, Evaluation and Oversight, 1997-2000
Member, MAA Science Policy Committee, 1997-99
Member, Committee on Reports, 1997-99
Member, Building Subcommittee of the Budget Committee, 1997-99
Member, Committee to Review Mathematics Magazine, 1998
Chair, ad hoc Committee to Plan Program Elements for Department Chairs, 1998-02
President, 1997-99
Member, Committee on Compensation 1997-99
Member, Search Committee for an Executive Director, 1999
Chair, ad hoc Committee for the Sward Fund, 1999
Past-president, 1999-2000
Chair, Development Committee, 2000-04
Member, ad hoc Committee to Study Elections, 2001-02
Chair, Coordinating Council on Publications, 2002-04
Chair, Publications Management Committee, 2002-04
Co-chair,
Advisory Board, MAA
Mathematical
Chair,
Chair, Search Committee for Editor of The American Mathematical Monthly, 2004-05
Chair, ad hoc Committee to Formulate Regulations for the Euler Book Prize, 2006
Chair, Committee on the Euler Book Prize, 2005-
Member, Gung-Hu Award Selection Committee, 2006-08
Chair, Search Committee for Secretary of the MAA, 2008-09
Northern California Section of
the Mathematical Association of
Secretary-Treasurer, 1967-70
Vice Chair, 1970-71
Chair, 1971-72
Program Chair, 1972-73
Chair, Visiting Secondary School Lecturer Committee, 1964-67, 1978-86
Editor, Section Newsletter (Mini-Focus), 1999-2004; coeditor, 2004-05
Chair, Distinguished Teaching Award Committee, 2006-09
American Mathematical Society:
MAA representative on the AMS Science Policy Committee, 1997-99
Consultant to the Editorial Board, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 2006-
International Congress of Mathematicians, 1986:
Member, Committee on Special Funds, 1985-86
Advisor, Public Information Committee, 1985-86
Fibonacci Association:
Board of Directors, 1968-96; designated honorary emeritus member of the Board, 1997
Vice President, 1978-80, 1987-97
President, 1980-84
Phi Beta Kappa Society:
Senator, 1991-2003
Chair, Committee on Associations, 1991-94
Member, ad hoc Committee on The American Scholar, 1991-92
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, 1992-96; trustee, 1994-96
Member, Committee on Publications, 1992-94; chair, 1993-94
Member, Audit Committee, 1994-2000
Member, Committee on Committees, 1994-2000; chair, 1997-2000
Chair,
ad hoc Committee on the
Member, Development Committee, 1997-2003; chair, 1999-2003
American Institute of Mathematics:
Chair, Board of Trustees, 1993-
Chair, Compensation Committee, 2001-
Council of Scientific Society Presidents:
Member, as President of the
Mathematical Association
of
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics:
Member,
as President of the Mathematical Association of
Member, Committee to Choose Recipient of the Annual Communications Award, 2002-2004; chair, 2003
Associates
of the
Member, Board of Directors, 1995-99
Miscellaneous Professional Activities:
Associate Director, William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, 1975-
Associate
Editor,
Member, Accreditation
Committees or Review Committees:
Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews, 1974-2009
Reviewer, Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete, 1988-
Consultant
in the Consultant's Bureau, Mathematical Association of
Associate Editor (Co-editor, Problems Section) American Mathematical Monthly, 1983-86
Editor, Mathematics Magazine, 1986-90