VITA
| Place of Birth: Wilna, Poland | Citizenship: Naturalized USA |
Education:
Boston College A.B., A.M., M.S.
Weston College Ph.L., S.T.L.
Brown University Ph.D.
Position at Boston College
Director, Mathematics Institute
Professor (Emeritus), Department of Mathematics
Additional Professional Activity
Investigator on Air Force contracts
Instructor to personnel at Polaroid Corporation
Director and instructor in National Science Foundation institutes
Author and/or consultant for William Sadlier Company, Science Research Associates, Creative Publications, Dale Seymour Publications, and Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company
Serves as consultant to schools nationally and internationally
Memberships
35 professional organizations
Leadership Role in Organizations
Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England
Northeastern Section of Mathematical Association of America
Mathematics Section of American Association of Jesuit Scientists
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Author
Authored or co-authored 50 scholarly works since 1970 including
Designs from Mathematical Patterns, with M. J. Kenney and L. Silvey, Palo Alto, CA: Creative Publications, Inc. 1978. Second Edition. Dale Seymour Publications, Inc., Palo Alto, CA: 1990
"A Polynomial Formula for Fibonacci Numbers," with S. Kokoska, The Fibonacci Quarterly. May, 1990, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp.151-155
Informal Geometry Explorations, with M. J. Kenney and J. Martin, Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications, Inc., September 1991
Heart and Mind: A Classroom Odyssey, Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications, Inc., January 1993
"Looking at Problem Solving Matters Discretely", with M. J. Kenney, Math in the Middle. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993, pp.16-17
"Implementing the Discrete Mathematics Standard; Focusing on Recursion", with M. J. Kenney, Mathematics Teacher. Vol. 86, No. 8, November, 1993
"Finding the Factors of an Integer", New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, 1994, pp.167-172
"A Discrete Interface with Geometry", with M. J. Kenney, CMC Communicator Vol. 21, No. 1, 1996 p.48-52
A series of 23 Calendar Problems (mathematics challenge problems and solutions) with M.J.Kenney appeared in the April and May 1997 Calendar pages of the Mathematics Teacher
"Honest Numbers: A Mathematics and Languages Connection", with M. J. Kenney, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Vol. 3, No. 2, October 1997, p.142-147
"Even Perfect Numbers: (Update)2", with M. J. Kenney, Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 90, No. 8, November 1997, p.628-633
Number Treasury2, with M. J. Kenney, Parsippany, NJ: Dale Seymour Publications, 2000
"The Little Red Schoolhouse", NCSM Newsletter, Vol XXXII, No. 3, Spring 2003, p.18-19
"Penny Packing for Your Thoughts", with M. J. Kenney, Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 96, No. 4, April 2003, p.249-253
Awards
1990 recipient of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Glenn Gilbert Award for leadership in mathematics education
1995 recipient of the Mathematics Education Trust Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Award for Teaching
Charter member of Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Mathematics Educators, 2001