Faculty Chronology

The Mathematics Department began 1954. Before 1954 it was part of the School of Engineering under the chairmanship of Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes (Holmes worked in Admiral Nimitz's intelligence office at Pearl Harbor during WWII and helped crack the Imperial Japanese ciphers. The Engineering School building is named for him). Christopher Gregory was the first department chairman, then Stanmore Townes then Gregory again. The department began with only 6 members. One was the wife of the Dean of Faculty. Not all were mathematicians, one, a Navy buddy of Holmes, was an engineer from Pearl Harbor. Tristan Holmes, Jimmy Siu and Ruth Wong helped with the early history.

This chronology lists when faculty members joined the department. "1960 Chair" means "Chair for the 1960-1961 school year". "Summer Chair" means "Summer Acting Chair".

• 1956
  • Siu, Jimmy
• 1960  Chair: Gregory
• 1961  Chair: Gregory
• 1962  Chair: Gregory
  • Wong, Ruth
• 1963  Chair: Gregory,   Acting Chair: Townes
• 1964  Chair: Mookini
  • Rogers, Ken
  • Yeh, Rui
• 1965  Chair Mookini,   Summer Acting Chair: Rogers
  • Mader, Adolf
• 1966  Chair: Mookini,   Assistant Chair: Davis
• 1967  Chair: Leahey.   Assistant Chair: Davis
  • Nobusawa, Nobuo
  • Williamson, Jack
• 1968  Chair: Halmos,   Assoc. and Summer Chair: Mookini
  • Bertram, Ed
  • Wallen, Larry
• 1969  Chair: Bear,   Assoc.,   Grad. & Summer Chair: Mader
  • Bear, Jake
  • Colby, Bob
  • Csordas, George
  • Hilden, Mike
• 1970  Chair: Bear,   Assoc. & Summer Chair: Mader,   Graduate Chair: Pitcher
  • Allday, Chris
• 1971  Chair: Bear,   Assoc. & Summer Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Pitcher
  • Brown, Ron
  • Myers, Dale
• 1972  Chair: Bear,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Pitcher
  • Freese, Ralph
  • Hoover, Tom
  • Lampe, Bill
  • Little, Bob
• 1973  Chair: Bear,   Assoc. & Summer Chair: Hanf,   Grad. Chair: Pitcher
  • Bleecker, Dave
  • Craven, Tom
• 1974  Chair: Mader,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Colby
  • Hile, Jerry
  • Weiner, Joel
• 1975  Chair: Mader,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Colby
  • Ramsey, Tom
  • Wilson, Les
• 1976  Chair: Mader,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Colby
• 1977  Chair: Williamson,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Csordas
  • Lady, Lee
• 1978  Chair: Williamson,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Csordas
  • Ortel, Marvin
• 1979  Chair: Williamson,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Csordas
  • Nation, J.B.
• 1980  Chair: Pitcher,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Fall),   Grad. Chair: Bear
  • Stegenga, David
• 1981  Chair: Pitcher,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Bear
• 1982  Chair: Pitcher,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Fall),   Grad. Chair: Bear
• 1983  Chair: Lampe,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Craven
  • Smith, Wayne
• 1984  Chair: Lampe,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Fall),   Grad. Chair: Craven
• 1985  Chair: Lampe,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Craven
  •   Executive Secretary: Pat Goldstein
  • Dovermann, Karl
• 1986  Chair: Brown,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Hanf
  •   Secretary: Susan Hasegawa
  •   Secretary: Shirley Kikiloi
• 1987  Chair: Brown,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Hanf
• 1988  Chair: Brown,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Hanf
  • Wilkens, George
• 1989  Chair: Ramsey,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Fall),   Grad. Chair: Weiner
• 1990  Chair: Ramsey,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Colby(Spring),   Grad. Chair: Weiner
• 1991  Chair: Ramsey,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Weiner
  • Ross, David
• 1992  Chair: Colby,   Assoc. Chair: Wong,   Grad. Chair: Smith
  • Gotay, Mark
• 1993  Chair: Colby,   Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Spring),   Grad. Chair: Smith
  • Doyle, Phil
• 1994  Chair: Hoover,   Assoc. Chair: Weiner,   Grad. Chair: Smith
• 1995  Chair: Hoover,   Assoc. Chair: Weiner,   Grad. Chair: Smith
  • Yang, LiMing
• 1996  Chair: Hoover,   Assoc. Chair: Weiner,   Grad. Chair: Smith
• 1997  Chair: Hoover,   Assoc. Chair: Weiner,   Grad. Chair: Bertram
• 1998  Chair: Hoover,   Assoc. Chair: Weiner,   Grad. Chair: Bertram
• 1999  Chair: Allday,   Assoc. Chair: Nation,   Grad. Chair: Craven
• 2000  Chair: Allday,   Assoc. Chair: Nation,   Grad. Chair: Craven
• 2001  Chair: Allday,   Assoc. Chair: Nation,   Grad. Chair: Craven
  • Erik, Guentner
• 2002  Chair: Allday,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Little
  • Chyba, Monique
• 2003  Chair: Craven,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Little
• 2004  Chair: Craven,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Little
• 2005  Chair: Craven,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Little
• 2006  Chair: Craven,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Little
  • Guerzhoy, Pavel
• 2007  Chair: Smith,   Assoc. Chair: Dovermann,   Grad. Chair: Nation
  • Bowen, Lewis
  • Kjos-Hanssen, Bjørn
  • Manes, Michelle