Gerald J. PorterProfessor of Mathematics
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1963-65 |
Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1965-66 | ONR Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University |
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1965-69 | Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
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1969- 70 | Visitor, Institute for Advanced Studies |
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1969-75 | Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
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1975-2005 | Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2006- | Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania | |
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1981- 91 | Associate Dean for Computing Services and Facilities School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania |
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1991-96 | Director, Interactive Mathematics Text Project Mathematical Association of America |
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1992-2002 | Treasurer, Mathematical Association of America |
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1992-3 | Chair-elect, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Senate |
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1993-4 | Chair, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Senate almanac columns |
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1994-5 | Past Chair, University
of Pennsylvania Faculty Senate 1994 Commencement Speech |
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2001-2 | Past Chair, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Senate |
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1997-2001 | Principal Investigator, Midatlantic Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications Throughout the Curriculum |
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2007-2008 |
President-Elect, Penn
Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty |
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2008-2009 |
President, Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty |
Recent Penn Committees:
Personnel Benefits Committee: 1992-
Academic Planning and Budget Committee: 1994-99,
2001-2, 2003-6
Task force on Privacy of Personnel Information:
Report
Task force on Retiree Benefits: Report
Social Responsibility Advisory Committee: report
on Darfur, Darfur presentation
at
University Council 5/03/06
MAA Committees and Presentations
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Porter & Hill: | Interactive Linear
Algebra A Laboratory Course using Mathcad |
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Algebraic Topology |
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Teaching Calculus |
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Teaching Linear Algebra |
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Computers in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction |
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Periodic Ornamental Design |
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