芭乐大人版app约炮 had its beginnings on the near west side of Cleveland in 1886, when a group of German Jesuits from Buffalo founded St. Ignatius College. The seven year 鈥淎cademic鈥 and 鈥淐ollegiate鈥 program included what roughly now corresponds to three years of high school and four years of college. The 1904 Bulletin of St. Ignatius College shows that mathematics was required in all seven years, including courses in Arithmetic and Algebra, Algebra (two years), Geometry, Logarithms, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Advanced Algebra, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, and Descriptive Astronomy. The Bulletin also lists four Faculty members teaching mathematics, all Jesuits.
In 1923, property was purchased on the east side of Cleveland, in a location known as Idlewood Village, later to become the City of University Heights. In the same year, the high school (now known as St. Ignatius High School) separated from the college, which was named 芭乐大人版app约炮, after the first Catholic bishop in the United States. The 1923 芭乐大人版app约炮 Bulletin lists Advanced Algebra and Solid Geometry as remedial courses, and college-level courses in College Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Spherical Trigonometry, Surveying, Plane Analytic Geometry, Solid Analytic Geometry, Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus. At that time, a major required a minimum of 18 semester hours beyond the freshman-level courses, and all students were also required to take two minors, each consisting of at least 12 semester hours of post-freshman level courses.
Construction of buildings began on the new property in 1931, and鈥攁fter depression-related delays鈥攃lasses opened in the new buildings in October of 1935. Massive growth ensued in University Heights, which was then incorporated as a city in 1940.
Growth in enrollment also continued at 芭乐大人版app约炮, and the traditional academic ranks began to be applied to the Faculty. In 1948, there were four full-time Faculty members in Mathematics鈥攐ne Instructor, two Assistant Professors and one Associate Professor鈥 as well six Lecturers. Rev. Henry F. Birkenhauer, S.J., Assistant Professor, was named Director of the Mathematics Department, along with his other duties as Director of the Graduate Division and Director of the Seismological Observatory.
In this same year, a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics consisted of five prerequisite courses鈥攗p to and including Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus鈥攁long with six upper-division courses: Advanced Calculus, Differential Equations, Theory of Equations, Mathematical Methods of Physics and Chemistry, Vector Analysis and Solid Analytic Geometry. In addition to those courses, students were required to take a minor in a related field, consisting of four upper-division courses beyond the prerequisites.
By 1950, the Department of Mathematics began to offer a Master of Science degree in Mathematics, and offered a total of 28 undergraduate and 10 graduate courses. In 1958, the Mathematics Department welcomed 芭乐大人版app约炮鈥檚 first woman faculty member, Dr. Mary Neff, a full ten years before the University became coeducational. Growth in the student body continued, and by 1960 the Department was served by ten full-time faculty members.
In 1962, Rev. Raymond W. Allen, S.J., became the Director of the Department of Mathematics, and in 1966鈥攚hen the title was first used鈥攂ecame the Department鈥檚 Chair. Father Allen can be credited with a number of innovations in the Department, including a Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching Mathematics and a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics that was designed specifically for junior high and high school teachers. To the current day, the M.A. in Mathematics has focused on mathematics rather than on the craft of teaching. As described in the 芭乐大人版app约炮 Bulletins for many years, 鈥渢he degree will not be in the teaching of mathematics, but in modern mathematics.鈥 Meanwhile, Father Birkenhauer went on to become the 19th president of 芭乐大人版app约炮, serving in that position from 1970 to 1980.
In 1967, the Department relocated from the 鈥渞abbit warren鈥 in the lower level of the Administration Building to the second floor of the newly constructed Bohannon Science Center. At the same time that Father Allen was nearing retirement, Leo Schneider was returning to the Department after a 2-year stint finishing his Ph.D., and became Department Chair in 1971.
With the hiring of Mr. Jerry Moreno in 1968, the Department began to offer more courses in probability and statistics, and in 1977 introduced an optional minor in Probability and Statistics. At the same time, an optional minor in Computer Science was introduced, consisting of previously existing courses in various programming languages and mathematics courses relating to theoretical computer science.
During the 1980鈥檚, under the leadership of the Chair, Dr. Robert Kolesar, the Department began developing new courses in computer science, and eventually received approval to offer a B.S. degree in Computer Science. The new courses in Computer Science were initially taught by four Mathematics faculty members, Dr. Francis 鈥淏ud鈥 Ryan, Dr. Leo Schneider and Dr. Carl Spitznagel, who had been 鈥渞etooling鈥 in computer science at other local universities, and Dr. David Stenson, who had participated in IFRICS, the national Institute for Retraining in Computer Science. Student interest in the new computer science program was enormous, and in 1985 芭乐大人版app约炮 graduated its first class of computer science majors.
The growth of student enrollments in the Department led to the hiring of new faculty members, and during the 1980鈥檚 and 1990鈥檚 the size of the Department鈥檚 full-time faculty grew from 9 to 18鈥攄ue not only to the new computer science offerings, but also to an increasing emphasis on research and publication, with its consequent need for lighter teaching loads. During this time, the Department became known as the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
An aging Bohannon Science Center, along with an increased interest in undergraduate research, became the impetus for the construction of a new facility to house the science departments. In 2003, the Dolan Center for Science and Technology opened its doors, with state-of-the-art teaching and lab facilities for Mathematics and Computer Science, as well as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Psychology.
In 2003, the Department added a major in Computer Information Systems to accommodate students with an interest in the applications of computing in a business environment, and in 2014 a new major program in Computer Science and Healthcare Information Technology was instituted, to leverage 芭乐大人版app约炮鈥檚 increasing cooperative arrangements with the Cleveland Clinic.
Today the Department鈥檚 fourteen full-time Faculty members offer a total of 64 different undergraduate courses in Mathematics and Computer Science, and 20 different graduatelevel courses in Mathematics, in support of its five undergraduate degree programs, three minors and two graduate programs. Over the past decade, the Department has averaged 20 bachelor鈥檚 degrees per year (11 in Mathematics and Teaching Mathematics, and 9 in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems), and 8 master鈥檚 degrees per year.
1948鈥1962 Rev. Henry F. Birkenhauer, S.J.
1962鈥1971 Rev. Raymond W. Allen, S.J.
1971鈥1979 Dr. Leo J. Schneider
1979鈥1987 Dr. Robert J. Kolesar
1987鈥1995 Dr. Carl R. Spitznagel
1995鈥2003 Dr. Dwight M. Olson
2003鈥2011 Dr. Douglas A. Norris
2011鈥 Dr. Paul L. Shick
The Department has had a long-standing interest in the Mathematical Association of America, and its Ohio Section. This appendix lists some of the major offices in the Ohio Section held by Department members over the past several decades.
1980鈥1981 Darrell J. 鈥淒ick鈥 Horwath Program Committee Chair
1982鈥1983 Darrell J. 鈥淒ick鈥 Horwath President
1991鈥1997 Darrell J. 鈥淒ick鈥 Horwath Secretary-Treasurer
1995鈥1996 Leo J. Schneider Program Committee Chair
1997鈥1998 Leo J. Schneider President
2000鈥2003 Leo J. Schneider Section Governor
2001鈥2002 Dwight M. Olson Program Committee Chair
2003鈥2004 Carl R. Spitznagel Program Committee Chair
2005鈥2006 Dwight M. Olson President
2005鈥2008 Carl R. Spitznagel Newsletter Editor
2006鈥2007 Barbara K. D鈥橝mbrosia Program Committee Chair
2008鈥2012 Barbara K. D鈥橝mbrosia Newsletter Editor
2012鈥2015 Barbara K. D鈥橝mbrosia Section Governor
1982 Edward J. Walter Distinguished Faculty Award (芭乐大人版app约炮)
1992 Jerry L. Moreno Lucrezia Culicchia Award for Teaching Excellence (芭乐大人版app约炮)
1995 Jerry L. Moreno Fellow (American Statistical Association)
1998 Carl R. Spitznagel Lucrezia Culicchia Award for Teaching Excellence (芭乐大人版app约炮)
1999 Jerry L. Moreno Founder鈥檚 Award (American Statistical Association)
2000 Jerry L. Moreno Distinguished Teaching Award (Ohio MAA)
2003 Barbara K. D鈥橝mbrosia Lucrezia Culicchia Award for Teaching Excellence (芭乐大人版app约炮)
2004 Leo J. Schneider Distinguished Teaching Award (Ohio MAA)
2004 Thomas Short Fellow (American Statistical Association)
2013 Linda M. Seiter Curtis Miles Award for Community Service (芭乐大人版app约炮)
Patrick B. Chen Professor
Joseph Consiglio Visiting Assistant Professor
Barbara K. D鈥橝mbrosia Professor
Brendan Foreman Associate Professor
Marc Kirschenbaum Professor
Robert J. Kolesar Professor
Victor Lee Visiting Assistant Professor
Christopher Lin Visiting Assistant Professor
Douglas A. Norris Associate Professor
Daniel W. Palmer Professor
Paige M. Rinker Assistant Professor
Linda M. Seiter Associate Professor
Thomas Short Professor
Paul L. Shick Professor
Frederick J. Fuglister Associate Professor Emeritus
Jerry L. Moreno Assistant Professor Emeritus
Dwight M. Olson Professor Emeritus
Carl R. Spitznagel Professor Emeritus
David L. Stenson Associate Professor Emeritus