Dr. George Berzsenyi, Professor Emeritus

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Personal Data:

Date and place of birth:  August 17, 1938, in Budapest, Hungary

Citizenship: USA (naturalized in 1963)

Marital status: Happily married with four children born in 1966, ’68, ’70, and ’72

Education:

Grade school: Nikla and Budapest, Hungary

High school: Csurgó, Hungary --- immigrated to the USA prior to graduation

Colleges: University of Dallas (BA, 1965), Texas Christian University (MS, 1966; PhD, 1969)

Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Charles Deeter

Specialty: Complex analysis

Selected Employment History:

Northeast Louisiana University (1967-1969)

Lamar University (1969-1988; promoted to Professor in 1981)

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1988-1999; chaired Department 1988-1994)

Publications:

Authored 4 research papers in discrete complex analysis, 4 in elementary number theory,

             and  20+ other papers and/or chapters in books on other mathematical topics

Co-authored the book The Contest Book V, published by the MAA in 1997 with Steve Maurer

Authored Parts 1 and 2 of the International Mathematical Talent Search, published by the    Australian Mathematics Trust in 2010 and 2011, respectively

Served as an associate editor (and much more) for C2K, Century 2 of KöMaL, published by the

            Roland Eötvüs Physical Society in Budapest, Hungary, 1999

Published the following regular columns --- mostly for talented high school students:       “Competition Corner” in The Mathematics Student (1978-1981, 20 columns)

            “Kürschák Corner” in Arbelos (1982-1987, 17 columns)

“The IMCE-6 Update” in Newsletter of the WFNMC (1986-1988, 4 updates)

“The USA Mathematical Talent Search” in Consortium (1989-1987, quarterly)

“Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes” in Consortium (1985-1987, 41 columns)

“Happenings” in Quantum (1989-1997, 4 columns)

            “International Mathematical Talent Search” in Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly

(1991-1999, quarterly)

            “Math Investigations” in Quantum (1989-1997, 41 columns)

“Problem Section” Math Horizons (1993-1995, 6 sets of problems/solutions)

Also posed problems and submitted solutions to problems in various mathematics journals

Professional Memberships:

Mathematical Association of America (since 1963, life member)

American Mathematical Society (since 1968)

World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC, since 1984, founding member)

NCTM, SIAM, Fibonacci Association, COMAP, etc. for various lengths of time

Professional Assignments and Offices:

Member of the USA Mathematical Olympiad Committee (USAMO, 1976-1987)

Chair of the American Invitational Mathematics Examination Committee (AIME, 1982-1987)

Chief Coordinator of “Topic Area 3: Mathematical Competitions” at ICME-6 in Budapest, Hungary

Member of the Committee in charge of the Australian Mathematics Competitions (1982-2002,

a record 4 times)

Chair of the Texas Section of the MAA (1986-1987)

Director of the Rose-Hulman Young Scholars Summer Program (1990-1995)

Judge at the International Science and Engineering Fairs of 1979 and 1982 on behalf of the MAA

Originator and Director of the Lamar Mathematics Day program (1977-1982),

which was emulated in Australia and elsewhere

Originator and Director of the Texas Mathematics Olympiad program,

which was the forerunner of the AIME

Originator and Director of the Texas Mathematics League, and coordinator of the participation

of Texas in the American Regional Mathematics League (ARML, 1980-1982)

Regional Chairman for the Southwest in ARML (1980-1989)

Member of the Panel of Judges at the 2001 International Mathematics Olympiad

Member of various advisory committees, publications committees, etc. in the USA and elsewhere

Grants Awarded:

NSF Science Faculty Professional Development Program in support of travel (1978 and 1988)

NSF Young Science Program (1991-1996, 3 grants for 2 years each for a total of about $500,000)

NSA grants in support of the USAMTS program (1993-1997, 3 grants, for a total of about $50,000)

Various smaller grants in support of research, travel, and scholarship by

Lamar University, Shell Companies, Alcoa Company, Exxon Education Foundation,

Indiana Department of Education, and the organizers of the Canadian and Australian Mathematics Competitions

Honors Received:

Recognition of the Texas Section of the MAA for outstanding accomplishments in the area of

 mathematical competitions (1988)

Recognition as “the one person who has been most influential in the development of my career” by

six winners of the Intel (formerly, Westinghouse) Science Scholarships: Ferrell Wheeler (1980), David Zagorski (1982), Nadine Kowalsky (1984), Vamsi Mootha (1989), Kiran Kedlaya (1992), and David Wildstrom (1998).

The Paul Erdős Award of the WFNMC at ICME-8 in Sevilla, Spain for “significant contributions to

the enrichment of mathematics learning in the United States of America” (1996)

Diploma of Appreciation by the Latvian Mathematics Society on the 50^th anniversary of the Latvian

Mathematics Olympiad

Other Professional Work:

Throughout my career, I taught a heavy load of mostly undergraduate courses covering all areas of

mathematics with the exception of statistics

Directed 7 Masters theses in topology, algebra, and non-standard analysis, and served and/or

chaired numerous thesis committees over the years.  Also served on two committees for the PhD degree

Attended regional, national, and international mathematics meetings (at least 4 every year, including

 a national or international one), and took an active part / made presentations at most of them

Served as a reviewer (of mostly Russian papers) for many years for the Mathematical Reviews

Created hundreds of problems for various mathematical competitions worldwide