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National
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Local
History
of Michigan Epsilon Chapter
Kappa Mu
Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society
Kettering
University
Summer 1997
Applied for KME Chapter
Movie
(July 17): “Giants of Applied Mathematics (Cathleen Morawetz)”
Fall
1997
Chapter Approved
Movie (October 9): “Courant in Goettingen and New York”
Winter
1998
Movie (January 15): “Courant in Goettingen and New
York”
Chapter
Installed by Prof. Arnie Hammel (Central Michigan University
& Past KME National President) on March 28, 1998 (119th
Active Chapter of KME)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ed Aboufadel (Grand Valley State
University),
“A
Mathematician Catches a Baseball”
Corresponding
Secretary: Prof. Jo Smith
Faculty
Sponsor: Prof. Brian McCartin
A-Section Officers:
President: Michael Fisackerly
Vice President: Joel Pfauth
Recording Secretary: Derek Fisackerly
Treasurer: Jeremy Plenzler
Spring
1998
B-Section Officers:
President: Suzanne Labadie
Vice President: Joel Austin
Recording Secretary: Robert Riley
Treasurer: Dan Holmquist
Movie (April 9): “Giants of Applied Mathematics (Cathleen
Morawetz)”
Special
Initiation Ceremony (June 2): Movie: “Powers of Ten”
Summer
1998
Movie (July 14): “Mathematical Mystery Tour”
Speaker (September 2): Prof. Duane McKeachie, “50 Years of
Mathematics
at 1700 West Third Avenue”
Fall
1998
Movie (October 8): “Mathematical Mystery Tour”
Speaker
(November 17): Prof. Ilya Kudish, “Back to the USSR”
Winter
1999
Special Election: Martin Przyjazny elected A-Section President
(M. Fisackerly graduated)
Movie
(January 12): “The Proof”
Initiation
Ceremony (March 5): Prof. Garry Johns (Saginaw Valley State
University),
“Taking the High Road through Garbage,
Tobacco and Politics”
Spring
1999
Chapter Bylaws Approved
Movie
(April 6): “The Proof”
Initiation
Ceremony (May 21): Prof. Matt Wyneken (University of Michigan-Flint),
“Democracy is Never Fair: Why Every Voting System is
Inherently Flawed”
Summer
1999
A-Section Officers:
President: Martin Przyjazny
Vice President: David Murphy
Recording Secretary: Erik Poppe
Treasurer: Jamey Howard
Movie (July 22): “John von Neumann”
Speaker
(September 9): Prof. Boyan Dimitrov, “Mathematical Sojourn”
Fall
1999
B-Section Officers:
President: Joel Austin
Vice President: Jason McKelvey
Recording Secretary: Kevin Beardsley
Treasurer: Rebecca Dial
Movie (October 12): “John von Neumann”
Speaker
(December 12): Prof. Stefanka Chukova, “My Journey in Mathematics”
Winter
2000
Movie (January 4): “N is a Number (A Portrait of Paul Erdos)”
Initiation Ceremony (March 3): Prof. Michael Lachance (U. of
Michigan-Dearborn),
“The Undergraduate Math Modeling Team at UM-Dearborn”
Spring
2000
Michigan Epsilon Distinguished Service Award to Prof. Jo Smith
(retired)
Movie (April 4): “N is a Number (A
Portrait of Paul Erdos)”
Initiation
Ceremony (May 19): Dr. David A. Field (General Motors R&D Center),
“Manufacturing and Robotics”
Summer
2000
Prof. Boyan Dimitrov becomes Corresponding Secretary
A-Section Officers:
President: Drew Spooner
Vice President: Heather Palmer
Recording Secretary: Lindsay Allor
Treasurer: Ben Meyers
Movie (July 18): “The Man Who Loved Numbers (Life of S.
Ramanujan)”
Speaker
(August 29): Prof. Brian McCartin, “Musical Geometry”
Fall
2000
B-Section Officers:
President: Justin McCurdy
Vice President: Stephen Cmar
Recording Secretary: Jill Tebbe
Treasurer: Stuart Sherry
Movie (October 10): “The Man Who Loved Numbers (Life of S.
Ramanujan)”
Speaker
(November 21): Prof. Brian McCartin, “Musical Geometry”
Winter
2001
Movie (January 18): “Video Math Festival”
Initiation
Ceremony (March 9): Prof. Chuck MacCluer (Michigan State University),
“Industrial Mathematics”
Spring
2001
Movie (April 10): “Video Math Festival”
Initiation
Ceremony (June 1): Dr. Ronald Mosier (Daimler-Chrysler),
“Rating Baseball Relief Pitchers”
Summer
2001
A-Section Officers:
President: Paul Young
Vice President: Mary Palbykin
Recording Secretary: Nicole Primeau
Treasurer: Aaron Micyus
Speaker (July 25): Prof. Brian McCartin, “Leonardo da Vinci:
Mathemusician”
Movie
(September 5): “Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Master”
Fall
2001
B-Section Officers:
President: Justin McCurdy
Vice President: Leo Bush
Recording Secretary: Rebecca
Barthlow
Treasurer: Scott
Mulligan
Speaker (October 17): Prof. Brian McCartin, “Leonardo da Vinci:
Mathemusician”
Movie
(November 28): “Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Master"
Winter
2002
Movie (January 16): "Sir
Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius"
Initiation Ceremony (February 22): Prof. Marc
Lipman (Oakland University),
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Spring 2002
Movie (April 10): “Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius”
Initiation
Ceremony (May 17): Prof. Eddie Cheng (Oakland University),
“Sometimes You Need To Be Greedy”
Summer 2002
A-section Officers:
President: Lynette Fulk
Vice President: Gayle Ridenour
Recording Secretary: Kathleen Monfore
Treasurer: George Hamilton
Movie(July 25): "Some Mathematics of Baseball"
Speaker (September 5): Prof. Ruben Hayrapetyan, "The Miracle of Evariste Galois"
Fall 2002
B-section Officers:
President: Rebecca Barthlow
Vice President: Julie Xiong
Recording Secretary: Justin Via
Treasurer: Jamie Taylor
Movie( ): "Same Mathematics"
Speaker ( ): Prof. Ada Cheng: "Is it Math or is it Magic?"
Winter 2003
Movie(January 16): "Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics: Computer Experiments in Mathematics"
Initiation Ceremony(February 14): Michael Fisackerly: "Mathematics of Bowling Scores"
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