Department Heads - Mathematics

Jared A. Mansfield (1759-1830)

• 1777: Graduated from Yale College   

• 1786: Rector of Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, CT

• 1801: Published book Essays, Mathematical and Physical

• 1802-1803: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1803-1812: Surveyor-General of Northwest Territory

• 1812-1828: Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy, USMA

William Amherst Barron  (1769-1825)

• 1787: Received A.B. degree from Harvard College

• 1792: Received A.M. degree from Harvard College

• 1793-1800: Tutor for Harvard College

• 1802-1807: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843)

• 1803-1805: Worked on the topological survey of Switzerland

• 1805: Emigrated to the United States 

• 1807-1810: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1810-1813: Professor of Natural Philosophy & Mathematics, Union College, Schenectady, NY

• 1815-1817, 1832-1843: Superintendent of the US Coastal Survey

• 1830-1843: Head of the US Standards of Weights and Measures

• Author of 5 textbooks and numerous journal articles

Alden Partridge (1785-1854)  (USMA 1806)

• 1806-1813: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1813: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1813-1816: Professor of Civil and Military Engineering, USMA

• 1814-1817: Acting Superintendent of USMA

• 1819: Established the "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy", Norwich, Vermont

• Author of numerous articles on math and science in the military

Andrew Ellicott  (1754-1820)

• 1784-1790  "Geographer of the United States," established boundaries for Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC

• 1796: Surveyed boundaries between the US & Spanish Possessions

• 1800:  Secretary of the Land Office of Pennsylvania

• 1813-1820: Head of the Department of Mathematics, USMA 

• First Postmaster at West Point

• Buried at West Point Cemetery

    David Bates Douglass (1790-1849)

• 1813: Graduated from Yale College

• 1815-1820: Assistant Professor of Natural Philosophy, USMA

• 1820-1823: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1823-1831: Professor of Civil & Military Engineering, USMA

• 1832-1833:  Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of the City of New York

• 1841-1845: President of Kenyon College

• 1848: Professor of Mathematics, Hobart College

Charles Davies (1798-1876)  (USMA 1815)

• 1816-1821: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1821-1823: Assistant Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy, USMA

• 1823-1837: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1824: Received A.M. degree from College of New Jersey, Princeton

• 1825: Received A.M. degree from Williams College, Williamstown, MA

• 1839-1841: Professor of Mathematics, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

• 1848-1849: Professor of Mathematics, University of New York

• 1857-1865: Professor of Higher Mathematics, Columbia College, NY

• Author of numerous (49) mathematics texts (elementary to college level)

Albert E. Church  (1807-1878) (USMA 1828)

• 1828-1831: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1831-1833: Artillery officer at Newport, RI and Fort Independence, MA

• 1833-1837: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1837-1878: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• Author of numerous mathematics texts (college level)

Edgar Wales Bass  (1843-1918)  (USMA 1868)

• 1869-1874: Assistant Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy, USMA

• 1874-1875: Astronomer for US Expedition to New Zealand to observe transit of Venus

• 1876-1878: Assistant Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy, USMA

• 1878-1898: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• Author of several mathematics texts

Wright Prescott Edgerton  (1852-1904)    (USMA 1874)

• 1874-1882: Troop assignments at various locations 

• 1882-1893: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1893-1898: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1898: Fought in the Puerto Rican campaign 

• 1898-1904: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

Charles Patton Echols (1967-1940)  (USMA 1891)

• 1891-1894: Served at Engineer School at Willet's Point, NY

• 1895-1897: Instructor on Mathematics, USMA

• 1897-1898: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1898: Commander, Engineer Company in the Philippines Expedition

• 1898-1904: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1904-1931: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1918:  Special duty as military observer with Allied Armies in France

Harris Jones (1892-1977)  (USMA 1917)

• 1918: Commander, Engineer Co, 3rd Division, World War I

• 1918-1922: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1923: MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 1923-1926: Assigned to 8th Engineer Bn, Ft Bliss, TX

• 1926-1928: Assistant Director of Public Buildings and Parks, Washington, D.C.

• 1928-1931: American Battle Monuments Commission, Paris, France 

• 1931-1947: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1947-1956: Dean of the Academic Board, USMA

William Weston Bessell, Jr. (1901-1977)  (USMA 1920)

• 1921-1922: MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

• 1923-1928: Prof. of Military Science, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, IN

• 1928-1932: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1936-1939: American Battle Monuments Commission, Paris, France

• 1940-1942: Chief of Military Personnel Branch, Washington, D.C.

• 1943-1946: Army Director, Joint War Plans Committee

• 1946-1947: Commanding General, Antilles Department, San Juan, Puerto Rico

• 1947-1959: Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1959-1965: Dean of the Academic Board, USMA

Charles Parsons Nicholas  (1903-1985)  (USMA 1925)

• 1927-1928: Instructor, USMA Prepatory School, Hawaii

• 1930-1935: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1941-1942: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1947-1948: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, National Security Council

• 1948-1959: Professor of Mathematics and Deputy Head Department, USMA  

• 1959-1967: Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department, USMA

• Author of numerous technical and expository papers on mathematics education

 John Somers Buist Dick  (USMA 1935)

• 1940-1943: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1943-1944: G-3 Division, HQ Army Ground Forces, Washington, D.C.

• 1944-1945: Commander, 3rd Engineers, 24th Division, Philippines

• 1946-1948: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1948-1951: HQ Far East Command, Tokyo, Japan

• 1952-1954: Commander, 332rd Engineer Group, Ft Leonard Wood, MO

• 1958-1967: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA 

• 1967-1974: Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department, USMA

• 1974: Acting Dean of the Academic Board, USMA

Jack Murph Pollin    (USMA 1944)

• 1947-1949: MS, University of Pennsylvania

• 1949-1952: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1953-1954: Commander and Executive Officer, 38th Field Artillery Bn, Korea

• 1957-1960: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA   

• 1962-1963: Commander, 3rd Missile Bn, 79th Field Artillery 

• 1966-1968: PhD, University of Arizona

• 1968-1974: Professor of Mathematics and Deputy Head of Department, USMA

• 1974-1985: Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department, USMA

David Herdman Cameron   (USMA 1950)

• 1950-1953: Served in Engineer Companies in Okinawa, Korea, Florida, and British West Indies

• 1953-1954: Served in Memphis Engineer District

• 1955-1956: MS, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

• 1956-1959: Company Commander, 237th Engineer Bn 

• 1959-1960: PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 

• 1960-1964: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1966-1977: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA 

• 1977-1985: Professor of Mathematics and Deputy Head of Department, USMA 

• 1985-1988: Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department, USMA

Frank R. Giordano   (USMA 1964)

• 1964-1966: Platoon Leader, 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam

• 1966-1967: Company Commander, 307th Engineer Bn, Ft Bragg, NC

• 1969-1970: Operations Officer, 39th Engineer Bn, Vietnam

• 1971-1974: Olmsted Scholar, University of Madrid, Spain

• 1974:  PhD, University of Arkansas

• 1975-1976: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1976-1985: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1985-1988: Professor of Mathematics and Deputy Head of Department, USMA

• 1988-1995: Head of Mathematics Department, USMA

• Director of Mathematical Competition in Modeling

• Author of numerous papers and textbooks

David Christopher Arney (USMA 1971)

• 1978-1980: MS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• 1980-1882: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1982-1985: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• 1985-1992: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1992-1995: Professor and Deputy Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences, USMA

• 1995-2001: Professor and Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences, USMA

• 2001-        : Dean of Mathematics and Science, College of St. Rose

Gary William Krahn (USMA 1977)

• 1983-1985: MS Naval Postgraduate School

• 1985-1986: Battalion Operations Officer, DMZ Field Artillery Mission, Korea

• 1986-1988: Instructor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1988-1990: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1991-1994: PhD, Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School

• 1994-1998: Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA

• 1998-2001: Professor and Deputy Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences, USMA

• 2001-        : Professor and Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences, USMA