Mathematics Teachers at USMA

This is an index to the individuals (and other things) who have a connection with both USMA and mathematics. These files are research notes for a comprehensive history of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at West Point. I encourage people to browse these files and to assist by providing additional information. Here are a few files that I consider interesting. This list will change from time to time.

• Joe Arkin
• Slow promotions. 
• George Baron
• Charles Hutton
• Dwight David Eisenhower
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Arthur Sherbourne Hardy
• Omar Bradley

• USMA Department Heads.      Basic Bullets for Department Heads in one list.
• Principal Assistant Professors.
• Individuals who have taught mathematics at USMA.
• Cadets who taught mathematics.
• Visiting Professors.   Other civilian faculty. 
• USMA Graduates Connected to Mathematics, listed by Cullum number.
• Other Individuals Connected To Mathematics at USMA.
• USMA Authors of Mathematical Works.
• USMA Graduates who have taught mathematics at other schools.
• Senior Faculty.
• Documents.
• Cadet doggeral.
• Alphabetical listing of schools.
• Chronological listing of schools.
• Cullum Hall
• The Grotesques of West Point.
• Gray Matter. History of WP.

• Mathematical Objects
•         The Olivier String Models
• History of the Curriculum
• Trivia questions about the Mathematics Department.
• Textbooks used in the Mathematics Departm
• Gray Matter. History of USMA>
• ent.  19th Century.  20th Century.
          Calculus books.  Nineteenth-Century Calculus Texts. 
• Survey of former faculty.
• Generals who taught mathematics. 

Some Papers About the Department of Mathematical Sciences:

• "201 Years of Mathematics at West Point," pp. 586-613 in West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond, edited by Lance A. Betros.
• Mathematics at West Point, the First Fifty Years, an unfinished paper. 

• Mathematics at West Point in the Early Twentieth Century (a very preliminary report)

   

Some readers of this page, be they cadets or faculty, may be interested in getting involved in a research project on the history of mathematics, so I have listed some suggestions. Do talk to me if you are interested in any of these topics or have another of your own to suggest.

Information about the organization of these web pages and how the files are named and organized is kept in a READ-ME file.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
 

• Bibliography of works dealing with West Point and mathematics.
• Bibliography of works dealing with West Point [but not specifically mathematics].
• Bibliography from volume by Albree, Arney, and Rickey.
          Items that should have been included in this volume.
• Information dealing with USMA from the National Archives.
• Bibliographies compiled by Alan Aimone the Senior Special Collections Librarian. These are more general than just mathematics.

• AMERICAN CIVIL WAR  & WEST POINT, CADET LIFE & INCIDENTS, USMA INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES, PH.D. HISTORICAL DISSERTATIONS, etc.

• WEST POINT RELATED BIOGRAPHIES, PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS & SKETCHES.

• AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE HUDSON VALLEY.

• GOOD QUOTES ABOUT WEST POINT.

• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS  - WEST POINT & MILITARY HISTORY.

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Here are some things about the department that were prepared by others:
• History of Mathematics at USMA.
• MAJ Kirk Benson has posted lots of pictures about USMA and the Mathematics Department.
• There is a wonderful exhibit at the Smithsonian.

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And now a word from the competition:
    USNA Mathematics Department History
                Books in the USNA library in 1845. 
    Colorado College has a very nice time line.

The Mathematics Department at the University of Georgia has a nice page. 

The history of the Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University is nicely done.

A collection of web pages to look at regarding the department history.


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The first of these web pages was originally posted on January 1, 1998, on a machine at Bowling Green. They were moved to West Point in the fall of 1998, and later posted on a web available to the public.

Please direct comments and questions to Fred Rickey. Email:  Fred-Rickey@usma.edu

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This file has been revised on the following dates: 28 September 1998, . . . , February 2002, October 2002, April 2003. Files linked to by this page are frequently updated.