Daniel "Dan" Simon Kalman (born March 21, 1952 in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
) is an American mathematician and winner of nine awards for expository writing in mathematics.
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Education and career
After graduating from
Oakland High School in 1970, Kalman matriculated at
Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private college in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, which share adjoining campus grounds and resources. The college enrolls 902 undergraduate students ...
, where he graduated in 1974. From 1974 to 1980 he was a graduate student at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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,
where he received his PhD in 1980. He was from 1978 to 1979 an instructor at
Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducation ...
in
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton ( mez, Ahkōnemeh)
is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, southwest of Green Bay and north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the c ...
, and from 1979 to 1983 an assistant professor at the
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
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. After teaching as a visiting lecturer from 1983 to 1985 at
Augustana College Augustana College may refer to:
*Augustana College (Illinois)
*Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota
*Augustana University College, Alberta
See also
*Augustana Divinity School (Neuendettelsau)
The Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau is ...
in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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, Kalman worked from 1985 to 1993 as a member of the technical staff of
The Aerospace Corporation
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in Los Angeles. At Washington, D.C.'s
American University
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he was from 1993 to 1998 an assistant professor, from 1998 to 2003 an associate professor, and from 2003 to 2018 a full professor, retiring in 2018 as professor emeritus. From 1996 to 1997 he was Associate Executive Director of the
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure a ...
(MAA) in Washington, D.C.
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The MAA has given Kalman nine awards for outstanding expository articles or books. He won the ]George Pólya Award
The George Pólya Award is presented annually by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for articles of expository excellence that have been published in The College Mathematics Journal. The award was established in 1976 and up to two aw ...
in 1994 and in 2003, the Trevor Evans Award
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure a ...
in 1997 and (with coauthor Nathan Carter) in 2012, the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award The Carl B. Allendoerfer Award is presented annually by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for "expository excellence published in ''Mathematics Magazine''." it is named after mathematician Carl B. Allendoerfer who was president of the ...
(with coauthors Robert Mena and Shariar Shariari) in 1998 and (alone) in 2003, the Lester R. Ford Award
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People
Given name
* Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic
* Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American artist from Wisc ...
in 2009 and (with coauthor Mark McKinzie) in 2013, and the Beckenbach Book Prize
The Beckenbach Book Prize, formerly known as the Mathematical Association of America Book Prize, is awarded to authors of distinguished, innovative books that have been published by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The prize was esta ...
in 2012.[
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Selected publications
Articles
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* (1994 George Polya Award, independently awarded to Charles Groetsch
Charles (Chuck) William Groetsch (born February 15, 1945, in New Orleans) is an American applied mathematician and numerical analyst.
Education and career
Groetsch graduated from the University of New Orleans with B.S. in 1966 and M.S. in 1968. H ...
in the same year)
* (over 450 citations)
* with Robert Mena and Shahriar Shahriari
Shahriar Shahriari (born May 30, 1956) is an American mathematician. He is the William Polk Russell Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College.
Early life and education
Shahriari was born on May 30, 1956, in Tehran, Iran, to Parviz and Zomorod S ...
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* with Robert Mena: (over 230 citations)
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Harvey Mudd College alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
American University faculty and staff