Joel Vincent Brawley, Jr. is the

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Sciences at

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. Brawley is reputed nationally for being a prolific mathematics

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and is regarded highly for his teaching abilities. Brawley is also a prominent

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er in the field of

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, specifically

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s. Joel Vincent Brawley, Jr. was born in Mooresville in 1938. He went to th
Mooresville High School
and received his

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in Engineering Mathematics/Mechanics, master's and

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s in Mathematics and

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, all from the

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(NCSU) in

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. Dr. Brawley came to Clemson University as an assistant professor in 1965 after a brief stint on the Faculty of NCSU. He became

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in 1968, professor in 1972 and the Alumni Distinguished Professor in 1982. Dr. Brawley has also been a research consultant with the

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(NSA) for the past three decades. Dr. Joel Brawley received the highest awards in the nation for mathematics education including the

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from the

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Governor's Professor of the Year and the Class of 39 Award for Excellence from the Clemson University.

External links

Official webpage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brawley, Joel 1938 births Living people Clemson University faculty North Carolina State University alumni 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians