Education
B.S. with Honors in Mathematics, University of Michigan, May 1970
A.M. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 197l
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1976
Thesis: The Space of Absolute Neighborhood Retracts of a Closed Surface
Advisor: Mary-Elizabeth Hamstrom PhD Ancestry
Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences, Niagara University, May 1985
MS in Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo, September 1987
Thesis: Parallel Dynamic Computational Geometry
Advisor: Russ Miller
Experience
Niagara University, 1981 - 2018 (now retired)
Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, 1992 - 2018 (Chair, 1992-2004)
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, 1988-92
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, 1984-88
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1981-84Muhlenberg College, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1979-81
Salem College (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1978-79
North Carolina A. and T. State University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1977-78
University of Georgia, Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics, 1976-77
Michigan State University, Instructor in Mathematics, 1975-76
University of Illinois, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, 1970-75
Personal Stuff
Born and grew up in Detroit, Michigan
Married Linda Seligman, 1970
Our daughter, Robin Waldman, is the Director of Public and Media Communications at the National Archives and Records Administration. She previously was an archivist at the Archives' facility at College Park, Md. Robin received Archivist's Awards for Outstanding Achievement in 2009 and 2011. Before starting her career at the Archives, Robin held positions as archivist, librarian, and collections specialist at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
Robin graduated from Syracuse University (class of '01) with a Master's in Museum Studies and a Master's in Art History. She held fellowships from both departments during her graduate studies.
Robin graduated from SUNY at Albany (class of '98), with a double major in Art History and English. At Albany, Robin was
Presidential Scholar (honors program)
member of the Golden Key honorary society
Cum Laude
Robin's husband, Mark Waldman, is a graduate of SUNY - Buffalo (Political Science, class of '96). Mark has both an MA and an MBA (class of '07) in nonprofit management from the University of Maryland.
Mark has made a career as an executive of various service organizations.
Our son, Matthew, has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin (class of '13), where he also received a Master's degree in Sociology (class of '05). He is a Research Scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis University. Matt won a Berman Foundation Early Career Fellowship in 2014, and the 2023 Distinguished Early Career Award from the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry.
He is a member of the National Advisory Board of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College.
Matt received a Master's degree from Brandeis University (class of '02), in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Matt held a fellowship during his Brandeis studies.
Matt graduated from SUNY at Albany (class of '00) with a double-major in Judaic Studies and Sociology, and the following honors:
Presidential Scholar
member of the Golden Key honorary society
member of Phi Beta Kappa
Bnai Zion - Brith Abraham Award for Excellence in Hebrew Studies
member of Alpha Kappa Delta (international sociology honor society)
Kappa Beta Memorial Scholarship for graduate study
Presidential Award for Undergraduate Research
Summa Cum Laude