Richard Swanson:
CLASS OF 1960
Taft High SchoolClass of 1960
Chicago, IL
Ridgewood Community High SchoolClass of 1969
Norridge, IL
Illinois Institute of TechnologyClass of 1964
Chicago, IL
Bancroft Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Kansas city, MO
Richard's Story
Life
After leaving IIT ('64), I was a high school mathematics teacher for 5 years at Ridgewood HS, Norridge, IL. Married Pat (met at R'wood) in '67. Earned my "night-school" Masters ('68) at Northeastern Ill. Univ. (the last of about 4 name changes) and then left IL in '69 to travel to Columbus, OH. Earned my Ph. D. in Mathematics Education at Ohio State in '72 and moved to central NY (Syracuse area), where I was a school district mathematics supervisor until '92. After my job was eliminated, was able to work for 10 years as a professor of mathematics & mathematics education a...Expand for more
t SUNY-Oswego. Also have authored/published math materials for elementrary, middle & high school use, and co-authored Algebra and Algebra2/Trigonometry textbooks with Mary Dolciani (Houghton-Mifflin). Am married, with one married daughter. Finally retired after 38 years in mathematics education. Still working at home with publishing activities. Love golf (when it's not snowing) and travelling -- especially National Parks. Will be on our 41st cruise in Jan '20.. We still live in Liverpool, NY (Syracuse), except during the winter months, when we are at our home in Ocala, FL.
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