Arthur Wayne Dawson

Background

Dawson, Arthur Wayne was born on October 17, 1946 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. Son of Ruben Edgar and Helen Lucile (Temple) Dawson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Southern Arkansas U., Magnolia, 1968; Master of Arts in Mathematics, U. Missouri, 1971; Master of Science in Food Science, U. Missouri, 1976.

Career

Microbiologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Jackson, Mississippi, 1977; chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, Chicago, 1977-1979; instructor, Somerset (Kentucky) Community College, 1979-1981; instructor, Paducah (Kentucky) Community College, 1981-1982; assistant professor, Mountain Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1982-1983; assistant professor, Somerset Community College, 1983-1985; associate professor mathematics, Somerset Community College, 1985-1992; professor mathematics, Somerset Community College, since 1992; division chairman physical science and mathematics, Somerset Community College, since 1990.

Achievements

• Arthur Wayne Dawson has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Minister music Flat Lick Baptist Church, Somerset, 1983-1985, First Baptist Church, Burnside, Kentucky, 1985-1990. Member National Council Teachers Mathematics American Mathematics Association Two-Year Colls. (state representative 1984-1988, division chair committee since 1990), Kentucky Council Teachers Mathematics Mathematics Association American (Kentucky section), Kentucky Mathematics Association Two-Year Colls.

Interests

• Avocations: baseball, ethnic restaurants, music.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Zupancic, May 17, 1980. 1 child, Amanda Faith.

Father:

Ruben Edgar Dawson

Mother:

Helen Lucile (Temple) Dawson

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Zupancic

child:

Amanda Faith Dawson