Background
Whitman, Betsey Sellner was born on April 21, 1938 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Daughter of William and Beatrice Elizabeth (Harger) Sellner.
Whitman, Betsey Sellner was born on April 21, 1938 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Daughter of William and Beatrice Elizabeth (Harger) Sellner.
Bachelor, Shimer College, 1958; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1959; Master of Arts, U. Florida, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1975; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1989.
Teacher, Conard High School, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1959-1962; junior college teacher, Gibbs Junior College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1964-1965; teacher, Notre Dame Academy, St. Petersburg, 1966-1967; from instructor to associate professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, 1967-1983; professor, chair department mathematics, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, since 1983. Owner, board directors The Math Place, Tallahassee, 1980-1988.
Board stewards United Church in Tallahassee, 1978-1988. Volunteer Big Bend Hospice, Tallahassee, since 1982. Member National Council Teachers of Mathematics, Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics (editor journals 1979-1985), Mathematics Association American, National Association Mathematicians, Association for Women in Mathematics, Women and Mathematics Education, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Married Harrison Carlton Whitman, August 27, 1960. Children: William George, Eliza Jane, Harrison Carlton II, Rebecca Suzanne.