Christopher John Van Wyk

Background

Wyk, Christopher John Van was born on September 5, 1955 in Fairborn, Ohio, United States. Son of John Derek and Marie Louise (Riordan) Van Wyk.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics with high honors, Swarthmore College, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Stanford University, 1980.

Career

Technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, 1980-1991; associate professor mathematics and computer science, Drew U., Madison, New Jersey, 1990-1992; professor mathematics and computer science, Drew U., Madison, since 1992. Visiting assistant professor Stevens Institute Technology, 1984-1985. Honors examiner Swarthmore College, 1986, 88.

Visiting lecturer Princeton University, 1987. Instructor New Jersey governments School in the Sciences, summers 1984, 89, 92, 93. Program committee member Fourth Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, 1988.

Consultant Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, since 1991. Faculty consultant Ednl. Testing Svc., 1996, 97.

Achievements

• Christopher John Van Wyk has been listed as a noteworthy Computer science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Data Structures and C Programs (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science)

Membership

Member Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery (member special interest groups on automata and computability theory, education and graphics), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (member activity groups on discrete mathematics and geometric design, member education committee since 1995), Mathematics Association American, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Claudia Sarro, August 23, 1980. Children: Margaret, Abigail.

Father:

John Derek Wyk

Mother:

Marie Louise (Riordan) Van Wyk

Spouse:

Claudia Sarro

child:

Margaret Wyk

child:

Abigail Wyk