Background
Prekeges, Demitrios Peter was born on June 28, 1930 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of Peter George and Paraskevi (Agglezi) Prekeges.
Prekeges, Demitrios Peter was born on June 28, 1930 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of Peter George and Paraskevi (Agglezi) Prekeges.
Bachelor in Education, Eastern Washington U., 1951; Master of Arts in Mathematics Teaching, U. Montana, 1963; Doctor of Education in Mathematics Education, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1974.
Teacher, Warden (Washington) Public Schools, 1951-1953; teacher, Wishram (Washington) Public Schools, 1953-1956; teacher, CleElum (Washington) Public Schools, 1956-1958; teacher, Mead (Washington) School District, 1958-1962; professor mathematics, Eastern Washington U., Cheney, 1963-1983; professor mathematics, Gonzaga U., Spokane, Washington, 1983-1985; consultant, Merrill Public Company, Columbus, Ohio., 1985-1989; mathematics consultant, Houghton Mifflin Company, since 1989. Speaker many mathematics conferences throughout United States, since 1963. Director National Science Foundation summer workshops, Washington, 1974, 75, 76.
Advisor Warden council Boy Scouts American, 1951-1953. President Cheney Little League, 1968-1971. Board directors City of Cheney Park Board, 1970-1974.
Member Cheney School Board, 1974-1978. Served as corporal United States Army, 1948-1949. Member National Council Teachers Mathematics (conference and convention committee 1974-1978, regional services committee 1978-1981), School Science and Mathematics, California Mathematics Council, Washington State Mathematics Council (vice president 1971-1973), National Council Suprs.
Mathematics.
Married Marilyn Gertrude Daugherty, August 11, 1953. Children: Peter Allen, David James, Donald Lee, Paul Scott.