Donald Allen Drew

Background

Drew, Donald Allen was born on September 11, 1945 in Margaretville, New York, United States. Son of Howard Charles and Marjorie Belle (Liddle) Drew.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967; Master of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1970.

Career

Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1971; assistant professor, New York University, 1971-1973; assistant professor mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1973-1979; associate professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1979-1983; professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1983-1994; Ricketts professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1995. Consultant Battelle, Richland, Washington, 1975-1977, Chevron, 1996. Mathematician United States Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1980-1981.

Vis.assoc. professor of University Wisconsin-Madison, 1981. Summer faculty Sandia National laboratories, Albuquerque, 1984. Visiting professor theoretical and applied mechanics Mathematics Sciences Institute, Cornell Univercity, 1988-1989.

Associate director Center Multiphase Research, 1987-1994, director, 1994-1996. Visiting faculty Centro Atomico, Bariloche, Argentina, 1997, Southampton (England) University, 1997. Visiting scientist Los Alamos(New Mexico) National laboratories, 1997.

Achievements

• Donald Allen Drew has been listed as a noteworthy mathematical sciences educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Faculty Senate, 1993-1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Mathematics Biological, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (education committee 1977-1980), Society Engineering Science, Society Natural Philosophy, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Esther Miller, June 4, 1966. Children— Elizabeth Margaret, Stacey Lynn.

Father:

Howard Charles Drew

Mother:

Marjorie Belle (Liddle) Drew

Spouse:

Margaret Esther Miller

child:

Stacey Lynn Drew

child:

Elizabeth Margaret Drew