Donald Harry Potts

Background

Potts, Donald Harry was born on December 15, 1921 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Harry Samuel and Gladys Selma (Hammer) Potts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1943; Philosophy Doctor, California Institute Technology, 1947.

Career

Teaching assistant, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1943-1946; instructor, assistant professor mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1946-1951; supervisory mathematician, United States Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1951-1958; associate professor, California State University, Long Beach, 1958-1961; lecturer mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1961-1964; professor mathematics, California State University, Northridge, since 1965.

Achievements

• Donald Harry Potts has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (section chairman, secretary), Association Symbolic Logic, Association Track and Field Statisticians (Executive Committee, president 1972-1976).

Connections

Married Betty Loreen McFarland, February 22, 1946 (divorced November 1953). Children: Robert Lindley, PaulineElizabeth Yonts. Married Jennifer Jean Christiansen, July 1, 1962.

Children: Jennifer Victoria, Valerie Kathleen.

Father:

Harry Samuel Potts

Mother:

Gladys Selma (Hammer) Potts

Spouse:

Jennifer Jean Christiansen

Spouse:

Betty Loreen McFarland

child:

Valerie Kathleen Potts

child:

PaulineElizabeth Yonts Potts

child:

Jennifer Victoria Potts

child:

Robert Lindley Potts