Background
Vance, Elbridge Putnam was born on February 7, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Selby Frame and Jeannie (Putnam) Vance.
Vance, Elbridge Putnam was born on February 7, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Selby Frame and Jeannie (Putnam) Vance.
Student, Haverford College, 1932-1933; Bachelor of Arts, College Wooster, 1936; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1939.
Assistant, University of Michigan, 1937-1939;
instructor, U. Nevada, 1939-1941;
assistant professor, U. Nevada, 1941-1943;
visiting lecturer, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1943-1946;
assistant professor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1946-1950;
associate professor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1950-1954;
professor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1954-1983;
professor emeritus, Oberlin (Ohio) College, since 1983;
department chairman, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1948-1977;
acting dean College Arts and Sciences, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 2d semester, 1965-1966, 1st semester, 1970-1971. Chairman advanced placement committee College Entrance Examination Board, 1961-1965, chief reader, 1956-1961. Chairman of Commission examiners mathematics Comprehensive College Tests, Ednl.
Testing Service, 1965-1967.
(algebra and trigonometry unified)
Member Oberlin School Board, 1952-1960, president, 1957-1960. Member Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers of Mathematics, American Mathematics Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Margaret Gertrude Stoffel, August 5, 1939 (divorced 1975). Children: Susan (Mistress Timothy Griffin), Peter Selby, Douglas Putnam, Emily (Mistress Charles Harold Beynon III). Married Jean Haigh, January 1975.