Eugene Carlyle Johnsen

Background

Johnsen, Eugene Carlyle was born on January 27, 1932 in Minneapolis. Son of Bernhardt Thorwald and Esther Elvira (Eklund) Johnsen.

Education

BChem, University of Minnesota, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1961.

Career

NAS/National Research Council Research Association, National Bureau Studies, Washington, 1962-1963; lecturer mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1963-1964; assistant professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964-1968; associate professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968-1974; professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974-1994; professor emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1994; director summer sessions, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1981-1994, 94-97. Visiting lecturer in mathematics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968-1969. Visiting scholar in sociology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1985.

Mathematician Sperry Rand, St. Paul, 1956, 57. Instructor chemical and mathematics University of Minnesota, 1956-1957. Instructor mathematics Ohio State University, Columbus, 1962.

Achievements

• Eugene Carlyle Johnsen has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician and educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Los Angeles County Museum Art, since 1985, Los Angeles Music Center Opera League, since 1986. Member Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce/University of California Santa Barbara Business Advisory Committee, 1979-1984. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, American Statistical Association, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, International Network for Social Network Analysis, American Sociological Association (acting chairperson, then chairperson mathematics sociology section 1995-1997), University of California Santa Barbara Faculty Club, American-Scandinavian Foundation, Sons of Norway (president Ivar Aasen Lodge since 1999), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: music, opera, tennis, traveling.

Connections

Married Marjorie Marie Wacklin, August 31, 1957.

Father:

Bernhardt Thorwald Johnsen

Mother:

Esther Elvira (Eklund) Johnsen

Spouse:

Marjorie Marie Wacklin