Jan List Boal

Background

Boal, Jan List was born on October 20, 1930 in Canton, Ohio, United States. Son of Jan and May Ann (List) Boal.

Education

BME, Georgia Technology U., 1954; Master of Science, Georgia Technology U., 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.

Career

Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1954-1960; assistant professor, then associate professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1960-1969; professor department mathematics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1969-1990; department chairman mathematics, Georgia State University, 1969-1977; professor emeritus, Georgia State University, since 1990. Owner Veranda Bed and Breakfast Inn, Senoia, Georgia, since 1985. Consultant National Science Foundation-Agency for International Development, India, 1967, 68, Southern Association Schools and Colls., 1972-1986.

Interviewer Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, 1973-1979.

Achievements

• January List Boal has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman deacons Druid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta, 1977-1986. Member Senoia Planning Commission, 1989-1995. Member Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers Mathematics Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, music, sailing, woodworking, model building.

Connections

Married Bobby Snow, March 21, 1953. Children:Robert Kelly, Emily Ann, Virginia List.

Father:

Jan Boal

Mother:

May Ann (List) Boal

Spouse:

Bobby Snow

child:

Virginia List Boal

child:

Emily Ann Boal

child:

Robert Kelly Boal