Background
Beineke, Lowell Wayne was born on November 20, 1939 in Decatur, Indiana, United States. Son of Elmer Henry and Lillie Agnes (Snell) Beineke.
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Lowell Wayne Beineke
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Lowell Wayne Beineke, American Mathematics educator. Achievements include characterization of line graphs and thickness ofcomplete graphs; enumeration of multidimensional trees. Recipient Outstanding Teacher award AMOCO Foundation, 1978, Friends of the University, 1992; Fulbright Foundation grantee London, 1980-1981, research grantee Office Naval Research, Washington, 1986-1989; fellow Institute Combinatorics and its Applications, since 1990.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1961; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1965.
Career
Assistant professor, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1965-1968;
associate professor, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1968-1971;
professor, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1971-1986;
Jack W. Schrey professor, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1986. Tutor Oxford (England) University, 1974, The Open U., Milton Keynes, England, 1974,75. Visiting lecturer Polytechnic N. London, England., 1980-1981.
Visiting scholar WolfsonColl., University of Oxford, 1993-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Corp member Board for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, New York, 1988-1991, delegate General Synod, 1989, 91. Member Mathematics Association American (chairperson Indiana Section 1987-1988, board governors 1990-1993, since 2004, member executive committee, since 2006, Distinguished Teaching award Indiana Section 1997, Distinguished Service award Indiana Section 1998), American Mathematics Society, London Mathematics Society, Common Cause, Amnesty International, Summit Book Club, International Affairs Forum, Sigma Xi (club president 1984-1986, chapter president 1997-1998), Phi Kappa Phi (chapter president 1993), Pi Mu Epsilon.
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Married Judith Rowena Wooldridge, December 23, 1967. Children: Jennifer Elaine, Philip Lennox.
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Political Party
Democrat
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Recipient Outstanding Teacher award AMOCO Foundation, 1978, Friends of the University, 1992, Outstanding Research award Indiana U.-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 1999. Fulbright Foundation grantee London, 1980-1981, research grantee Office Naval Research, Washington, 1986-1989. Fellow Institute Combinatorics and its Applications, since 1990. Named to Book of Great Teachers Purdue University, 2008.Recipient Outstanding Teacher award AMOCO Foundation, 1978, Friends of the University, 1992, Outstanding Research award Indiana U.-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 1999. Fulbright Foundation grantee London, 1980-1981, research grantee Office Naval Research, Washington, 1986-1989. Fellow Institute Combinatorics and its Applications, since 1990.
Named to Book of Great Teachers Purdue University, 2008.