Lucy Irene Dechene

Background

Dechene, Lucy Irene was born on December 25, 1950 in Petaluma, California, United States. Daughter of Harry George and Domenica Dechene.

Education

Student, Lone Mount College, 1969-1973; Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, U. San Francisco, 1973; Master of Science, University of California, Riverside, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, 1978.

Career

Private instructor piano, organ and carillon, 1975-1976; community teaching fellow, University of California, Riverside, 1973-1976; teaching assistant, University of California, Riverside, 1976-1977; carillon instructor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1980-1981; assistant professor, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) State College, 1978-1984; associate professor department mathematics, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) State College, 1984-1995; professor, since 1995; acting chairperson, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) State College, 1987. Consultant Vanguard Lion Associations, St. Louis, 1983. Member People-to-People Citizen Ambassador in Management delegation to People's Republic China, 1987, 88, to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1990.

Presenter workshops, conferences, seminars throughout United States. Assistant director, organist, accompanist Fitchburg State College Chorus, 1978-1983. Walter Harrod research lecturer Fitchburg State College, 1987, 89.

Achievements

• Lucy Irene Dechene has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Music director St. Anthony's Church, 1979. Guest carillonneur Northfield (Massachusetts)-Mount Hermon School, since 1978, Smith College, 1980-1983. Assistant organist, choir director Immaculate Conception Church, since 1980.

Accompanist Shauris Chorale and Orchestra, 1985-1989. Choir director, organist Rollstone Congressional Church, 1987-1989. Member NAFE, American Association of University Women, National Education Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, American Mathematics Society, Math.Assn.

American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Association Women in Mathematics, Union Concerned Scientists, American Guild Organists, International League of Women Composers, American Women Composers, Inc., Business and Professional Women, Inc., Association Computing Machinery, Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, Association Women in Science, Federation American Scientists, New York Academy Sciences, Guild Carillonneuirs North America, National Council Teachers Mathematics Massachusetts Teachers Association, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: musician, composer, carillonneur, organist.

Connections

Father:

Harry George Dechene

Mother:

Domenica Dechene