Background
Bona, Jerry Lloyd was born on February 5, 1945 in Little Rock. Son of Louis Eugene and Mary Eva (Kane) Bona.
Bona, Jerry Lloyd was born on February 5, 1945 in Little Rock. Son of Louis Eugene and Mary Eva (Kane) Bona.
Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Harvard University, 1972.
Research fellow, U. Essex, Colchester, England, 1970-1972;
L. E. Dickson instructor, University of Chicago, 1972-1973;
from assistant professor to associate professor to professor, University of Chicago, 1973-1986;
professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1986-1990;
Raymond Shibley professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1990-1995;
acting chairman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1990-1991;
chairman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1991-1995;
The Communications Advertising and Marketing professor mathematics and physics, University Texas, Austin, since 1995. Teaching fellow applied mathematics Harvard University, 1969-1970, research fellow department mathematics, 1970, 73. United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council senior visiting fellow Fluid Mechanics Research Institute, U. Essex, 1973, 74, 75, 77, 78.
Visiting research associate Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1976, 77. NAS exchange visitor to Poland, 1977. Visiting professor Centro Brasileiro Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, 1980, Mathematics Research Center, 1980-1981, U. Brasilia, 1982, Laboratory Anvendt Matematisk Fysik, Danish Technology School, 1982, Institute Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 1985, 88, 90, 91.
Research professor Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, 1986-1995. Professor invité U. Paris-Sud, Center d'Orsay, 1982, 86-87, 88, 89, 92, l'Institute National Science Research-Oceanology, U. Quebec, 1982-1987, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, 1990-1991, director research National Center for Scientific Research, 1995, U. Bordeaux, 1995. Invited professor Institute Pure and Applied Mathematics, Rio de Janeiro, 1991, 92, 93, Academy Sinica, Beijing, 1991, 96, Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1994, U. de Paris Nord, Mathematics Laboratory Villetaneuse, 1993, 95, U. Oxford, 1995.
Invited speaker annual meeting American Physical Society, Notre Dame, 1979. Invited speaker American Mathematics Society meeting, Minneapolis, 1984, San Francisco, 1995. Invited speaker International Biennial Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Blazjewko, Poland, 1979, International Congress of Mathematicians, Helsinki, 1978.
Britton lecturer, McMaster U., 1986, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics annual meeting, San Diego, 1989, Porcelli lecturer Louisiana State University, 1993, Taft lecturer U. Cincinnati, 1996. Chairman Committee Applied Mathematics University of Chicago, 1981-1986. Mem.College Council, University of Chicago, 1981-1984, College Curriculum Com, 1984-1986, Governing Committee, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division, 1985-1986, University Disciplinary Committee, 1986, Penn State University task force on undergraduate education, 1989-1991, honorary degree recepient recommendation committee, 1994-1995.
Member scientific advising committee basic research mathematics science United States Army Research Office, 1979-1982, review committee division mathematics and computer science Argonne National Laboratory, 1984-1990, chairman, 1985-1989. Member review panel, site visit team National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers, 1988. Member North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellowships review panel, 1991.
Member Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology evaluating team, 1992. Chairman proposal review panel Department Energy, 1993. Co-director Mathematics Education Reform Network, since 1993.
Member visiting committee University of Illinois department mathematics, Chicago, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology department mathematics, since 1993, CUNY Brooklyn College department mathematics, 1994, U. North Carolina department mathematics, 1996. Member forum post secondary education Mathematics Sciences Education Board, since 1994. Chairman national visiting committee New York Collab. for Excellence in Teacher Preparatory in Mathematics, Science, Technology, since 1996.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (national committee chair 1994-1997). Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (committee managing editors 1987-1992, commission on committees and appointments 1988-1995, visiting lecturer since 1992, representative to American Association for the Advancement of Science section commission on mathematics 1994-1997, national committee chair 1987-1992, American Mathematics Society (national committee chair 1989-1996, member commission to select Steele prize winner 1984-1987, advising committee on newsletteron collegiate mathematics education 1987-1988, board judges for National Science and Engineering Fair 1990, 1991, chairman liaison committee American Association for the Advancement of Science 1990-1992, commission on education 1992-1996, chairman subcommittee graduate and postdoctoral education 1993-1995, university lecturer series committee since 1994, chairman, since 1999, nomination committee 1995-1998, chairman nomination committee 1995-1996), Mathematics Association American (commission on undergraduate program inmath. 1987-1991, subcommittee on major in mathematics science 1989-1990, subcommittee on calculus reform and 1st 2 years 1989-1991, representative to American Association for the Advancement of Science section commission on mathematics 1993-1996, program of consultant since 1994), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Pamela Anne Ross, December 23,1966. Children: Rachael Elizabeth, Jennifer Dani'el.