Background
Straffin,, Philip Douglas was born on March 27, 1943 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Philip Douglas and Eleanor (Whitehead) Straffin.
mathematics and computer science educator
Straffin,, Philip Douglas was born on March 27, 1943 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Philip Douglas and Eleanor (Whitehead) Straffin.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1965. Bachelor, Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1971.
Assistant professor mathematics/computer science Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1970-1975, associate professor, 1975-1980, professor mathematics and computer science, since 1980.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (Distinguished Teaching award 1993), American Association Women in Mathematics, Audubon Society, Sierra Club.
Married Judith Louise Kotary, June 13, 1967. 1 child, Ethan Douglas.