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Willis, Ralph Houston was born on December 26, 1942 in McMinnville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carl Houston and Carrie Lee (Hill) Willis.
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Ralph Houston Willis
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Ralph Houston Willis, American Mathematics educator. Certified secondary education. Recipient Paul A. Reid Distinguished Svc. award Western Carolina U., 1991,honorable mention North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence, 1991, Innovator awardN.C. Council Teachers in Mathematics, 1994; Exemplary Site award State Mathematics Contest Committee, 1990.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University, 1964; Master of Arts in Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University, 1966.
Career
Instructor departments mathematics & computer science, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1968-1973; assistant professor, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1973-1983; associate professor, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, since 1983. Co-founder North Carolina State Mathematics Contest & Contest Network, 1977-1978, statemaths. contest committee, 1977-1978, western regional representative executive steering committee, since 1978, recording secretary, since 1978.
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Director, coordinator High School Mathematics Contest, Western Carolina U., since 1970, solicitor-coordinator Mathematics Contest Scholarship Program, 1971-1982, initiator-coordinator mathematics department's Visiting Speaker Program, 1974-1977. Faculty sponsor North Carolina Council Teachers Mathematics Student Affiliate, Cullowhee, since 1988. Coordinator state road paving project University Heights Cmty.
Development Organisation, 1974-1976, chairman, founder community watch., 1978-1979, coordinator public water system upgrade project, 1980-1984. Coordinator, board directors, trustee Hunerwadle Cmty. CemeteryAssn., Beersheba, Tennessee, since 1983.
Co-founder North Carolina State Mathematics Contest and Contest Network, 1977-1978. Member National Council Teachers Mathematics (Innovator award 1994), North Carolina Council Teachers Mathematics (historian 1993-1998, Innovator award 1994. editorial board Centroid1995-), Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Mu Epsilon.
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Married Gayle Catherine Celestin, June 29, 1973 (divorced April 1985). Married Velma Inez Church, August 10, 1985. Stepchild, Bobbie Lynn White.
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Recipient Paul A. Reid Distinguished Svc. award Western Carolina U., 1991,honorable mention North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence, 1991, Innovator awardN.C. Council Teachers in Mathematics, 1994. Exemplary Site award State Mathematics Contest Committee, 1990.Recipient Paul A. Reid Distinguished Svc. award Western Carolina U., 1991,honorable mention North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence, 1991, Innovator awardN.C. Council Teachers in Mathematics, 1994. Exemplary Site award State Mathematics Contest Committee, 1990.