Background
Mayer, Richard Dean was born on May 26, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Lester Blyle and Velma Lucille (Maulsby) Mayer.
Mayer, Richard Dean was born on May 26, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Lester Blyle and Velma Lucille (Maulsby) Mayer.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1952; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1959.
Teaching assistant, Purdue University, 1952-1954; teaching assistant, U. Washington, 1954-1959; assistant professor mathematics, Idaho State University, 1959-1961; associate professor mathematics, department chairman, Idaho State University, 1961-1967; professor mathematics, State University of New York, Oswego, 1967-1991; professor mathematics emeritus, State University of New York, Oswego, since 1991; department chairman, State University of New York, Oswego, 1967-1974. Research engineer Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle, summer, 1959, Carter Oil Corporation, Billings, Montana, summer, 1960.
Republican Governor, High Desert, Oregon, since 2001. Member Central Oregon Flyfishers (president 1996, 97), Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Delta Rho Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, Kappa Mu Epsilon.
Married Patsy Jean Hartwell, August 31, 1952. Children— Susan, Joann, John.