Thomas Francis Joseph Lester

Background

Lester, Thomas Francis Joseph was born on August 23, 1940 in Butte, Montana, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iona College, 1962; Master of Arts, Manhattan College, 1966.

Career

Director project, SEED, Detroit, Sacramento and Bay Area, California instructor, California State University, Sacramento, since 1973; resource teacher mathematics and computer, San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, California, 1974-1984; mathematics/computer program specialist, San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, California, 1984-1988. Director live-in program University of California, Davis, summer 1970. Vice principal North Avenue School, Del Paso Heights, California, 1969-1970.

Co-director discovery program California State University, Sacramento, summers 1978-1981, academic partnership project grant California State University and University of California, 1984-1987. Director mathematics TalentSearch, Sacramento, summers since 1982. Member Mathematics Committee for Assessment Program, State of California, 1978-1988, mathematics diagnostic testing project California State University and University of California, since 1983, testing advising committee Ednl.

Testing Svc., Princeton, since 1986. Mathematics consultant California State Department of Education, since 1988.

Achievements

• Thomas Francis Joseph Lester has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics and computer consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coach Pony Baseball League, Citrus Heights, California, 1980-1983, San Soccer League, Citrus Heights, 1980-1985. Co-directors National Science Foundation, California Academy Partnership Program. Member National Council Teachers of Mathematics, California Mathematics Council, San Juan Adminstrs.

Association.

Interests

• Avocations: handball, running, tennis, reading.

Connections

Son of Joseph and Marbaret Esther (Torpy) L. Divorced; childen: Christopher Joseph, Cara Nicole.

Father:

Joseph Lester

Mother:

Marbaret Esther (Torpy) Lester