William Dewey Peeples

Background

Peeples, William Dewey was born on April 19, 1928 in Bessemer, Alabama, United States. Son of William Dewey and Thelma Jeannette (Chastain) Peeples.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Samford U., 1948; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Georgia, 1951.

Career

Research mathematician, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, Maryland., summer 1951; member of faculty, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1951-1956; professor mathematics, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1959-1995; head department, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1967-1995; member of faculty, Auburn U., 1956-1959; retired, 1995. Consultant Hayes International Corporation.

Achievements

• William Dewey Peeples has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers Mathematics Ala.Coll. Teachers Mathematics (president 1969), Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi (president 1977), Lambda Chi Alpha.

Connections

Married Katie Ray Blackerby, August 30, 1956. Children: Mary Jeannette, William Dewey III, Gerald Lewis, Stephen Ray.

Father:

William Dewey Peeples

Mother:

Thelma Jeannette (Chastain) Peeples

Spouse:

Katie Ray Blackerby

child:

Gerald Lewis Peeples

child:

Mary Jeannette Peeples

child:

Stephen Ray Peeples

child:

William Dewey III Peeples