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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

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Math Department Chairs

  • Richard Silvester 1892-1912
  • Henry Harrison 1912-1920
  • Thomas Taliaferro 1920-1939
  • Tobias Dantzig 1939-1941
  • Monroe Martin, acting 1941-1942
  • Monroe Martin 1942-1957
  • Stanley Jackson 1957-1958
  • Leon Cohen 1958-1968
  • Jacob (Jack) Goldhaber 1968-1977
  • William (Brit) Kirwan 1977-1981
  • Jacob (Jack) Goldhaber, acting 1981-1982
  • John Osborn 1982-1985
  • Nelson Markley 1985-1991
  • Raymond Johnson 1991-1996
  • Mike Fitzpatrick 1996-

Note: before the 1930's the Department consisted of one Professor and possibly one or two other faculty. The Professor is assumed to have been the Chair or Head.

The campus was known as the Maryland Agricultural College until 1916, when it became the Maryland State College of Agriculture, or more commonly, Maryland State College. In 1920 the professional schools in Baltimore and the College Park and Eastern Shore campuses were joined into the University of Maryland.

Richard Silvester was similtaneously President. Thomas Taliaferro was also Dean of Engineering 1917-21 and Dean of Arts and Sciences in the mid 1930s.