Robert A. Hovis

Program Director for Computer Science
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio 45810

Education

B.S., Youngstown State University, 1965
M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1967
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1972

Professional Memberships

The Mathematical Association of America
The American Mathematical Society
The Association for Computing Machinery
Central Ohio ACM Chapter
American Society for Engineering Education
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society)
Kappa Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honorary)
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science Honorary)
Foundation for Science and Disability
The Ohio Section of the Mathematical Association of America
The Ohio Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges

Areas of Interest

Programming Languages
Ethics and Professional Issues in Computer Science
Databases
Discrete Event Simulation
General Point Set Topology
Family
Travel (have been in all 48 contiguous states plus Hawaii)
Travel (have been in Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, and Italy)
History and Politics
Baseball and the Cleveland Indians

Miscellaneous

Family

Wife, Mary Ann, Professor of Mathematics at Lima Technical College. She is currently serving a second, four year term, on the Board of Education for the Ada Public Schools.
Daughter, Jennifer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biophysics at Stanford University
Son, David, Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University

My thesis advisor at The Ohio State University was Prof. Norman Levine. He was a great human being and a pretty good mathematician.
I am a member of the Ada First United Methodist Church.
We currently own three Ford vehicles:

1990 Ford Tempo
1995 Mercury Grand Marquis
2001 Ford Escape

How to find me:

Home address - 721 West Lima Avenue. Ada, OH 45810
Work Address - Science Annex 214
Home phone - (419) 634 3168
Cell phone - (419) 233 1391 (or 419 233 5630)
Office phone - (419) 772 2357
Office FAX - (419) 772 1888
e-mail - r-hovis@onu.edu

Last modified: July 27, 2001

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