Dwight Duffus

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Dwight Albert Duffus is a Canadian-American mathematician, the Goodrich C. White Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science at Emory University [1] and editor-in-chief of the journal Order . [2]

Duffus did his undergraduate studies at the University of Regina, graduating in 1974; [1] he received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Calgary under the supervision of Ivan Rival. [3]

In 1986 Duffus received Emory University's Emory Williams Teaching Award, its highest award for teaching excellence. [4] He served as chair of the Mathematics & Computer Science Department at Emory for many years, beginning in 1991. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Faculty profile Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine , Emory University, retrieved 2010-09-10.
  2. Publisher web site for Order, retrieved 2010-09-10.
  3. Dwight Albert Duffus at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  4. Emory Williams Teaching Award recipients Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. Distinguished faculty, Emory University, 2002. Retrieved 2010-09-10.