The authors of these essays describe a wide variety of careers for which a background in the mathematical sciences is useful. They provide practical answers to the question: "Why should I study math?"
Most of those profiled use mathematics on a daily basis; others rely on the general problem solving skills acquired in their mathematics courses.
Sara Ford, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Richard D. Jarvinen, Professor of Mathematics and Consultant, Winona State University
Yves Chiricota Professor, Univertsité du Québec à Chicoutimi
Michael G. Monticino Associate Professor, University of North Texas
Michael J. Murray Java Developer, IBM Global Services, Olympic Internet Team,
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games website
Janet P. DenBleyker Consultant, Buck Consultants
Ellen Lentz Biostatistician, Hoffmann La Roche Laboratories Inc.
Paul Willoughby Lead Software Analyst, PRB-COMPTEK Systems
Jack Cassidy Engineer Scientist, Firmware
Peter Rosenthal Professor of Mathematics
Mitchell Stabbe Partner, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
Cherryl Beeman Electronic Commerce Specialist, The Kodiak Group
Allison DeLong Marine Associate, University of Rhode Island
William C. Schwartz President & Chairman, Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc.
William D. Hammers Chief Financial Officer, Optimal Solutions
David S. Ross Research Associate, Eastman Kodak Company
John Hamilton Research Associate, Eastman Kodak Company
Mike Lieber Biostatistician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Holly Gaff Graduate Research Associate, University of Tennessee
Carla Martin Consultant, Price Waterhouse
Clare Johnson Professor of Mathematics, Fashion Institute of Technology .
Michael H. Kutner Chairman, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Christopher M. Luczynski Sr. Associate Engineer, Mask House, IBM
Mark Terry Systems Engineer, Trident Systems, Inc.
Greg King Teacher, Cincinnati Public Schools
Jeffrey Zane Anderson Industrial Engineer, Commonwealth Aluminum Corp.
David Farmer Civil Engineer, Costal Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Lisa M. Sullivan Senior Budget Analyst, Department of the Navy
Julie S. Tarwater Quality Control Manager, Biles & Associates
Benjamin E. Weiss Imaging Scientist, MetaCreations Corp.
Robert L. Stewart NASA Astronaut / Director of Advanced Programs, Nichols Research Corp.
Frederick C. Taverner Senior Analyst, Daniel H. Wagner Associates
James L. Cooley Aerospace Mathematician, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Marla Prenger Associate Scientist, Proctor and Gamble
Sarah Adams Yeary Staff Systems Analyst, Lockheed Martin
Jonathan G. Blattmachr Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Kay Strain King Senior Environmental Mathematician, Theta Engineering
Laura Readdy Advance Systems Engineer, Electronic Data Systems, Corp. (EDS)
Jerry W. Highfill Mathematical Statistician, United States Environmental Protection Laboratory
Sue E. Waldman Mathematician, Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center US Department of Agriculture
Michael D. Weiss Agricultural Economist, US Department of Agriculture
Judith R. Brown Manager, Advanced Research Computing Services The University of Iowa
Valeria Lopez Actuarial Analyst, Towers Perrin
Joan Peters Ogden Consulting Actuary, Joan Ogden Actuaries
Fred L. Preston Systems Engineer, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Mark A. Reynolds Operations Research Manager, USAir, Inc.
Arthur P. StaddonClinical Associate Professsor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Yvonne Zhou Software Engineer, Cray Research, Inc.
Ron Bousquet R&D Project Manager Hewlett-Packard, Inc.
Arnitra Duckett Educational Markets Manager, Texas Instruments
Rol Fessenden Directory of Inventory Control, L.L. Bean