Henderson State University
Mathematics Department Faculty History
| Name |
Degree |
Highest Rank |
From |
Until |
Comments |
G. C. Jones
|
M.A.
|
Prof.
|
1890
|
1904
|
HSU president, 1890-1897, 1899-1904
|
Duncan A. Williams
|
B.A.
|
|
1906?
|
1908?
|
|
James R. Haygood
|
|
|
1907
|
1909
|
cont'd coach & academy instr. to 1925
|
Farrar C. Newberry
|
M.A.
|
|
1909
|
1912
|
|
Carl C. Gardner
|
M.A.
|
|
1912
|
1918
|
|
Cleve Cathey
|
A.B.
|
|
1914?
|
1921?
|
|
Mary Sue Mooney
|
M.A., LL.M.
|
|
1916
|
1928
|
continued in English
|
W.W. Weber
|
A.M.
|
|
1917
|
1918
|
|
David Porter Holmes
|
A.M.
|
Asst.
|
1929
|
1932
|
started 1925 in Latin, cont'd for. lang.
|
Jerry Hall Service
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1929
|
1933
|
|
Alison Pugh Hickson
|
ABD
|
|
1929
|
1931?
|
|
Hugh Harvey Hyman
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1932
|
1950
|
|
Thomas Alfred Tennyson
|
B.A.
|
Inst.
|
1933
|
1934
|
|
Margaret Catherine Alcorn
|
M.A.
|
Inst.
|
1935
|
1938
|
started 1934 - supervise student teaching
|
Mary Lee Foster
|
M.S.
|
Prof.
|
1937
|
1974
|
on leave 1944-1946
|
Francis Clark Elkins
|
B.A.
|
Inst.
|
1947
|
1947
|
continued in history
|
L. Scott Honaker
|
M.A.
|
Inst.
|
1947
|
1951
|
|
Ralph W. Young
|
M.A.
|
Prof.
|
1950
|
1951
|
|
Norman Albert Goldsmith
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1951
|
1954
|
|
Leslie A. Tope
|
M.A.
|
Inst.
|
1951
|
1956
|
continued in physical science
|
Edith Whitmer
|
Ed.D.
|
Prof.
|
1954
|
1969
|
|
Myrene Vogt McCarty
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
1957
|
1961
|
|
Tom Ellis
|
M.B.S.
|
Inst.
|
1961
|
1967
|
|
Earl Fulmer
|
Ed.D.
|
Assoc.
|
1962
|
1980
|
continued in physical science
|
Ben Thaxton
|
M.S.
|
Asst.
|
1963
|
1977
|
|
Mary M. Greene
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1963
|
1966
|
|
Patsy Melton
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1965
|
1995
|
|
Clarence Durand
|
M.S.
|
Prof.
|
1966
|
1998
|
on leave 1967-1971
|
William Durand
|
Ed.D.
|
Prof.
|
1966
|
present
|
on leave 1969-1972, retired 2007
|
Connie Roberts
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1966
|
1980
|
continued in chemistry
|
Jack Robey
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
1966
|
1967
|
|
Hendrick J. Arnold
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1967
|
1983
|
|
David M. Peebles
|
M.A.
|
Inst.
|
1967
|
1974
|
|
O. D. Daniel
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1969
|
1977
|
|
John Kent
|
Ed.D.
|
Prof.
|
1969
|
1996
|
|
Albert L. Crawford
|
Ed.D.
|
Prof.
|
1970
|
1985
|
|
Paul Stein
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1971
|
1978
|
on leave 1977-1978
|
David T. Barwick
|
Ph.D.
|
Asst.
|
1973
|
1975
|
|
Howard B. Arnold, Jr.
|
C.E.
|
Inst.
|
1975
|
1977
|
|
Betty Holt
|
M.A.
|
Inst.
|
1978
|
1982
|
|
Judy Fetters
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1979
|
1982
|
|
David Robinson
|
Ph.D.
|
Assoc.
|
1982
|
1985
|
|
David Gardner
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1983
|
present
|
|
Catherine Leach
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1984
|
present
|
|
Virline Nutt
|
M.S.E.
|
Asst.
|
1984
|
1999
|
continued as adjunct to 2006
|
Mary Zeagler
|
M.S.
|
Asst.
|
1986
|
1990
|
|
Richard Howe
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1987
|
1990
|
|
Jimmie Harper
|
M.S.
|
Assoc.
|
1988
|
present
|
|
Dafeng Chen
|
Ph.D.
|
Asst.
|
1989
|
1991
|
|
Carl Frank
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1989
|
1993
|
|
Bryant Wyatt
|
M.S.
|
Asst.
|
1989
|
1990
|
|
Bill Attebery
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1990
|
1993
|
|
Deborah Coventry
|
Ph.D.
|
Assoc.
|
1990
|
present
|
on leave 1992-1998, demitted 2005-2008
|
Wuufang Jang
|
Ph.D.
|
Asst.
|
1990
|
1991
|
|
Keith Hall
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1991
|
1992
|
|
Fred Worth
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1991
|
present
|
|
Michael Lloyd
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1993
|
present
|
|
Cindy Wilson
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
1993
|
2006
|
on leave 1999-2000
|
Kim Harper
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
1994
|
2005
|
|
Carolyn Eoff
|
Ph.D.
|
Prof.
|
1995
|
present
|
|
Tracy Watson
|
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
Jo Nell Driggers
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
1998
|
present
|
|
Carey Harris
|
M.Ed.
|
Inst.
|
1999
|
2001
|
|
Duane Jackson
|
Ph.D.
|
Assoc.
|
1999
|
present
|
|
| Brian English |
M.S.
|
Inst.
|
2004
|
present
|
|
John Greene
|
M.Ed.
|
Inst.
|
2005
|
present
|
|
| Debbie Hill |
M.S.E. |
Asst.
|
2006 |
present |
|
Holly Morado
|
M.S.E.
|
Inst.
|
2007
|
present
|
|
Heads of the Department
Name
|
Years
|
Title
|
Alison Pugh Hickson
|
1929-1930
|
head, department of mathematics
|
Hugh Harvey Hyman
|
1946-1950
|
head professor of mathematics and physics
|
Ralph W. Young
|
1950-1951
|
|
Norman Albert Goldsmith
|
1951-1954
|
chair, division of mathematics
|
Edith Whitmer
|
1955-1969
|
chair, division of mathematics
|
John Kent
|
1969-1996
|
chair, division of mathematics 1969-1974
chair, department of mathematics 1974-1982
chair, department of mathematics and computer science 1982-1996
|
William Durand
|
1996-2007
|
chair, department of mathematics and computer science
|
Carolyn Eoff
|
2007-present
|
chair, department of mathematics and computer science
|
Building named after Charles Aylmer Evans, Professor of Biology, 1919-1942