A Brief Background

I have taught at the University of Houston since 1967 and my current position is Professor of Mathematics.

My specialty is Topological Algebra with an emphasis in Topological Semigroups

My undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics which I received in 1961 from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

My Ph. D. in Mathematics is from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the year 1965.

My first tenure track teaching position was as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia during academic year 1965-1966

I spent academic year 1966-1967 as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.

I came to the The University of Houston in the Fall of 1967 as Assistant Professor of Mathematics,and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1969. In 1974, I was promoted to my present rank of Professor of Mathematics

I received an MBA in 1984 at the University of Houston, Central Campus.