My professional career began as a Mechanical Engineer. After being released from active duty from military service during the Korean War, I utilized the GI Bill and majored in the topic at the University of Rhode Island following up with a master’s degree the following year. University teaching looked appealing, so I applied for and received a position on the civilian faculty at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Policy changes required that in order t pursue a career at the Academy, I was required to acquire a Ph.D. and rather than doing it part-time by commuting to Washington, D.C. I returned to the University of Rhode Island for full-time study, completing the requirements in 1970. Circumstances precluded my return to the Naval Academy, and I acquired a position in the faculty in the Mathematics Department of a small business college, which has now grown to be Bryant University. The department chair asked if I would develop and teach a course in the Mathematics of Finance to which I agreed. After developing and teaching the course I realized that finance (or the mathematics thereof) was the direction I wanted to follow in the future, and my research and publications have been in that genre since then.
During my tenure at Bryant University, I served as Chair of the department for 13 years, and because of having been a consultant to a pension consulting firm, I developed a major in actuarial mathematics. As such I have taught courses in the Theory of Interest, Mathematics of Finance, Insurance, and Pensions, Pension Fundamentals, Software Applications, and Statistics.
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