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| Professor Emeritus
Robert Rosenbaum was honored by the Connecticut Association of Public School
Superintendents during a banquet May 8. |
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| Posted 05.15.08 |
PIMMS Founder Receives Service Award for Math, Science Contributions
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The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) has
awarded Robert Rosenbaum its Distinguished Service Award in recognition of
his exemplary career, with its many contributions to math and science
education.
Rosenbaum, chair and founder of the Project to Increase Mastery of
Mathematics and Science (PIMMS), and the University Professor of Sciences
and Mathematics, emeritus, received the award May 8 at the organization’s
annual awards banquet in Groton, Conn.
“Extending a well-known aphorism of Henry Adams, I remark that educators
affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops,” Rosenbaum
said.
Rosenbaum, 92, a graduate of Yale University’s class of 1936, was a faculty
member of several universities until 1953, when he joined the mathematics
department at Wesleyan University. Over the course of his 55-year Wesleyan
career, he has held many administrative positions, including dean, provost,
academic vice-president, acting president and chancellor. In 1985, he was
named the University Professor of Mathematics and Sciences, emeritus.
He is the author or co-author of four mathematics texts and the recipient of
several honorary degrees.
He founded the PIMMS in 1979, was its director until 1995, and its chairman
since 1995. Rosenbaum also was the Founding President of the Connecticut
Academy for Education in Math, Science and Technology and served on its
Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
“No person in the State of Connecticut – over the past thirty years – has
done more for the improvement of math and science instruction than Robert A.
Rosenbaum,” says Ted Sergi, president and CEO of the Connecticut Science
Center, former Commissioner of the State Department of Education and a
previous CAPSS Distinguished Service Award recipient. “Professor Rosenbaum
has directly and indirectly touched the lives of thousand of K-12 teachers
in Connecticut.”
Rosenbaum has volunteered an estimated 50,000 hours of his time towards
math-related pursuits. He has served as a mentor to gifted middle and high
school students and serves on various state and local committees concerned
with both educational and social issues.
In addition, Rosenbaum has been the National Age Group Champion in squash
four times. In 2005, Wesleyan named the squash facility in his name
Rosenbaum lives with his wife Marjorie in Middletown; he also owns a home in
Colorado, near his three sons and their families.
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By Maria Johnson, assistant director for
programs, grants and marketing at PIMMS. Photo by Olivia Bartlett. |
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