Jun 23, 2009 - Claremont, Calif. - Harvey Mudd College Professor of Mathematics Francis Su has been elected first vice president of the Mathematical Association of America, it was announced in May.

Su's two-year term begins after the Joint Mathematics Meetings (with MAA and the American Mathematical Society) in 2010 and ends after the Joint Mathematics Meetings in 2012. Also elected at the meeting were president-elect Paul Zorn (St. Olaf College) and second vice president Douglas Ensley (Shippensburg University). More information about the MAA election can be found here:

http://www.maa.org/news/060809election.html

Su joined the faculty at Harvey Mudd College in 1996 and is the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching and research, notably the MAA's Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2004 and the Merten M. Hasse Prize for outstanding mathematical exposition in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University in 1995.

The MAA has 27,000 members and its mission is to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level, through its core interests: education, research and exposition, professional development, public policy, and public appreciation. Its membership includes university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry.