Emeritus Faculty
Many of our former faculty members continue to contribute to academic life at DU. Learn more about the mathematicians who help build our department.
Richard N. Ball
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1974 (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Office: C.M. Knudson Hall 205A
Email: rball@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-3294
Research interest: Algebra and topology, combinatorics, topological dynamics, stability and complexity.
Joel S. Cohen
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1970 (University of Maryland)
Email: jscohen@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3292
Research interest: Computer algebra and symbolic computation, mathematics and music, history of mathematics.
William S. Dorn
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1955 (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Email: wdorn@cs.du.edu
Research interest: Mathematics for humanities and social science students, preparing science student for entrance into the 'real world', writing in mathematics/computing courses, simplifying web site design, handicapped access to web sites.
Stanley Gudder
John Evans Professor Emeritus
PhD 1964 (University of Illinois)
Office: C.M. Knudson Hall 207A
Email: sgudder@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3599
Research interest: Functional analysis, mathematical physics, foundations of quantum mechanics, probability theory.
James N. Hagler
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1972 (University of California, Berkeley)
Office: C.M. Knudson Hall TBA
Email: jhagler@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3310
Research interest: Functional analysis, topological dynamics, hereditarily indecomposable continua.
Alayne Parson
Professor Emerita
PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Email: alayne.parson@gmail.com
Research interest: Automorphic functions, complex analysis, number theory.