Jon L. Johnson attended Morningside High School in Inglewood,
California. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in
mathematics from Harvey Mudd College
and a Master of Science and Ph. D. in mathematics from the University of Kentucky. He
taught at the Citadel for one year before coming to Elmhurst College in
1977, where he is currently a Professor of Mathematics, and the former
holder of the Genevieve Staudt
Endowed Chair. His research area is commutative algebra and he
has
also published articles on technology in the mathematics classroom and
applications of differential equations. He is the faculty advisor
for Pi Mu Epsilon and the Elmhurst College Mathematical Association of
America Student Chapter.
He
was the Project Director for a National Science Foundation Teacher
Enhancement
Project for high school teachers which concluded in January of 1997,
was
a Co-Project Director for an National Science Foundation
Instrumentation
and Laboratory Improvement Project linking physics and mathematics
courses
(1996-1999), and a Co-Project Director for a National Conferences for
Undergraduate
Research and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation Project "Issues related to the
expansion
of O'Hare International Airport" (2001 and renewed for 2002). In
1996,
he received the President's Excellence in Teaching Award at Elmhurst
College.
He has been active in the Illinois Section of the Mathematical
Association
of America (ISMAA), having served as a Director on the ISMAA Board from
1993 to 1996, as a member of the ISMAA High School Lecture Committee
from
1991 to 1997 (Chair: 1996 - 97), and as the current Secretary -
Treasurer. In 2005, he received the Illinois Section of The
Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Service Award.
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