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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