John H. Staib 1927-1982
In Memoriam
Professor of Mathematics, Drexel University
Jack Staib was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and spent most of
his career at Drexel University. He was a passionate teacher of
mathematics, striving for Polya-esque methods and insight.
Born
December 19, 1927, Philadelphia, PA
Career
1950-1954 Temple University
1954-1982 Drexel University
1962-1982 Drexel Evening College
Honors
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (1980)
Books
Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Charles E. Merrill Co., 1966.
An Introduction to Matrices and Linear Transformations, Addison-Wesley Co.,
1969.
Selected Publications
Integration of inverse functions, Mathematics Magazine, 39, Sep 1966.
A Sequence Approach to Uniform Continuity, Mathematics Magazine, 40,
Nov 1967.
On Curves with Corners, Mathematics Magazine, 41, May 1968.
An Alternative to the Gram-Schmidt Process, Mathematics Magazine, 42,
Sep 1969.
The Cardiologist's Theorem, The Mathematics Teacher, 70, Jan 1977.
The Pascal Pyramid, The Mathematics Teacher, 71, Sep 1978.
The Give-and-Take-Away Strategy, The Mathematics Teacher, 72, Jan 1979.
Member
MAA, NCTM, AAAS
Email: lawrence.staib at yale.edu
Rev. 10/00