Richard Joseph Libera

Mathematics educator

Born Aug. 26, 1929, Thorndike (MA), U.S.; son of Anthony and Catherine (Jamrog); married Joan (Houle); children: Anthony, Matthew.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), American International College, Springfield (MA), 1956; Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1958; Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ), 1962.

Career: graduate assistant (mathematics), University of Massachusetts, 1956-58; instructor (mathematics), Rutgers University, 1958-62; prof. (mathematics), University of Delaware, Newark, 1962 -.

Author: research papers in geometric function theory.

Member of: American Mathematic Society; Mathematic Association of America.

Honors: Sigma Xi; 6 grant awards to work at University of M. Curie-Sklodowska, Polish Academy of Sciences; grants, National Science Foundation (NSF), Kosciuszko Foundation.

Served with: United States Marine Corps (USMC), sergeant, 1948-52.

Affiliation: Democrat.

Languages: English, Polish, French, German, Russian, Czech.

Hobbies: reading history, woodworking, classical music.

Home: 402 Apple Road, Newark, DE 19711.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996