David Kelly (mathematician)
David C. Kelly is currently an associate professor of mathematics at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He holds an AB from Princeton, an SM from MIT, and an AM from Dartmouth; and has taught at New College, Oberlin, and Talladega College.[1] In 1971 he founded the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM), a six-week program for mathematically talented high school students, and has been directing the program ever since.
Legend has it that during his time at Princeton in the early 1960s, Kelly and fellow student Michael Spivak[2] created "Yellow Pig's Day," an annual celebration of mathematics and the number 17.[3] He continues to be involved in the organization of the holiday each year, commemorating the day with food, songs[4] , a reunion, and of course mathematics.[5] He is quite familiar with many of the interesting properties of the number 17,[5] and gives a special lecture on the subject each summer.
Kelly's father was involved in the military, and he spent much of his early life traveling around the world. He lived in Brazil from when he was eleven years old to thirteen, and grew fond of brazilian food. His home, much-loved by HCSSiM students, is famed for puzzles, dogs, and corn.
[edit] External links
- Faculty biography
- David Kelly (mathematician) at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- David C. Kelly at Hampmedia
- Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics
[edit] References
- ^ "Hampshire College Faculty Bio". http://www.hampshire.edu/faculty/dkelly.htm. Retrieved Jan 22, 2012.
- ^ "Why Yellow Pigs?". http://www.yellowpigs.net/yellowpigs/YP_why. Retrieved Jan 22, 2012.
- ^ "Yellow Pigs' Day". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Samir/Yellow_Pigs_Day. Retrieved Jan 22, 2012.
- ^ "YP Day Songs". http://www.yellowpigs.net/yellowpigs/YP_songs.
- ^ a b Laura A. Haight (1982-02-05). "Hamming It Up At Hampshire: Mathematics Gone Hogwild". Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=186796. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
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