Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Phone: 412-396-6467

Email: keagy@.duq.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1975, Mathematics

M.S., University of North Texas, 1972, Mathematics

B.S., Texas Lutheran University, 1969, Mathematics

Additional study: Six credits of graduate mathematics, Baylor University, 1970-71

Six credits of graduate computer science, Texas Tech University, 1978

• Led successful curriculum development in all three disciplines
• Recruited 12 full-time and more than fifty part-time faculty
• Hosted four Woodrow Wilson Institutes for secondary mathematics teachers
• Acquired significant new computer resources including two new student laboratories, one an open laboratory with 17 stations, the other a multimedia classroom with 29 student stations
• Encouraged grant writing among the faculty, resulting in four National Science Foundation grants (totaling more than $320,000) and four grants from 6DOS (totaling $32,000)
• Encouraged faculty participation in university service resulting in the election of 11 full-time faculty to major university committees
• Supported outstanding student performance by assisting in their selection for various school and university awards, scholarships, and honor societies and encouraging their participation in professional meetings and competitions
• Supported the development of support structures for students including tutoring services, clubs, and honor societies

1984 - 85: Strategic Planning Officer, The University of Texas at Tyler

• Coordinated, researched, and wrote a six year strategic plan for the upper level/ graduate institution

1982 – 84: Assistant to the President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas at Tyler

• Responsible for all operations of the Office of Academic Affairs during a period when the position of Academic Vice President was vacant
• Represented the university to the Academic Affairs office of the University of Texas System, the state Coordinating Board, regional organizations of secondary schools, and in various capacities to the general public
• Supervised research and development programs and budgets
• Guided two new master’s degree programs through the state approval system

• Distinct undergraduate (graduate) mathematics classes taught: 20 (4)
• Distinct undergraduate computer science classes taught: 5
• Overall student rating at Duquesne University (maximum = 5.0): 4.43

Articles in print (all journals refereed):

1. Linear Algebra with DERIVE, (with Robert J. Hill) The International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, 4(1997), 141-159.
2. A Case for Realism, (with Adam Drozdek) The Monist, 77(1994), 329-344.
3. Acceleration by Subsequence Transformations, (with William Ford) Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 132(1988), 357-362.
4. Matrix Methods and the Property of Stretchings, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 101(1987), 667-670.
5. On "Tauberian Theorms via Block Dominated Matrices," Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 110(1984), 119-124.
6. Summability of Matrix Transforms of Subsequences, Houston Journal of Mathematics, 9(1983), 407-413.
7. On a Gap Theorem of Lorentz and Zeller, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 86(1982), 459-460.
8. Summability of Matrix Transforms of Subsequences, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 24(1981), 359-364.
9. Summability of Alterations of Convergent Series, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 4(1981).
10. Absolute Summability and Stretchings of Sequences, Portugaliae Mathematica, 37(1978), 177-182.
11. Limit Preserving Summability of Subsequences, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 21(1978), 173-176.
12. Summability of Subsequences and Rearrangements of Sequences, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 7291978), 492-496.
13. Summability of Certain Category Two Classes, Houston Journal of Mathematics, 3(1977), 61-65.
14. Matrix Transformations and Absolute Summability, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 63(1976), 411-415.

Books:

Technical reports:

1. Application of Summability to Sequence Acceleration, NASA-ASEE Case-Lewis Summer Faculty Fellowship Program Final Report, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1986.
2. Acceleration of Series and Sequences, NASA-ASEE Case Lewis Summer Faculty Fellowship Program Final Report, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1987.

Other works published:

Grants:

1. "Computer Laboratory Support," Westinghouse Corporation (1988), $9,000.
2. "Computer Laboratory Support," Westinghouse Corporation (1989), $9,000.
3. "Creation of the Data Analysis Institute and the Alcoa Computing Laboratory," Alcoa Foundation (1992), $225,000.
4. "Support of the Data Analysis Institute and the Alcoa Computing Laboratory," Alcoa Foundation (1996), $110,000.
5. "Minority Scholarships in Computational Technology," Alcoa Foundation (2000), $12,500.
6. "Diversity in Computational Technology," Alcoa Foundation (2001), $21,600.
7. "Minority Scholarships in Computational Technology," Alcoa Foundation (2001), $9,300.

Fellowships:

1. NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Lewis Research Center – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1986 and 1987.
2. Education Professions Development Act, University of North Texas, 1971-72.

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