Frank T. Birtel
University Professor Emeritus

Education

Professional Background

Academic Appointments

Visiting Professor, Lutheran School of Theology, University of Chicago, Fall, 1990
University Professor*, Tulane University, 1981-2002.

*The purpose of a university professor is threefold: (1) to engage in scholarship of a collegial rather than traditionally disciplinary focus; (2) to encourage interdivisional and interdisciplinary teaching and the integration
of knowledge; (3) to free the professor from full department obligations.

Professor, Tulane University, Department of Mathematics, 1967-2002
Professor, Catholic University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                    (on leave from Tulane University), 1968-69
Senior Fulbright Lecturer, England, Scotland, Germany, The Netherlands, during 1968-69
Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1964-67
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, Summer 1965
Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1962-64
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, 1960-62
Lecturer, Yale University, 1961-62
Instructor, Connecticut College for Women, New London, Connecticut, 1956-57
Senior Mathematician, U.S.N. Submarine Nuclear Power School, 1955-57
Staff, Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1953-55
(Lt., USNR Service 1953-57).

Administrative Appointments (Tulane University)

Provost, April 1979 - August 1981
Dean of the Graduate School, April 1979 - August 1981
Acting Provost, July 1978 - March 1979
Acting Dean of the Graduate School, January 1978 - March 1979
Deputy Provost, 1976-78
Special Assistant to the President, 1975-76
University Chairman of Mathematics, Tulane University and Newcomb College, 1973-74
Head, Department of Mathematics, Tulane University and Newcomb College, 1970-73.

Research interests

Several Comples Variables
Abstract Harmonic Analysis
Science and Religion

Mathematics Department Tulane University 6823 St. Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 70118 phone: (504) 865-5727 fax: (504) 865-5063

Last Updated: August 27, 2008