In 1898 our department awarded its first Ph.D., to Albert
L. Candy. His dissertation, written under the direction of
Professor Ellery Davis, was titled A general theorem relating
to transversals, and its consequences
. In 1998 the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics celebrated the 100th anniversary
of this event. Our Centennial Celebration,
held May 14–16 at UNL, was a gala occasion, with a reception
in the Sheldon Art Gallery, a banquet, plenary addresses by
several of our alumni, and sessions of contributed talks in
research areas that have played a prominent role in the history
of our department.
The PhD I earned from the Mathematics Department at UNL was a crucial asset in the pursuit of my academic career, on the frontier between mathematics and computer science. I have maintained the friendships—personal and professional—that I made at that time, and Lincoln is like a second home to me.Pascal Weil Semigroup theory, PhD 1988 Charge' de Recherche au CNRS, Bordeaux Pascal.Weil@labri.u-bordeaux.fr
