Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion-Conference
ROSS MATHEMATICS PROGRAM
1957 - 2007
In 1957 at the University of Notre Dame, Professor
Arnold Ross launched his innovative summer mathematics program dedicated
to involving young people with mathematical explorations. In 1963 Dr. Ross
and his "SSTP" (Summer Science Training Program) moved to Ohio State, where
the Program is still going strong. Dr. Ross led the number theory course
every summer until he stepped down in 2000 at the age of 94. He
passed away in 2002.
In July 2007 we celebrated the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Ross Mathematics Program at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Reunion & Conference, July 2007:
GROUP PICTURE of most of the alumni attending this Reunion-Conference.
Assorted pictures from the Reunion banquet.
Schedule
Several lecturers
presented topics of broad interest to Ross Program alumni and students.
Here is an outline of the schedule. Click here for a
more detailed SCHEDULE of lectures and other events.
Friday, July 20:
Arrivals. Meet at Math Tower on
campus.
Afternoon: Welcome, lectures, snacks, a game of
Ultimate Frisbee.
Evening parties.
Saturday, July 21:
Lectures of general mathematics
interest.
Evening banquet at the OSU Faculty Club.
Sunday morning, July 22:
Concluding talks. Tearful goodbyes.
We had a display of various sorts of Ross Program memorabilia and sold Ross Reunion
QR T-shirts, and Z hats. You can still order shirts and hats while supplies last!
Send a request to the address given below.
Contact us!
Alumni and friends of the Ross Program are encouraged to keep in touch with the Program and let us know what sorts of things you have been doing recently. Email address: ross@math.ohio-state.edu Let us know your impressions of the Program and its influence on you, as well as an update on things you've done since then. Responses will be posted on the News and Comments page (if you give permission). Responses from all types of alumni will help document the Program's influence, a useful step in our continual search for scholarship funding. (And it's fun to read them.)
Funding, and your contributions.
In recent years the Ross Program has enjoyed a fairly stable funding base, ensuring its continued existence. That base of support is essential to the Ross Program, as becomes clearer when we recall the olden days of the 1980s and 1990s when Dr. Ross had stressful searches every year to locate even minimal funding for his program.
This Fiftieth Anniversary is an appropriate moment to ask alumni and friends to help out with contributions to ensure that the Program not only exists, but continues to be excellent. CLICK HERE for further information about how you can help by contributing to the Arnold Ross Fund.