From
colin.a.shaw@us.pwcglobal.com Fri Oct 19 12:34 EDT 2001
Date:
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:32:50 -0400
Subject:
Congratulations
To:
rsellis@math.umass.edu
Cc:
dept@math.umass.edu
Message-id:
<OFF938AAB3.72000D09-ON85256AEA.00592A23@us.pw.com>
Professor
Ellis,
I'm not
sure if you'd remember me or not, but I was a student of yours a
few
years ago in Math 300, 431, and 421. I
hadn't checked up on the UMass
Math
department home page for a while until this morning when I discovered
that
your page had been updated. I'd like to
congratulate you on your
recent
accomplishments and take the opportunity to thank you for being an
outstanding
educator as well.
Although
I made the choice to not continue a field of study in pure
mathematics
(for economic and pragmatic reasons), I would like you to know
that
the material I learned in your classes made that choice a difficult
one. (For what it's worth, I'm doing well in the
actuarial consulting
field). Seeing that you are teaching a new course
(Math 532) this semester
makes
me wish I were still a student. I am
equally impressed by your
ability
to balance the concerns of the math department (undergraduates and
graduate
students) with seemingly unrelated liberal arts study. Both UMass
and the
Math department are truly blessed to have your services.
Good
luck in all future endeavors,
Colin
Shaw
BS in
Mathematics, 1999