College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• May 9, 2006
  

  Resource room named in honor of mathematics professor

• Dedication ceremonies were held Friday, May 5, for the new Richard Sprague Undergraduate Math Majors Resource Room.

  The Sprague Resource Room is located in 400A Carver Hall and will be available for use by junior and senior level math majors beginning in the fall of 2006. Furnishings for the resource room, including furniture, subscriptions to mathematics journals and math resource books, were made available through funds provided by the family and friends of Richard Sprague.

  "The room will provide upper level math majors with a place to discuss mathematics, work on research projects and forge new friendships," said Justin Peters, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics.

  The facility is located in what used to be the Department of Mathematics chair's former office. After renovations were completed last fall in Carver Hall, the department's administrative office moved to the third floor of the building, freeing up office space for the Sprague Resource Room.

  The dedication ceremonies were attended by several members of the Sprague family. Dedication remarks were given by Peters, Stephen Willson, professor of mathematics E. James Peake, professor emeritus of mathematics; and Zora Zimmerman, associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Several members of the Sprague family also spoke.

  Sprague joined the Iowa State faculty in 1961 and remained on the mathematics department faculty until his retirement in 1995. He died at age 80.

  While at Iowa State, Sprague heavily involved with the undergraduate curriculum and students in the Department of Mathematics. In addition to being an academic adviser, he worked with education majors, the department's honors programs, the Putnam Exam team (national undergraduate competition in mathematics) and the undergraduate mathematics club, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Zora Zimmerman at dedication ceremonies

Sprague family members

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