As department chair during the academic year 1968-1969, Paul Halmos (left) hired a small generation of new faculty members, the last of whom retired in 2015.
Brief narrativeThe Mathematics Department of the University of Hawaii (now the University of Hawaii at Manoa) was founded in 1954. Before 1954 mathematics was part of the School of Engineering under the chairmanship of Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes (who helped crack the Imperial Japanese ciphers during World War II). The department began with only 6 members. One was the wife of the Dean of Faculty. Not all were mathematicians; one, a Navy buddy of Holmes, was an engineer from Pearl Harbor. Christopher Gregory was the first department chairman. An archived department web site from 2011 is available at math-hawaii-edu.appspot.com.
Chronological list of Department Chairs
2010 Chair means Department Chair for the 2010-2011 academic year; Summer Chair means Summer Acting Chair.
Academic Year
Department Chair
Associate chair
Graduate chair
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Willett
Kjos-Hanssen
Hadari
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Haas
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Smith
Willett
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Chyba
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Freese
Wilson
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Chyba
Wilkens
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Guentner
Wilson
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Chyba
Year
Chair
Curriculum chair
Instruction chair
Graduate chair
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
Guentner
Craven
Nation
Wilkens
Spring 2013
Ramsey
Myers
Fall 2012
Guentner
Wilson
Year
Chair
Assoc. chair
Grad. chair
2011
Ramsey
Dovermann
Nation
2010
2009
Smith
2008
2007
2006
Craven
Little
2003-2005
2002
Allday
2001
Nation
Craven
1999-2000
1997-1998
Hoover
Weiner
Bertram
1994-1996
Smith
1993
Colby
Wong, Hoover (Spring)
1992
Wong
1991
Ramsey
Weiner
1990
Wong, Colby (Spring)
1989
Wong, Hoover (Fall)
1988
Brown
Wong
Hanf
1986-1987
1985
Lampe
Craven
1984
Wong, Hoover (Fall)
1983
Wong
1982
Pitcher
Wong, Hoover (Fall)
Bear
Earlier/historical
Leadership teams, and new hires.
1986 Chair: Brown, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Hanf
Secretary: Susan Hasegawa
Secretary: Shirley Kikiloi
1985 Chair: Lampe, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Craven
Executive Secretary: Pat Goldstein
1981 Chair: Pitcher, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Bear
1980 Chair: Pitcher, Assoc. Chair: Wong & Hoover(Fall), Grad. Chair: Bear
Stegenga, David
1979 Chair: Williamson, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Csordas
Nation, J.B.
1978 Chair: Williamson, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Csordas
Ortel, Marvin
1977 Chair: Williamson, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Csordas
Lady, Lee
1976 Chair: Mader, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Colby
1975 Chair: Mader, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Colby
Ramsey, Tom
Wilson, Les
1974 Chair: Mader, Assoc. Chair: Wong, Grad. Chair: Colby