Dates

• Existence: 1941-

Biographical History

Lynn E. Garner (born 1941) was a mathematics professor in Utah.

Lynn E. Garner was born in Ontario, Oregon on July 19, 1941. He is married to Kaye Waite Garner. Garner was a student at Brigham Young University from January 1960, to May, 1962, having transferred from CalTech. He received his master's degree from the University of Utah in 1964, and during 1963-1964 he taught 3/4 time at Brigham Young University while finishing his degree at Utah. In 1966, he began Ph.D. work at Cornell, transferring after one year to the University of Oregon, where he received his Ph.D. in December 1968. His specialties were projective geometry, number theory, calculus pedagogy. Garner remained in the Department of Mathematics at Brigham Young University until his retirement in 2007.

Citation:

Author's An outline of projective geometry, c1980: |b t.p. (Lynn E. Garner; Brigham Young U.)

History of the Department of Mathematics, 1875-2012, 2013: p. 72 (student at BYU from January 1960, to May, 1962, having transferred from CalTech; received his MA degree from the University of Utah in 1964; during 1963-1964, he taught 3/4 time at Brigham Young University while finishing his degree at Utah; in 1966, he began Ph.D. work at Cornell, transferring after one year to the University of Oregon, where he received his Ph.D. in December 1968; specialties were projective geometry, number theory, calculus pedagogy)

Faculty biographical records 1900-2000 (born in Ontario, Oregon on July 19, 1941; married to Kaye Waite Garner)

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