1981 Manchester CC Manchester, CT

Josephine Gervase of Manchester CC Chaired the planning committee for the 1981 NEMATYC Annual Meeting which was held at Manchester CC in Connecticut on Saturday, March 28, 1981. The theme Mathematics For The 80's - Promises And Challenges did both with the following.

Keynote

• Mathematics In Action - An Overview, John Neff, Georgia Institute Of Tech

Presentations

• Computer Workshop, Dean Fenton, Manchester CC, John Wolter, Mattatuck CC
• Reentry Mathematics And The Non-Traditional Student, Jean Smith, Middlesex CC
• Statewide Competency Testing, Panel, Phil Halloran, Springfield, Ma, Steve Leinwand, CT State Dept. Of Education, Frederick Paul, Albany, NY
• Precalculus In A Large Lecture - Possible And Fun, Doris Stockton, U Of Mass
• Publishing And The Professor - Why Write A Math Book, Panel: Shelly Langman, McGraw Hill, Mary Lu Walsh, Prindle, Weber And Schmidt, Stephen Quigley, Addison-Wesley
• Self-Paced Learning Systems For Basic Math And Elementary Algebra, Laurence Sherzer, Dundalk CC, MD, Michael Sentlowitz, Rockland County CC, NY

  In the final accounting there were 12 publishers who paid to exhibit at this conference and there were 89 paid conferees. The cost per person was $13.

LIST OF PUBLISHERS WHO ATTENDED / EXHIBITED

• Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.Patricia Mallion
• Allyn and Bacon, Inc.Carol Nolan-Fish
• C.B.S. Educational and Professional PublishingNeil Cronin
• Charles E. Merrill Pub. Co.John Hays
• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Pub.Janie Kaufmann, Leslie Stillwell
• Harper and Row, Pub.Ann Nevius
• Holden-Day, Inc.Frank Chihowski
• Scott Foresman and Co.Marjorie Williams
• Wadsworth Pub. Co.Lyle B. King
• Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, Inc.Ken Washburn