Dr. John E. Sasser has been employed as a professor of mathematics at five different universities in the United States and Europe. He also serves as an Educational Consultant, both in the United States and abroad, primarily in the areas of mathematics and mathematics technological applications. He is the author of several books and published articles.

Dr. Sasser graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of Maryland; holds two Master's degrees and the Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

In 1991 Dr. Sasser received the Outstanding Achievement Award to Kentucky Education from the State Commissioner of Education and in 1992 was commissioned as a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Federal Funding by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In 1995, Professor Sasser received recognition from the President of the Ohio-Section of the Mathematical Association of America, for "the valuable assistance rendered the Mathematical Association of America during the years 1991-1995 as a member of the Executive Board, Chair of the Committee on Curriculum and Co-Chair of the Joint Task Force on Standards."

Professor Sasser is a member of the Association of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (ACMST); The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). As a member of Mathematical Association of America, he served on the Executive Committee of the MAA, Ohio Section, from 1991-1995.

On November 10, 1995, in Minsk, Belarus, Dr. Sasser was inducted into the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.

Professor Sasser was selected to attend the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ during the summer of 1996. The research topic was probability. Professor Sasser presented his findings at the Institute For Advanced Study in July, 1996.

On November 6, 1996, Dr. Sasser was presented the University of Cincinnati 1996 Faculty Achievement Award.

During 1998, Dr. Sasser lived in Saudi Arabia and traveled throughout the Middle East researching a book, published in 2000, entitled: The Islamic Connection. By showing the influence Islam has had on the Moslem contribution to mathematics, the author has performed a great service in helping the reader to both understand something of Islam and appreciate the vast and important contribution made by the Arab Muslims to mathematics.

JOHN E. SASSER, Ph.D.