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Norman W. Johnson Endowed Fund
in Mathematics and Computer Science

Established in 2000 by Penny Johnson Burns and Robert O. Burns in honor of Mrs. Burns's brother, Norman W. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, this fund is to be used at the discretion of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science to promote better understanding of, and greater appreciation for, mathematics and computing in the greater Wheaton community. Appropriate projects for support include, but are not limited to, annual lectures, symposia, or other public events.

The events that have been sponsored by the Johnson Fund are:

• Thomas Banchoff, Brown University, November 13, 2000
  "Geometry in Hyperspace and Cyberspace"

• Gregory Rawlins, Indiana University, April 2, 2002
  "Why Napster Doesn't Matter: Intellectual Property in the Age of Piracy"

• Donald Saari, University of California, Irvine, November 7, 2002
  "Elections and Selections: We Need Not Get What We Want"
  

• Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College, October 29, 2003
  "Ingenious Mathematical Amateurs: M.C. Escher, Artist, and Marjorie Rice, Homemaker"

• Ezra Brown, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, November 18, 2004
  "Love Letters, Circe's Cave, and Chocolate Key Cryptography"

• Ronald Graham, University of California, San Diego, March 27, 2006
  "Searching for the Shortest Network"

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