Brief biography of Professor Douglas R. Anderson, Concordia College

Doug Anderson graduated summa cum laude with a degree in mathematics 
from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, where he was a two-time Academic 
All-American in cross country and track. In 1989 he was awarded an NCAA 
Postgraduate Scholarship. Following two and a half years of teaching 
English in Japan, he received a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in 
mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2003 he was 
tenured and promoted to associate professor at Concordia College in 
Moorhead, Minnesota, where he was named the faculty-wide Ole and Lucy 
Flaat Distinguished Scholar from 2004-2006. He has authored or 
co-authored over 50 publications in refereed mathematical journals; 
these papers have been co-authored with 25 different mathematicians 
from 7 different countries. In addition to teaching, he has served as 
faculty adviser for Habitat for Humanity Spring Break trips to Texas, 
Florida, and Mississippi, and as adviser for the Concordia Cycling Club 
trip to Duluth. He has taken over 100 students on Concordia's unique 
Math May Seminar to Egypt, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Paris, and London. 
He currently serves as chair of the department of mathematics and computer 
science at Concordia.