Thomas Metzger was an associate professor of mathematics and a former vice president of the University Senate at the University of Pittsburgh. Metzger received his B.A. from Seton Hall in 1965, an M.S. from Creighton University in 1967, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University in 1971. He was an assistant professor at Texas A M University from 1971 to 1973. Beginning as an assistant professor in 1973, he taught at Pitt for 32 years, and was involved with students in both graduate and undergraduate programs. A mathematical analyst, his academic interests were the iteration of rational maps, including the parts of this theory extending to the general Riemann surface case. He was also interested in analytic number theory. Metzger assumed various responsibilities in the mathematics department during his tenure: He developed the Mathematics Assistance Center and served as the department's library representative, math club faculty adviser, Mathematical Association of America faculty liaison and departmental minority recruiting coordinator. He supported the department's seminar program in his mathematical subspecialty of analysis, and was a major force in keeping this research activity vibrant. Additionally, Metzger made contributions to the University Senate. He was a member of Faculty Assembly and Senate Council and was Senate vice president in 2001-02. He chaired the Senate educational policies committee and the Senate library committee, was a member of the University policies and budgeting committee, and served on the task force on evaluation of departmental chairs, parameters and attribution subcommittees, Provost advisory council on instructional excellence, and grants and benchmarking subcommittees. He died Feb. 24, 2005.
The contents of this collection include notes, educational tools, research and outreach projects, administrative documentation, and correspondence. These documents have been arranged into three series; teaching, research, and administrative documents. The materials include in this collection are representative of the types of work done by Metzger at the University of Pittsburgh, and not a comprehensive collection.
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Collection was donated to the University by J.T. Metzger, son of Thomas A. and executor of his estate,March 5, 2005.
Thomas A. Metzger Papers, 1972-2003, UA.90.F83, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Thomas A. Metzger Papers, 1972-2003, UA.90.F83, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
This collection was processed by Jamie Peretich March 2005.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath on April 21, 2005. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 4612912
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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