Bill Long

Personal Information: 

· Name when in high school yearbook:   William T. Long

· High school nickname:   Bill and sometimes Bas

· Legal name today (if different):  

· What do people call you now? :   

· Address (please provide at least a city and state):  2638 NW 98 Ter, Coral Springs FL 33065

· Email contact:    TheeBas@yahoo.com

· Phone number (if you want):  

Current life situation (retired, working, volunteering, etc.):  

Retired in sunny South Florida and taking it easy, but find there’s not as much time as I thought for doing all the things I had put off until retirement. Have been working on Web sites like this one.

Family history (wife, children, dogs, etc.) :  

My first marriage gave me a son, David, now married with no children in Colorado. Met my current wife, Gail, in Detroit, early 1975. We tied the knot 5 years later and moved to Florida where we love the warm climate.

Current hobbies and interests:   

We both are into running. Gail has run marathons and won trophies. I only run for fitness, am more into gadgets like my HTC pocket PC, its hardware, software and firmware, plus my home built VW buggy. But my passion is Rock'n'Roll music and getting my collection into my pocket device.

Claims to fame (books, awards, etc):   

1977 Detroit Institute of Technology ‘Teacher of the Year’ $600 cash award for most student votes.

1996 paper “Approaching the Normal Curve - Visually” presented at the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges annual convention.

Anything else you want to share:  

Left to right:

1967 – Senior picture, General Motors Institute

1970 – Grad student, Michigan State University

1973 – My first full-time teaching job, College of the Mainland, Texas City TX

1992 – Mid way through my 25-year career at Broward College

Education, Military Service or Training  After ELHS:     

· Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, General Motors Institute

· Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Michigan State University

Work History (dates, company name, location, title/job function):   

·  1963-1967 Co-op student at Oldsmobile Division, GM

·  1967-1968 Junior Electrical Engineer, Oldsmobile Div’n, GM

·  1969-1971 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University

·  1971-1974  Instructor, Math and Statistics, College of the Mainland, Texas City TX

·  1974-1980  Lecturer, Math and Statistics, Detroit Institute of Technology

·  1980-2005  Professor, Math and Statistics, Broward College, Coconut Creek FL