Frank Quinn

Frank Quinn (Col ’66, Grad ’67) has been named University Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1977, Mr. Quinn has engaged many of the best mathematicians of the late twentieth century in a dialogue on the direction of the profession. He organized several mathematics conferences and special sessions, served on five committees of the American Mathematical Society, and served on the council of the American Mathematical Society. In addition, Mr. Quinn has held editorial roles with the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society and served on a national K-12 mathematics standards panel. Over the course of his career, he has been elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also received numerous awards for his work at Virginia Tech, including the Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence, a Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, and a University Distinguished Professorship.