Dr. Glyn George

B.Sc., Ph.D., Cert.Ed., F.R.A.S.

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland,   (at MUN since 1988).
  
• Assistant Professor, University of Bahrain, (State of Bahrain, Arabian Gulf)     1986-88.
• Lecturer, North East Surrey College of Technology, United Kingdom,     1983-86.

Education:

• Garnett College, England (Certificate in Education, with distinction, from the C.N.A.A.), 1986
• University of Wales (University College, Cardiff), (Ph.D. in astronomy), 1983
• University of Southampton, England, 1980 (B.Sc. First class honours in mathematics)
• Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Gloucester, England, 1971-77
• Four primary and elementary schools in Ontario, 1963-71

Also:

• Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom, since 1984.
• Member of the Mathematical Association, United Kingdom, since 1985.
• Reader for the Advanced Placement Calculus Examination of the College Board since 1998.

Volunteer Work in
Newfoundland Education:

• Elected Secretary of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of School Councils, 1999-2003.
• Principal author of the constitution and by-laws for the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of School Councils, 1998, (adopted at the Annual General Meeting of April 1999).
• Volunteer with the NLTA Senior High Mathematics League, since 1989.
• Judge at the Eastern Newfoundland Regional Science Fair, every year since 1990.
• Member (Community Representative, 1998-2001),
  Vice Chair (1998-99) and
  Chair (1999-2001) of the
  School Council of Booth Memorial High School.
• Member of the Future Pathways Advisory Board, Booth Memorial High School (1997-98).
• Volunteer with "Education First" (the Yes campaign) in the Newfoundland Education Referendum of 1997.

Volunteer Work in Education
in the United Kingdom:

• School Governor, London Borough of Sutton   1985-86

Positions held with
local School Boards:

Avalon East School Board   (1996-98):

• Secretary and Founding Web Master
  (World Wide Web site:   http://www.aesb.ca)
  • Dr. George was the first Board member in Newfoundland to place the minutes of meetings on the World Wide Web for all to see.

• Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee
• Officer of the Board (Secretary) and voting Member of the Executive, Planning and Priorities, Programmes, and Communications Committees
  
• Principal author of the School Board’s Constitution (which is available at http://www.aesb.ca/govern/const/const.html).
• Dr. George created the present letterhead used by the Board and was the first person to propose a competition among students for a new Board logo.
• Delegate to provincial and national education conferences
  -- the reports are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.aesb.ca/govern/confer/confer.html .
• Of some historical interest is a list of denominational designations of schools in 1997.