Mathematics Leaders are part of the College of Arts & Science Leaders Network, a group of distinguished alumni and friends who promote and support the University and the department.

"I'm not surprised with the commendations because I think the leadership of this department is excellent," Leaders President Richard Miller says. "All the instructors I've met have their hearts in the right place. They're trying to build a department second to none. We Leaders are giving them examples of what's going on in the real world to better prepare students for jobs. And they're listening to us."

Leaders convened on campus  October  1996 to conduct a career seminar for students as part of the annual Leaders Conference. The alumni toured Mathematica labs to observe the new program. They met with the directors of graduate and undergraduate studies and with several members of the faculty to discuss the curriculum as it relates to careers.

The group  gathered this year for the 1997 Leaders Conference on homecoming weekend, Oct. 17,  the theme was  business in corporate America. Keynote speaker on Friday was James Amos, AB '68 political science, president and chief operating officer of Mail Boxes Etc.

Richard Miller, president and chief executive officer of Miller's Professional Imaging, will be Saturday's keynote speaker. Miller, AB '70, has led his family's business since 1976. Specializing in professional photographic processing and digital imaging, Miller's is the largest portrait and wedding lab of its type in the United States. The firm, which uses sophisticated technology, has grown 170 times under Miller's leadership and has 340 employees and 2,800 professional clients in 48 states. In 1994, Miller's was named Photographic Processing Magazine's Photofinisher of the Year.

In addition to Miller, other Leaders attending the 1996 conference were Louis Steyaert, James Hoffmeister and Thomas Hagemann.

Thomas Hagemann

James Hoffmelster

Louis Steyaert