Br L Raphael Patton, FSC  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Toronto, 1977
• MSc, Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 1968
• BSc, Mathematics, Saint Mary's College, 1963

Teaching Experience:

• Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN (1995 - 1998)
• Tangaza College, Nairobi; Christ the Teacher Institute, Nairobi (1992 - 1995)
• Dean of Science - Saint Mary's College (1976)
• Saint Mary's College (1970 - Present)
• Christian Brothers School, Sacramento (1968 - 1970)
• La Salle High School, Pasadena (1963 - 1967)

Professional Experience:

• Vice-Rector - Tangaza College (1993 - 1995)
• Founder - Christ the Teacher Institute (1992 - 1995)
• Research - Oxford University (1986)
• Visiting Fellow - Yale University (1982)
• Technical University, Munich (1976)
• NSF Fellow - University of Notre Dame (1967 - 1968)

Fellowships:

• Visiting Fellow - Yale (1983)
  1983-1984
• National Endowment for Humanities Fellow - Notre Dame (1967)
  1967-1968

Honor:

• EdD, honoris causa - Saint Mary's University, Winona

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Papers at various conferences, conventions and workshops. Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael (paper)
• Keynotes at National Assemblies and Conventions. Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael
• Classroom In-service work. Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael

Publications:

• Patton, FSC, Br L Raphael and Posamentier, Alfred S. 2008. Enhancing Plane Euclidean Geometry, Mathematics Teacher, vol. 102, issue 5, December, pg.394
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. 1998. Esaglia
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. 1996. Introduction to Classical Astronomy
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. 1990. he Conversation of the Flavian Amphitheatre
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. 1977. Characterizations By Length In Generators Of Unitary Groups over a Skew Field With Characteristic Not Two, Dissertation
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. February 1974. Linearly Recursive Sequences of Integers, Fibonacci Quarterly, vol. X11, issue 1
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. April 1973. The Shoemaker's Knife, Math Teacher, vol. LXVI, issue 4
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. January 1973. In Search of the Perfect Scalene Triangle, Math Teacher, vol. LXVI, issue 1
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael and Ellers, E. W. 1973. Zur Geschichte der Erzeugung von Bewegungsgruppen, Mitt Der Math Gesell Hamburg, vol. X, issue 2
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. October 1972. Introduction to Patton Polygons, Fibonacci Quarterly, vol. X, issue 4
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael. January 1967. The Return of the Old Mathematics, Math Teacher, vol. LX, issue 1
• Patton, F.S.C., Br. Raphael.. Plus, an uncounted number of occasional essays (printed), 1 poem (printed), addresses and papers delivered at mathematical congresses, conventions and meetings