History of the ACMS


Early History of the ACMS

The Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences developed initially from a desire on the part of a group of mathematics teachers at Christian colleges to integrate their faith with their academic discipline. From 1976 to 1985 this group operated informally, sponsoring conferences at Wheaton College in 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1983.

At the 1985 conference, held at the King's College, it was decided to incorporate formally, and to expand the scope of interest of the organization to the entire spectrum of the mathematical sciences. A constitution was adopted at that time, and a slate of officers elected. Since then, we have considered various ways to expand the program of the organization.

A more complete history, by Robert Brabenec, appeared in the 11th ACMS Conference Proceedings. Scanned files of that paper are available here: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4


Archived ACMS Newsletters

Copies of past ACMS Newsletters are given here for historical purposes. From 1983 through 2000, the newsletters are given as scanned .jpg files. (If you cannot read the image, try clicking on the image to enlarge it.) From 2001 on, the newsletters are provided in .pdf format.

December 1983 page 1
December 1983 page 2

December 1986 page 1
December 1986 page 2

September 1987

October 1988

November 1989

March 1990

November 1990

March 1991 page 1
March 1991 page 2

October 1991

April 1992

November 1992

October 1993 page 1
October 1993 page 2

March 1994 page 1
March 1994 page 2

October 1994 page 1
October 1994 page 2

January 1995

October 1995 page 1
October 1995 page 2

May 1996 page 1
May 1996 page 2

November 1996 page 1
November 1996 page 2

March 1997

October 1997 page 1
October 1997 page 2

April 1998 page 1
April 1998 page 2

October 1998 page 1
October 1998 page 2

February 1999 page 1
February 1999 page 2

November 1999 page 1
November 1999 page 2

October 2000 page 1
October 2000 page 2

September 2001

November 2002

December 2003

October 2004

October 2005

January 2007

October 2007

September 2008

October 2009