Coordinator, Office of Advisement and RetentionREBECCA L. CADDY2-Year Certification, Stenography, Port Arthur College, June 1969Service at <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong> – 10 years (1996- present)Related ExperienceEleven years with Texaco in a variety of locations and positions - 8 of those years in employee relations.Took break to raise family and returned to work in 1992. Worked 6 months for a marine inspectioncompany. Rehired by Texaco in the Public and Government Affairs Department and worked 3 years untillocal office closed. Had a total of 14 years of service with Texaco. Worked for <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong> sinceFebruary 1996. Hired as Administrative Assistant to the Department Chair of Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong>.Accepted current position August, 2002.1969-1972 SecretaryTexaco Refinery1972-1981 Confidential ClerkEmployee RelationsTexaco Asphalt Plant1992-1992 SecretaryThibodeaux Marine Inspectors1993-1996 SecretaryTexaco Public & Government Affairs1996-2002 Administrative AssistantIndustrial <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>2002- present CoordinatorAdvisement and RetentionCollege of <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>Port Arthur, TexasPort Neches, TexasGroves, TexasPort Arthur, TexasBeaumont, TexasBeaumont, TexasHonors & Awards<strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Distinguished Staff Award - October 2001.Membership<strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Partners in Advising.II - 147
Associate Professor in MathematicsDirector of Minority Recruiting and RetentionRICHARD L. PRICE, IB.S., Mathematics, Prairie View A&M <strong>University</strong>, Prairie View, TX, 1955M.A., Mathematics, <strong>University</strong> of Texas, Austin, TX, 1958Ph.D., Mathematics Education, Ohio State <strong>University</strong>, Columbus, OH, 1969M.A.R., Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, 1972Service at <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong> – 36 years, appointed 8/70Related Experience• Mathematics teacher, Prairie View A&M <strong>University</strong>, Prairie View, TX 1956-1961; 1963-1966• Mathematics teacher, Central State <strong>University</strong>, Wilberforce, Ohio 1966-1967• Mathematics teacher, Riverside White Cross School of Nursing for Ohio Northern <strong>University</strong>,Riverside, OH 1967-1968• Mathematics teacher, New Dimensions Program at Ohio State <strong>University</strong>, Columbus, OH 1968-1970• Research Associate, Educational Research Information Center, Ohio State <strong>University</strong>, 1968-1970• Visiting Professorship, Mathematics Department, Michigan State <strong>University</strong>, Lansing, MI, Summer1970; Summer 1971• Associate director of Minority <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>University</strong> of Bridgeport, 1971-1972• Faculty Research Appointment at Argonne National Lab, Argonne, IL Summers 1973, 1974, 1976• Director of Minority Recruiting and Retention, College of <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beaumont,TX 1978-2006• Associate Professorship, Mathematics Department, <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beaumont, TX 1970-1971;1972-2006Honors and awards• South Park Independent School District, elected trustee, 1980-1983• National Action Council for Minorities in <strong>Engineering</strong> (NACME) Retention Grant, 1982• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) (local, regional and national levels)• Golden Triangle-Texas Alliance for Minorities in <strong>Engineering</strong> (GT-TAME) Chairperson 1985Membership in Professional Societies• National Council of Teachers in Mathematics• National Action Council for Minorities in <strong>Engineering</strong>• National Association for Minority <strong>Engineering</strong> Program Administrators• Texas Association of College Teachers• National Society of Black Engineers• National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleCourses taught this year by termsFall 2005: MATH 2415, MATH 2312, MATH 1316, 1 hour lecture, day, undergraduateSpring 2006: MATH 2415, MATH 2312, MATH 1316, 1 hour lecture, day, undergraduateII - 148