Dropping names …

Abrams

Miller

Gene Abrams, professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently was honored by the Mathematical Association of America. Abrams and Jessika Sklar of Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash., received the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award in recognition of their article “The Graph Menagerie: Abstract Algebra and the Mad Veterinarian.”  The Allendoerfer Awards, established in 1976, are made to authors of expository articles published in Mathematics Magazine. Allendoerfer was a distinguished University of Washington mathematician and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. … Paul Miller, professor in the College of Business at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently was named as one of America’s Top 100 Most Influential People by Accounting Today magazine. Miller was cited for his advocacy of accounting standards and encouragement of debate about adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards. Miller also is a columnist for Accounting Today.