| Subject: Annmarie Payne email #4 |
| From: Jonathan Farley <lattice.theory@gmail.com> |
| Date: 10/21/09, 06:43 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
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From:
Jonathan Farley <lattice.theory@gmail.com>
Date: 2007/2/7
Subject: Vanderbilt Chancellor's defense of Klan founder
To: "Payne, Annmarie Janet" <
annmarie.j.payne@vanderbilt.edu>
Dear Annmarie,
I was wondering if you had had a chance to apprise the BSA of this ongoing concern.
Regards,
Jonathan Farley
1 876 446 3184
Keith Coleman
posted 2/02/07 @ 9:10 AM EST
Originally posted by
Keith Coleman
Jonathan Farley speech was one of the most inspirational speeches I've had in a long time. It was a great honor to have him end the MLK events. Being a mathematician, he kept his speech unbiased and provided logical arguments of the discrepancies in both African-Americans and Caucasians throughout 1950's, 1960's, and the present, while also showing some of the improvements of both cultures. Some were offended by his speech (maybe, but i hope not), but if one stayed throughout the entire speech and not disrespectfully walked out early, his message was clear, productive, and fair. You could obviously see that mature audience and the ones that understood history could embrace and appreciate his speech.
I also had the privilege to see him give his talk on "Maximal Sublattices of Finite Distributive Lattices: A Problem from the 1984 Banff Conference on Graphs and Order" He has the work and insight of a genius. He also solved a problem in "transversal theory" that had remained unsolved for 33 years. Being a mathematician and mechanical engineer myself, this is not an easy task. I can't thank Iowa State enough for allowing such a great speaker and mathematical genius to come to Iowa State University and ending the MLK marathon. If he reads this, I hope he can rejoin us next year to provide his mathematical genius and moving speeches to Iowa State students again. Thanks Jonathan Farley and Iowa State University!
Keith Coleman
Dual Degrees in Mathematics & Mechanical Engineering