{"id":4255,"date":"2014-05-07T17:08:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2022-03-24T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:29:12","slug":"professor-john-fink-honored-by-the-mathematical-association-of-americas-michigan-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/professor-john-fink-honored-by-the-mathematical-association-of-americas-michigan-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor John Fink Honored by the Mathematical Association of America\u2019s Michigan Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4258\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/ohn-Fink-math-prof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4258 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/ohn-Fink-math-prof-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professor John Fink\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/ohn-Fink-math-prof-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/ohn-Fink-math-prof-987x1024.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/ohn-Fink-math-prof.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Fink, Ph.D., is Rosemary K. Brown Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at K.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>K Professor <strong>John Fink, Ph.D.<\/strong> has received the 2014 Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America \u201cfor the many contributions he has made to his institution [Kalamazoo College!], to our [MAA Michigan] Section, and to the larger mathematical community for many years,\u201d sayeth the citation. Fink is K\u2019s Rosemary K. Brown Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. A longtime member and past governor of the MAA Michigan section, he was honored with the Section\u2019s Distinguished Teacher Award in 2001. In 1989, he co-founded the Michigan All-Stars team of high school mathematics students, serving as the team coach in national competitions for 17 years. He served as Department of Mathematics and Computer Science chair at K for 10 years. This spring, he was recognized with Kalamazoo College\u2019s Florence J. 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