Metzger, Thomas A., 1933-....

Thomas Metzger was an associate professor of mathematics and a former vice president of the University Senate at the University of Pittsburgh. Metzger received his B.A. from Seton Hall in 1965, an M.S. from Creighton University in 1967, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University in 1971. He was an assistant professor at Texas A & M University from 1971 to 1973. Beginning as an assistant professor in 1973, he taught at Pitt for 32 years, and was involved with students in both graduate and undergraduate programs. A mathematical analyst, his academic interests were the iteration of rational maps, including the parts of this theory extending to the general Riemann surface case. He was also interested in analytic number theory. Metzger assumed various responsibilities in the mathematics department during his tenure: He developed the Mathematics Assistance Center and served as the department's library representative, math club faculty adviser, Mathematical Association of America faculty liaison and departmental minority recruiting coordinator. He supported the department's seminar program in his mathematical subspecialty of analysis, and was a major force in keeping this research activity vibrant. Additionally, Metzger made contributions to the University Senate. He was a member of Faculty Assembly and Senate Council and was Senate vice president in 2001-02. He chaired the Senate educational policies committee and the Senate library committee, was a member of the University policies and budgeting committee, and served on the task force on evaluation of departmental chairs, parameters and attribution subcommittees, Provost advisory council on instructional excellence, and grants and benchmarking subcommittees. He died Feb. 24, 2005.

American political scientist and historian.