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Virginia May Calohan Harrell
Mrs. Harrell was born in Cairo, Illinois, the daughter of William F. and Alma Calohan. Her family evacuated her from Cairo after the 1913 flood of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers (sending her twin sister Annabelle who the family could not afford to support away in a box car). They moved to Chicago, Illinois where she and her brother William grew up. She resided in Chicago, Ill, Bristol TN (going to Kings College majoring in journalism there), Greenville, MS, Houston, TX, and New York City, NY before moving to Vicksburg in 1949. She worked for Star Search Magazine and the OSS (secretary to Mr. TiBorg Ekhart a Eastern European refugee) during WWII. She married Judson Gordon Harrell (who had living in China during the 1930s publishing an English language newspaper there in NY). She divorced from him and came to Vicksburg,MS in 1949. There she met and later married Henry L. MacKnight a farmer and former state representative. For several years, she edited and published two farm magazines, the Mississippi Valley Stockman Farmer and the Mississippi Angus News. And, after Mr. McKnight died, serving out his term, she became one of the first women to serve in the MS State Legistature. She was also a long time member and past- president of the MS and Vicksburg chapters of the League of Women Voters. In 1982, she wrote a history of Vicksburg, “Vicksburg and the River.” From 1985 to 1988, she attended Millsaps College finished out her BA degree, receiving a degree in history. She worked as a tutor at Good Shepher Community Center and attended Crawford St. United Methodist. Also, she had a long time interest in the Christian Science Religion and the teachings of Unity School of Christianity in Unity Village MO.
William F. Calohan
Mr. Calohan was born in Cairo Illinois on November 30, 1907. He left Cairo with his sister and family in 1913 and moved to Chicago Illinois. In Chicago, Mr. Calohan attended Hyde Park High School and the University of Chicago where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1930. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and play on the varsity tennis team which he captained in 1929. Along with his partners George Lott and Scott Rexinger, he won the big Ten Doubles title in 1929 and 1930. Upon graduation , the country was in the depts. Of the depression, but Mr. Calohan was offered a job in geology with a newly formed company in Houston, TX, Union producing company. He was sent to Laredo, TX as a geological scout. From 1936 to 1939, Mr. Calohan was promoted to Superintendent of Geophysics for United Gas company. In this position he participated in the discoverey of the Tinsley Field, Yazoo County Mississippi. This was the first oil field for the state and one of the largest. This discovery brought oil and gas exploration back to Mississippi and the Southeastern Gulf Coast and established it as one of the countries great oil and gas reserves. Mr. Calohan resigned from United Gas in 1939 to become Division Geophysicist for British American oil company in Houston, TX. With his recommendation, the company found the first offshore Texas oil field in the open Gulf about two miles off of Sabine, Pass. In 1947 Mr. Calohan and his family moved to Laredo, TX. In 1972 he moved to San Antonio, TX and continued oil and gas exploration. He was a long time Rotarian as well as a member of the South Texas Geological Society, a Legion of Honor member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and an initial registrant to the TX state board of professional engineers. In San Antonio he belonged to the Saint Andrew’s Methodist Church where he was very active in the Tuesday Morning Bible Study, The United Methodist Men, and the Steering committee for Building to Serve Campaign.
William M. Calohan
Mr. William Monroe Calohan, father to William F. Calohan, was a retired Illinois Central freight agent who lived on Drummond St. in Vicksburg, MS. A native of Virginia, Mr. Calohan was born Nov. 23, 1873, in Mt. Jackson, VA. He spent his whole life in railroad work, having started as a young man with the Southern Railway. He transferred to the Illinois Central Railroad in 1903 as agent, and yardmaster in Gale, IL. He later became yardmaster at Mounds, IL and then spent about 20 years as station inspector and traveling freight claim agent out of the main Chicago office. In 1933 Mr. Calohan moved to Greenville, MS as freight agent, and then moved to Vicksburg, MS in the same capacity. He and his wife Mrs. Alma Calohan made there home on Drummond St. since that time. He retired from active service in 1945. He was a member of Crawford St. Methodist Church and a 32nd degree Mason.
Adoniram Judson Gordon
A.J. Gordon was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, on April 19,1836, to debout Christina parents. At about 15 years of age, Adoniram had a conversion experience and was baptized in his father’s millstream. At age 20 he entered Brown University, where he met his future wife, Maria Hale. In 1860 he entered the Newton Theological Institution. Upon graduation in 1863 he accepted a call to become pastor the Jamaica Plain Baptist Church near Boston. After six successful years there, he accepted the pastorate of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church in Boston, the church where his ministry would have its broad impact. Dr. Gordon remained a pastor of Clarendon Street Church for more than a quarter of a century. He wrote many books, and saw the church completely transformed into one of the most spiritual and aggressive missionary churches in America (you can google Gordon College, A.J. Gordon, Watchword for a book list and downloadable watchword pdfs). A. J. Gordon poured his heart and energy into the work of foreign missions. He traveled, preached, wrote and served with the passion of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide. In 1889 he founded Gordon College in Boston, Massachusetts as a missionary training institute. In 1969 Gordon Divinity School, which emerged from the school A.J. Gordon founded, merged with the Conwell School of Theology to form Gordon-Conwell Thelogical Seminary.
Maria Hale Gordon
A devoted mother of six children. Worked to advance the cause of temperance. A leader of Boston's temperance union for two decades. Her home in Boston where she lived for 50 years was a refuge for anyone in need, and she multiplied that generosity by founding and leading the Society for the Fatherless and Widows. Considered by her husband Adoniram, "The most valued treasure he carried away from the University". When she was widowed at 53 she carried on as a Bible teacher.
DR. ANDREW HARRELL
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND
PAST EXPERIENCE
MATHEMATICIAN
MOBILITY SYSTEMS BRANCH
GEOTECHNICAL/STRUCTURES LABORATORY
US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH CENTER
Vicksburg,MS 39180 May l986-Present
. Conducted research aimed at determining test vehicle frame axis normal modes of vibration and improving mathematical methods to characterize military vehicle urban test course power spectra.
. Solved theoretical problems related to mathematically characterizing military vehicle off-road and urban test courses. Documented and published the results in the Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
. Developed a methodology to convert gravimetric to volumetric soil moisture readings for ARL White Sands, Hurlburt Field. Received a Dept. of Army commendation and US Army Reserves Meritorious Service Medal for this work.
. Improved the unit movement programs for the movement module of the Terrain Evaluation Module (TEM) of the U.S. Army Command and Control Common Software (ATCCS). Received a Dept. of Army Commendation for this work.
. Designed and directed the implementation of the movement module for ERDC's Obstacle Planner System (OPS). Awarded two Dept. of Army Commendation for this work.
. US representative at NATO working group on land mobility meeting at Brussels Belgium June l989. Presented Waterways Experiment Station response to German tests and research paper on vehicle steering model. Demonstrated WES developed US digital map network movement analyzer.
Obtained funds from the Dept. of Army planners and supervised the computations of U.S. M1A1 and Korean K1 vehicle speed predictions and movement corridors for U.S./Republic of Korea current tactical areas of interest. Contributed significantly to the development and implementation of a cross-country mobility evaluation in selected areas of Korea in support of an engineer assessment of OPLAN 5027-92
Conducted and analyzed computer predictions of vehicle dynamics programs for the U.S. Army's HMMWV, M1A1, 4x4 LMTV, and 6x6 MTV vehicles.
SPECIALITES
Served as applied mathematician, operations research and mobility expert with responsibility for solution of problems and development of new concepts and techniques in the area of mobility modeling.
Assisted in the design and implementation of a stream bed/river channel flow expert system to help the Corps of Engineer better classify and prevent floods in fast moving river channels.
LT COLONEL, OFFICER RESERVES, (RET)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
. Conducted studies and analyses in R&D and military planning at Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, VA, OCE HQ DA, OASD Atomic Energy, US Army Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL), Wash. D.C., US Army Ballistics Res. Laboratories (BRL), Aberdeen Maryland, Army Research Laboratory, Night Vision Laboratory, Ft. Belvoir, VA, and Environmental/Weather Research Division, White Sands NM . Helped develop computer programs to calculate the effects of chemical and nuclear weapons on Army units. Helped evaluate and compute results of warhead effectiveness and lethality data.Improved tactical movement module for HDL's Combat Information Processor (CIP). IMA R&D Coordinator Officer at BRL l978-1993,ARL Computational and Informational Sciences Directorate 1994-2002. Improved the Army's fielded IMETS Tactical Weather Intelligence System.
MATHEMATICIAN
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
ENGINEER STUDIES CENTER
Washington, D.C. 20315 April l976-Aug. l985
. Analyst and military planner for Army Corps of Engineers conducting studies in support of the Army in Middle East Europe and Korea.
. Supervised the designed and implementation an automated obstacle data base system for the Korean CFC which identifies gaps and deficiencies in target requirements, supply point material, and preparing unit capability. Awarded a letter of commendation from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Republic of Korea for contributions made to the defense of the Republic of Korea and for work to help organize and develop plans for the employment of the Korean Army's Barrier System in the case a successful defense against attack is required.
.Supervised a team of analysts working to compile a study about bomb damage to critical US Facilities in Europe which was used by USAREUR's DSCOPS and DCSENG and HQDA to project damage repair requirements.
.Computed Survivability and general engineering requirements for US V and III Corps war plans.
. Managed and headed the development of air attack planning methodology for Middle East target assessment project, initiated by JCS/SAGA. Judged best study of the year by the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations Research and awarded a letter of commendation by the Vice Chief of Staff, Dept. of Defense US of America for this work.
Results incorporated into planning for RDF and HQ CENTCOM planning at Macdill AFB.
. Conducted analyses and prepared studies related to US 5th Corps Barrier plans, TEMAWS minefield effectiveness trials, USAREUR bridging requirements, and US Engineering Requirements for war damage repair to NATO. Received two significant accomplishment awards from the Department of Army.
MATHEMATICIAN
NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER April l974-April l976
Dahlgren, VA 22448
. Resolved problems associated with the 8" guided projectile's operational use, 5"/155mm guided projectile commonality questions, and Smartroc cost effectiveness.
. Devised hypotheses to compute and present the overall effectiveness of these weapons.
--Defined their mission.
--Evaluated their performance analysis.
--Identified their operational limitations.
. Compiled two reports: (a) Deployment and Operational Utilization of the 8" Guided Projectile, and (b) Deployment and Operational Utilization of the 5"/155mm Guided Projectile. These reports were used by the Marine Corps and the Navy in OSD program reviews.
. Applied mathematical and statistical knowledge to research and development problems.
. Used cost effectiveness approach to compare alternative courses of action in the 5"/155mm guided projectile program.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Mississippi State University
Mathematics Dept.
Mississippi State, MS 39762 May l988-Pres.
. Taught MSU graduate course in multivariate calculus for the Waterways Experiment Station's graduate institute.
. On adjunct facultly at WES for MSU math courses.
MATHEMATICS TEACHER
Hinds Jr. Community College
Vicksburg, MS 39180 Sept. l989-1993
. Taught 1st and 2nd semester calculus course for those interested in learning mathematics in Vicksburg.
MATHEMATICS TEACHER
University of California at Berkeley
Mathematics Dept.
Berkeley, California 94704 Sept. l971-Apr.l974
. As a Teaching Associate, taught second year calculus and differential equations.
. Handled graduate students questions and problem sets for a course in algebraic geometry.
. Worked on problems associate with complex analysis and differential geometry.
. Completed my Phd thesis entitled: "On Voronoi Reduction of Quadratic Forms."
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, l974
B.A., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, l970 Honors in Mathematics.
Engineer Officer Basic Course, Ft. Belvoir, VA l973.
Engineer Officer Advanced Course l978.
Command and General Staff Officer Course, Ft. Leavenworth, Missouri, 1987-88.
PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
Member:
American Mathematical Society,
Mathematics Association of America,
Mississippi Academy of Sciences
(1993-1994, 1995-1996, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 Chairman for the Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science Division,)
AWARDS
Honors degree in mathematics Vanderbilt U. l970
Phi Beta Kappa in graduate school at UC Berkeley 1974
Numerous Dept. of Army Civilian Service awards at HQDA, JCS, ROK Joint Command, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers R&D Laboratories
U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal as a LTC in the Reserves
PUBLICATIONS
"On Voronoi Reduction of Quadratic Forms",Thesis, University of California at Berkeley, l974.
"Operational Utilization of the 8" Guided Projectile", US Naval Surface Weapons Center,Confidental, Dahlgren,VA,l974.
"Cost Effectiveness of the 5"/155mm. Guided Projectile", US Naval Surface Weapons Center,Confidental Dahlgren, VA, l974.
Tactical and Non-Tactical Bridging (Annex to Study Plan for Engineer Assesssment Europe), Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, Secret, Washington,D.C.,l981,
DTIC AD# C026618L.
Bomb Damage to Critical US Facilities in Europe,Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, Secret, Washington,D.C. ,l981,DTIC AD# C026829L.
Engineer Estimate V Corps--Survivability Annex,Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, Secret, Washington,D.C. ,l983,DTIC AD# C033837L.
Documentation--Korean Automated Barrier Planning System,Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, unclassified,l983, Washington,D.C.
Middle East Targeting Assessment--Vol II Detailed Calculations,Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, Secret,l983, Washington,D.C.DTIC AD# C952195L.
Engineer Estimate III Corps--Survivability Annex, Host Nation Support Annex,Department of the Army, US Army Engineer Studies Center, Secret,l984, Washington,D.C. ESC RPT# R-84-15.
Evaluating the Effect of Off-Road Obstacles on Unit Movement, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS,WES ,l989,Noforn, RPT# GL-89-4.
"The Concept of Individual Vehicular and Unit Mobility and its Effect on Wargaming", Proceedings 27th Army Operations Research Symposium, Vol.II,Unclassified,Fort Lee, VA, l988.
"The Concept of Individual Vehicular and Unit Mobility and its Effect on Wargaming",Proceedings 56 Military Operations Research Symposium,Unclassified,Monterey,CA, l989.
"A Logic Programming Approach to Network Flow Algorithms", Proceedings 8th Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing,Unclassified, Cornell U., Army Research Office, Report 91-1,Durham, North Carolina,l991.
"Implementing Mixed Chaining in a Classification Type Expert System", Proceedings 11th U.S.Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, l993.
"Measures of Effectiveness for Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analyses", Proceedings 39th U.S. Army Conference on the Design of Experiments, Unclassified, Rice U., Army Research Office, Durhan North Carolina, l994.
"Methodology for the Curve Fitting of Non-Linear Ride Curves", MAS Report 95-1, MS Academy of Sciences, l995.
"Transactions of the Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Division, MAS Report 95-1, MS Academy of Sciences, l995.
"Network Routing and Unit/Task Scheduling Examples",Transactions of the Mathematics,Computer Science, Statatics Division,MAS Report 97-1,MS Academy of Sciencs,l997.
“Sensor Technology for Weather and Terrain”,TR-00-9, Engineerig Research and Development Center,Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, 2000.
"Application of Wavelet Analysis to Logistic Test Ride Results." TR-01-16. Engineering Research and Development Center. Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory. Vicksburg, MS, 2001.
"ERDC Cammoflauge Carryall Drop Test Results". Engineering Research and Development Center, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory. Vicksburg, MS.
"Characterization of Vehicle Test Courses by Power Spectra", Journal of the MS Academy of Sciences, Vol 49, No. 2, April 2004.
"Characterizing Urban Vehicle Test Courses by their Power Spectra", Transactions Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Division MAS, Report 2005-1.
"Characterizing Urban Vehicle Test Courses by their Power Spectra", Transactions Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Division MAS, Report 2005-1.
"Transactions of the Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Division, MAS Report 2005-1, MS Academy of Sciences, 2005.
“Interpolatation Schemes for Sensor Data From Surfaces with Fractal Texture”, Transactions Mathmatics, Computer Science, Statistics Division, MS Academy of Sciences, February 2006, Vicksburg, MS, 39180.
"Transactions of the Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics Division, MAS Report 2006-1, MS Academy of Sciences, 2006.
TALKS AT CONFERENCES
"The Concept of Individual Vehicular and Unit Mobility and its Effect on Wargaming", Proceedings 27th Army Operations Research Symposium, Vol.II,Unclassified,Fort Lee, VA, l988.
"The Concept of Individual Vehicular and Unit Mobility and its Effect on Wargaming",Proceedings 56 Military Operations Research Symposium,Unclassified,Monterey,CA, l989.
"A Logic Programming Approach to Network Flow Algorithms", Proceedings 8th Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing,Unclassified, Cornell U., Army Research Office, Report 91-1,Durham, North Carolina,l991.
"Measures of Effectiveness for Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis",Joint Tactical Battlefield Operations Working Group, 59th Military Operations Research Symposium, Unclassified, West Point, NY, l991.
"Sensitivity of Time Bounds for Network Flow Path Searches when Critical Nodes are Altered", Fourth SIAM Conference on Optimization, Unclassified, Chicago, Illinois, l992.
"Implementing Mixed Chaining in a Classification Type Expert System", 57th Annual Meeting, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, February, l993.
"Implementing Mixed Chaining in a Classification Type Expert System", 11th U.S. Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing, Unclassified, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1993.
"A Logic Programming Approach to Network Flow Algorithms",
Land Warfare Working Group, Logistics Working Group, 61th Military Operations Research Symposium, Unclassified, Wright Patterson, Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, l993.
"Measures of Effectiveness for Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analyses", Proceedings 39th U.S. Army Conference on the Design of Experiments, Unclassified, Rice U., Army Research Office, Durhan North Carolina, l994.
"Curve Fitting of Nonlinear Ride Curves and Measuring the Effect of Varying Tire Pressure on Vehicle Ride Performance", 40th U.S. Army Conference on the Design of Experiments, Unclassified, West Point, N.Y.
"Examples of Network Routing and Unit/Task Scheduling Problems",5th S.I.A.M Conference on Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,l996
"Analysis of Logistic Test Vehicle Drop Tests". International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems (ISTVS) Conference, Vicksburg, MS, 2001.
