Bert Waits

Q: When did Bert Waits die?

Bert Waits died on July 27, 2014.

Q: How old was Bert Waits when they died?

Bert Waits was 73 years old at the time of death.

Q: When was Bert Waits born?

Bert Waits was born on December 21, 1940.

Bert Kerr "Hank" Waits II (December 21, 1940 - July 27, 2014) was an American mathematician and professor at The Ohio State University where he taught in the Mathematics Department from 1961 to 1991. He was also a consultant to Texas Instruments, Education Technology Division, and a mathematics textbook author.

In 1986 Bert Waits and Franklin Demana founded the international network Teachers Teaching with Technology (T³), followed by the annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM), and in 1993 the European biennial International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT)

His mantra was ’’The power of visualization’’ which he shared in over 200 invitation lectures worldwide from 1988 to 2006.

Publications (selection)

Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Pearson, 2010, ISBN 978-0321656933
Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Prentice Hall, 2021, ISBN 978-0133178579
Geometry, Holt McDougal, 2011, ISBN 978-0547646992