edward sabotka

Dr. Edward Sabotka, a mathematician and educator who taught in many universities around the USA and world, passed away in December 28, 2008. He obtained his doctorate in Mathematics from Lehigh University in 1971 under the direction of Gregory Thomas McAllister, Jr. The topic of his thesis was " Estimates for the Discrete Green's Function and its Difference Quotients". Edward was a prolific mathematician open to discussions about almost any topic in Mathematics and physics. He was also extremely well read in literature and poetry, and could recite famous poems and passages from books word for word to the amazement of his audience. Unfortunately, he was not fond of publishing. So many of his views and mathematical discoveries will likely remain unknown to posterity. Edward Sabotka was born on November 22, 1942, in West Rutland, Vermont. He attended Rutland High School and graduated from Greenhills High School in Cincinnati in 1960, earning an all-city MVIP award in football. He graduated from Castleton Teacher's College and received his Master's degree from Lehigh.Edward taught at Middlebury College in Vermont, and at a number of universities in california, Virginia, and Florida. He went to Accra, Ghana on a Fulbright Scholarship and later returned to teach at the University of Ghana. He spent several years in Saudi Arabia working as a consultant in the oil industry. "Ed had a deep love of literature and spent a great deal of time writing poetry that was published," said his sister, Mary Anne (Sabotka) Christie of Cincinnati, Ohio.He was diagnosed with cancer four years prior to his death in Cincinnati, Ohio.