Jacob Appleman Oral History

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DescriptionDr. Jacob Appleman is a retired Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Queensborough Community College, where he taught full-time from 1979 until his retirement in 2008, after which he continued to teach as an adjunct until 2014. He served as Deputy Chair of the department from 1995 to 1997, Chair of the Academic Senate of the college from 2000 to 2002, and was the Chapter Chair of the PSC/CUNY Union from 2000 to 2006. In this interview, Appleman looks back on his studies at Brooklyn College and New York University, transitioning into his early career teaching as an adjunct and full-timer at Brooklyn College and later at Westchester Community College. In 1979, he was hired full-time at Queensborough Community College. After being hired at Queensborough, he continued his doctoral studies at NYU in the field of polyadic groups, his dissertation topic. Appleman reflects upon his years as a full-timer and later adjunct, the courses he taught and department changes over the years, as well as his service for the department as Deputy Chair and for the college in the Academic Steering Committee and as chair of the Academic Senate and Chapter Chair of the PSC/CUNY faculty union.InterviewerWallach, PatrickIntervieweeAppleman, JacobSourceInterview conducted as part of the Queensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project.Date RecordedApril 25, 2023

CollectionQueensborough Community College Retired Mathematics & Computer Science Faculty Oral History Project

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Jacob Appleman Oral History