Bob Gardner's "20th Anniversary of Real Analysis Class" webpage

My Copy of Royden, 2nd Edition

$The Math Annex, 1988$
The Math Annex in 1988 (with the Rabbit on the left)

September 25, 2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Auburn University Department of Algebra, Combinatorics, and Analysis' first day of the Real Analysis sequence (MATH 620-621-622) taken by Jeff Ehme, Robert Gardner, and Tim "TTB" Olson (among others). The course was (brilliantly) taught by Johnny Henderson in one of the back rooms of the Math Annex. Though I have no photos from the classroom, I present here a few pictures from that era.

Here are some fuzzy pictures of the main characters:

Linda Lee, Johnny Henderson, and Robert Gardner (1988)

Jeff Ehme (1988)

Tim Olson (1988)

I spent much of my off-time in summer 1987 driving our west, visiting Timmy and his parents in early September:

One of the few photos I have from Fall 1987, is a photo from the ACA Department picnic:

Stephanie Seyer, David Grable, and Tim Olson (with Tim's big blue car in the background)

A couple of other photos which are relevant:

Tim Olson, Jeff Ehme, and Maria (Murphy) Ehme (1988)

Robert at Momma Goldberg's with Robert (1988)

Where are they now? None of the four "featured characters" of this webpage are still at Auburn University. Today (September 2007), a search of the internet reveals the following:

Johnny Henderson is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Baylor University. He is still teaching and doing research in the area of ordinary differential equations.
Jeff Ehme is a professor in the Math Department of Spelman College.
Tim Olson is an associate professor in the Math Department of the University of Florida.
Robert Gardner is a professor in the Math Department of East Tennessee State University.

Momma Goldberg's Deli is still in Auburn right where we left it!

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