• • 2010-2019 Board of Directors

• Son: Andy, (b. 10 Mar 1988) http://page.math.tu-berlin.de/~aosafu/
  • PhD in October 2017 from the Discrete Differential Geometry Lab at the University of Goettingen

• • George: Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan

• Cornell Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • 2008 - Present.
  • Help with problem design and judging of undergraduate student submissions.
  • Judging emphasizes reasonable problem formulation of an ill-posed, real world problem followed by mathematical exploration of possible solutions including refinements and testing for robustness of the solution.

• Alternatives IMPACT (formerly Alternatives Venture Fund): Board of Directors 2000-present.
  • Alternatives IMPACT is a 501(c)3 whose mission is in alignment with that of Alternatives Credit Union "to serve the underserved". As a public charity, IMPACT can receive funds to pilot programs to serve members of the community in ways that are outside the charter of the Credit Union. Many of these push the envelope of financial services into territory which is found to be profitable despite traditional attitudes. Many ideas developed at Alternatives have since become standard practice. Examples range from adjustable rate mortgages with caps on the rate changes, developed during the Savings and Loan Crisis in the '80s, to strategies for developing and building Credit , to current (2019) projects in character-based lending for small business loans.

• Former Wife: Louise, (b. 20 Dec 1949) (m. 17 Apr 1982) (div. Sep 2008) (d. 18 Oct 2016)

• Thesis Title: A Resource Theory of 3/2 Thinning

• • Thesis Title: A comparison of vegetation sampling techniques and Classification of Satellite data

• Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Toward a General Theory of Species Diversity

• Volunteer Actor, primarily in Ithaca College Student Films. Tally is up to nearly three dozen as of Spring 2016.
  • See also Internet Movie Database IMDB Page 1 IMDB Page 2

• • Furnas_R_1975_A_Comparison_of_Sampling_Methods_for_Percent_Cover_in_Tundra_Vegetation_AND_A_Cluster_Analysis_of_Satellite_ERTS_Data_2015_06_03_07_43_16.pdf: Furnas R 1975 A Comparison of Sampling Methods for Percent Cover in Tundra Vegetation AND A Cluster Analysis of Satellite (ERTS) Data

• Universitaet Goettingen, Germany Math and Ecology Audit 1976
• Goethe Institute, Staufen Germany German Language Study Mittelstufe 1976
• University of Alaska Biology M.S. 1975
• University of Alaska Mathematics M.S. 1975
• Cornell University Cum Laude, Biology B.A. 1973

Publications

• MAERS, A., FURNAS, R., RUTZKE, M., & WAYNE, R. (2013). THE FIZEAU EXPERIMENT: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIVISTIC DOPPLER EFFECT. The African Review Of Physics, 8(0). Retrieved May 31, 2015, from http://www.aphysrev.org/index.php/aphysrev/article/view/762

• • Furnas_R_1980_A_Resource_Theory_of_Self-Thinning_PhD_Thesis.pdf: Furnas R (1980) A Resource Theory of Self-Thinning
• Furnas, R. E. (1975). A comparison of vegetation sampling techniques and Classification of Satellite data. Masters Thesis. University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

• • Furnas_R_1973_Toward_a_General_Theory_of_Species_Diversity_Cornell_Honors_Thesis.pdf: Furnas R (1973) Toward a General Theory of Species Diversity

• • 2011 Mathematics Major, Brown University Honor's Thesis "Mathematical Modeling of Woven Fabric"
  • 2006-2007 Rotary Exchange Student in Wangen Germany.
  • 2006 Accepted, Brown University. Deferred until Fall 2007.
• Son: Ben, (b. 30 Oct 1984) See also: LinkedIn
  • 2014 – Present Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the First Deputy Mayor, City of New York
  • 2013 Senior Policy Associate, New York City Office of the Public Advocate
  • 2009 - 2012 New York University School of Law
  • 2006 - 2009 Research Associate, Center For American Progress Action Fund, Washington, D.C. writing for http://www.miccheckradio.org and later researching various issues.

• Volunteer Actor, primarily in Ithaca College Student Films. See also Internet Movie Database IMDB Page 1 IMDB Page 2

• • 2000 - 2009 Board of Directors
  • Technology Guy: Network; Computers (Mac, PC, Linux); Phone System; Web Services

• Alternatives Impact! (formerly Alternatives Venture Fund): Board of Directors 2000-present.

• Fall Creek Elementary School PTA late 1980's early 1990's Active member. Produced Newsletter using Quark XPress with input from writers using assorted word processing programs and portable computers.

• • Actor's Workshop of Ithaca Theater Company Production: Poona the F--k Dog, and other Plays for Children by Jeff Goode Played Roles of Citizen and MaitreD Frog.

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Graduate Advisors:

Peter L. Marks (Professor Emeritus, Cornell University), Steve F. MacLean (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks), Barbara Lando (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)

• • Actor's Workshop of Ithaca Theater Company Production: Poona the F--k Dog, and other Plays for Children by Jeff Goode Played Roles of Citizen and MaitreD Frog.

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Graduate%NBSP:Advisors:

Peter L. Marks (Professor Emeritus, Cornell University), Steve F. MacLean (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks), Barbara Lando (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)

• • Dr. Thomas C. Furnas (16 May 1922 - 12 July 2010), greatest Dad in the World; inventor of numerous designs in the fields of X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and High Voltage connectors.
  • Judith Louise Furnas (25 April 1930 - 8 March 2010), world's greatest Mom to all six kids. Helpmeet to Dad. Personification of MomNet: "keeping the Furnas sibs informed about each other".

• • 2011 Mathematics Major, Brown University Honor's Thesis "Mathematical Modeling of Woven Fabric"
  • 2011 Marshall Scholor, University of Leeds, UK

• • 2009 - present New York University Law School

• Volunteer Actor Ithaca College Student Films
  • 7 Films Fall 2011
  • 4 Films Spring 2011
  • 5 Films Fall 2010
  • 2 Films Spring 2010
• Running to Places Theatre Company
  • 2010-present Board of Directors

• • Actor's Workshop of Ithaca Theater Company Production: Poona the F**k Dog, and other Plays for Children

• • Dr. Thomas C. Furnas, greatest Dad in the World; inventor of numerous designs in the fields of X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and High Voltage connectors.

• • Bill: Engineer, Corning Glass, Corning, NY

• • Ebie: Consultant to Greater Cleveland Growth Association.
• Former Wife: Louise, (m. 17 Apr 1982) (div. Sep 2008)
  • Music Teacher, Fall Creek Elementary

• • 2006-2007 Rotary Exchange Student in Wangen Germany.
  • Accepted, Brown University 2006. Deferred until Fall 2007.
  • 2009 Declared Mathematics Major, Brown University

• • 2006 - 2009 worked at The Center For American Progress, Washington, D.C. writing for http://www.miccheckradio.org and later researching various issues.
  • 2009 - New York University Law School

• • 2000 - 2009 Board of Directors
• Alternatives Venture Fund: Board of Directors 2000-present.

• Alternatives Federal Credit Union: Board of Directors 1987-1989, President, 1988.
• First Street Playhouse Actor and Board Member early 1980's
• Ithaca Cooperative Nursery School Active parent and Board Member late 1980's
• Fall Creek Elementary School PTA late 1980's early 1990's Active member. Produced Newsletter using Quark Express with input from writers using assorted word processing programs and portable computers.

• Microcomputer Power: Provides specialty software for data analysis in Ecology, since 1987.
• Ithaca Laminating: Provided thermal plastic laminating services on paper. Batch service, since superceded by offerings from Kinko's and others. No longer in business.
• Time and Temperature: (607) 277-2772 1980 until discontinued in 2008

• Teaching Associate: or assorted other monikers Cornell University 1981-present

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• • Mathematics and some Ecology courses.

• • Pen and Ink drawing of charts and graphs for publication.

• • Kobuk Dunes Survey.

• • Tests included COD, BOD, Coliform Count, Lipids, Dissolved Solids, Ash, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates, Nitrites.

• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship: 3 years, 2 at University of Alaska 1973-75, 1 at Cornell 1976-77
• National Merit Scholar
• Early Acceptance, Cornell University: Admitted to Cornell University from Junior Year in High School

• Independent Studies: Computer, Networks, Security, CGI, programming and scripting tweaks.
• Blackboard training:
• MacHack: 1996-2004
• Actor's Workshop of Ithaca Meisner Training Full six Semester Course plus a production Class
  • First Semester: Repetition Exercise
  • Second Semester: Emotional Preparation
  • Third Semester: Character Work
  • Fourth Semester: External Circumstances, Relationships, Intentions
  • Fifth Semester: Script Analysis and Monologues
  • Sixth Semester: Monologues
  • Production Class: Is He Dead -- a new comedy by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives. Played roles of Basil Thorpe, Charlie, Emperor of Russia

• Thesis Topic: A Resource Theory of 3/2 Thinning
• Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Cornell University, January '81

• • • Spectral and Harmonic Analysis
• Russian: 1 year undergraduate study.
• Latin: Grades 7-11
• French: Grades 4-5

• • Coursework Master's Degree. Emphasis on Abstract Algebra and Mathematical applications in my Biology Thesis.

• • Thesis Title: A comparison of vegetation sampling techniques and Classification of Satellite data

• • Performed such analyses for several years.
• Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Toward a General Theory of Species Diversity
• BA Cum Laude in Biology with distinction in all subjects Cornell University 1973

• Assistant to Taxidermist, Cleveland Museum of Natural History: as teenager, helped prepare mounts as well as developed improved methods for skull preparation and dry preservation of soft-bodied insect larvae.
• Animal Caretaker, Cleveland Museum of Natural History: as teenager.
• Northwestern School of Taxidermy: Taxidermy correspondence course.
• Future Scientists Program Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Plant Project Grade 4

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• Parents:
  • Dr. Thomas C. Furnas, greatest Dad in the World; inventor of numerous designs in the fields of X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and High Voltage connectors. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
  • Judith Louise Furnas, world's greatest Mom to all six kids. Helpmeet to Dad. Personification of MomNet: "keeping the Furnas sibs informed about each other".
• Siblings:
  • George: Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
  • Bill: Engineer, Emhardt Glass, Elmira, NY
  • Malou: Chemist with Baxter International, now on disability with multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome.
  • Tom: CTO with National Public Broadcasting, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Ebie: Consultant to Greater Cleveland Growth Association. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Wife: Louise, (m. 17 Apr 1982)
  • Music Teacher, Fall Creek Elementary -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Son: Andy, (b. 10 Mar 1988)
  • Currently Rotary Exchange Student in Germany.
  • Accepted, Brown University 2006. Deferred until Fall 2007.
    -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Son: Ben, (b. 30 Oct 1984)
  • Cornell Class of 2006, Double Major in Economics and Government.
  • Currently works in Washington, D.C. at The Center For American Progress writing for http://www.miccheckradio.org
    -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Cayuga Nature Center:
  • Taxidermist
  • Wild Foods
  • Technology Guy: Network; Computers (Mac, PC, Linux); Phone System; Web Services
  • Treasurer, Board of Directors
    -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Alternatives Venture Fund: Board of Directors 2000-present. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Alternatives Federal Credit Union: Supervisory Committee 1983-1985
• Alternatives Federal Credit Union: Board of Directors 1987-1989, President, 1988.
  -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Microcomputer Power: Provides specialty software for data analysis in Ecology, since 1987. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Ithaca Laminating: Provided thermal plastic laminating services on paper. Batch service, since superceded by offerings from Kinko's and others. No longer in business. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Time and Temperature: (607) 277-2772 since 1980 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Teaching Associate: or assorted other monikers Cornell University 1981-present -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Graduate Teaching Assistant: Cornell University. 1977-1980.
  • Mathematics and some Ecology courses. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Scientific Drawing: Summer of '75. Denver, Colorado.
  • Pen and Ink drawing of charts and graphs for publication. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• National Park Service: Summer 1973. Field Assistant. Seward Peninsula and South slope of the Brooks Range.
  
  • Chukchi-Imuruk Biological Survey
  • Kobuk Dunes Survey. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Bureau of Industrial Wastes, City of Cleveland: Summer '69.
  • Performed various tests of water chemistry using Standard Methods.
  • Tests included COD, BOD, Coliform Count, Lipids, Dissolved Solids, Ash, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates, Nitrites. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

Honors and Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship: 3 years, 2 at University of Alaska 1973-75, 1 at Cornell 1976-77 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• National Merit Scholar -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Early Acceptance, Cornell University: Admitted to Cornell University from Junior Year in High School -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

Continuing Education

• Independent Studies: Computer, Networks, Security, CGI, programming and scripting tweaks. FIXME -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Blackboard training: FIXME -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• MacHack: 1996-2004 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Thesis Topic: A Resource Theory of 3/2 Thinning -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Cornell University, January '81 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

Language Studies

• German: '75-'76
  • 6 months intensive language study at the Goethe Instute, Staufen im Breisgau, Germany.
    • Grundstufe I
    • Grundstufe II
    • Mittelstufe
  • Gasthoerer at University of Goettingen, Spring term, 1976
    • Ecology
    • Paleoecology
    • Phytosociology
    • Spectral and Harmonic Analysis -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Russian: 1 year undergraduate study. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Latin: Grades 7-11 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• French: Grades 4-5 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• MS Mathematics: University of Alaska '75
  • Coursework Master's Degree. Emphasis on Abstract Algebra and Mathematical applications in my Biology Thesis. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• MS Biology: University of Alaska '75
  • Thesis Title: A comparison of vegetation sampling techniques and Classification of Satellite data -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

• Advisor: Peter L. Marks.
  • Set up his lab to perform Chemical Oxygen Demand Analysis on water samples from Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
  • Performed such analyses for several years. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Toward a General Theory of Species Diversity -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• BA Cum Laude in Biology with distinction in all subjects Cornell University '73
  -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

Early Years

• Assistant to Taxidermist, Cleveland Museum of Natural History: as teenager, helped prepare mounts as well as developed improved methods for skull preparation and dry preservation of soft-bodied insect larvae.. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Animal Caretaker, Cleveland Museum of Natural History: as teenager. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Northwestern School of Taxidermy: Taxidermy correspondence course. -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Future Scientists Program Cleveland Museum of Natural History -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007
• Plant Project Grade 4 -- DickFurnas - 01 Apr 2007

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