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Steve Doblin, Lamar University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, earning the B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees, all in mathematics.
While an undergraduate at Alabama, he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, and as a graduate student was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Traineeship and a Graduate Teaching Assistantship.
In 1972, Dr. Doblin joined the faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served as chair of the Department of Mathematics for nine years and as dean of the College of Science & Technology for 12 years. He has published articles dealing with mathematics, mathematics education, and university administration, and received funding for a variety of mathematics teacher-training projects from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. Doblin is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Kappa. His honors include membership in several who’s who societies, two university-wide Excellence in Teaching Awards and selection as Mississippi Educational Administrator of the Year. While in Hattiesburg, he served on the local boards of directors of the Area Development Partnership, Forrest General Home Care, and the Salvation Army. He is a past president of both the Hattiesburg Area Education Foundation and the Mississippi Power Education Foundation board of directors.
He joined Lamar University in July 2001 as the vice president for academic affairs. He currently serves as vice chair for programs of the JASON Alliance of Southeast Texas, chair of the literacy committee and a member of the program committee for the Beaumont Rotary Club and president-elect of the board of Temple Emanuel of Beaumont.
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