Robert Gerver

Robert Gerver, Ph.D. received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching from President Ronald Reagan in 1988, and his Ph.D. from NYU in 1990. He has authored 30 math books and numerous journal articles. His math research program, Writing Math Research Papers, received the 1997 Chevron Best Practices in Education Award as the premier high school mathematics course in the USA. Dr. Gerver taught at North Shore High School on Long island for 40 years, and was inducted into the LI Math Educators Hall of Fame in 2016 and the NYS Math Educators Hall of Fame in 2017. He currently teaches at The Institute for Creative Problem Solving at Stony Brook University, in a math research program for high school students from all over Long Island. He has been teaching public high school students on Long Island continuously for 50+ years. He is an avid Mets fan, collects classic Chevrolets, and is the drummer of the USA's longest running Sixties tribute band, Just Sixties, which he founded in 1982.