JOHN W. VAN NESS
Home: 439 Valley Glen Drive
Richardson, Texas 75080
email:
ness@utdallas.edu
Studio: 22 Canyon Creek Village
Custer Parkway at Lookout Drive
Richardson, Texas 75080
ART GALLERY REPRESENTATION
AestheticInvestments.com, 1405 Vantress, East Side Village II, Suite
1102, Plano, TX 75074, 2003-2005, Gallery Closed
INVITED ONE-PERSON SHOWS
∙ February 2003: Guest Artist, America's Best of Life Expo,
Arlington Convention Center (three days - 19 paintings)
INVITED GROUP SHOWS
∙ May 1975: University of Texas at Dallas Faculty Art Exhibit,
Richardson, TX
∙ July 2006: Natural Wonders, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX
∙ September 2006, DADA Art Walk, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX
∙ February 2007, An Evening in Honor of Katie Bolka, Also Gallery,
Dallas, TX
ART ASSOCIATION OPEN AND MEMBER SHOWS
∙ November 2000: Dallas Visual Arts Center Members Show
∙ November 2001: Dallas Visual Arts Center Members Show
∙ May 2002: 500X Gallery, Open Show
∙ June 2002: Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Exhibition
∙ July 2002: Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, The
Contemporary Exposed Membership Exhibition
∙ May 2004: 500X Gallery, Open Show
ART ACTIVITIES
∙ Leader, Affinity Group, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Visual
Arts Center, Dallas, TX, 2000-2001
∙ Leader, Affinity Group, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Visual
Arts Center, Dallas, TX, 2001-2002
∙ Leader, Salon, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Center for the
Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX, 2003-2005
∙ Member, Texas Visual Arts Assoc., 2002-2006
∙ Member, Dallas Visual Arts Association, 1999-2002
∙ Member, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, 2003-2005
∙ Member, Art Salon, 2005-present
EDUCATION
∙ B.S. (1959) Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
∙ Ph.D. (1964) Applied Mathematics, Brown University
∙ (1967-69) Art (Sculpture), University of Washington (no degree)
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
∙ 1956-58 Technical Programmer, E. I. duPont deNemours and Company.
(Co-op student for six quarters.)
∙ 1964-66 Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics,
Stanford University
∙ 1966-71 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University
of Washington, Seattle
∙ 1971-73 Associate Professor, Department of Statistics,
Carnegie-Mellon University
∙ 1973-75 Associate Professor, Program in Mathematical Sciences, The
University of Texas at Dallas; and Director, Institute for
Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas
∙ 1973-75 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics,
Southern Methodist University
∙ 1973-78 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of
Texas at Dallas
∙ 1974-75 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Computer Science
and Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas
Health Sciences Center at Dallas
∙ 1975-02 Professor Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The
University of Texas at Dallas
∙ 1975-81 Adjunct Professor of Medical Computer Sciences and Special
Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Health
Sciences Center at Dallas
∙ 1978-83 Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas
∙ 1980 Acting Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The
University of Texas at Dallas (June 1, 1980 - August 31, 1980)
∙ 1980-92 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of
Texas at Dallas
∙ 2002-05, Retired from UTD, Half-time Professor of Statistics
∙ 2005-present, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Dallas
HONORS
∙ Fellow, American Statistical Association (1978)
∙ Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1992)
∙ Sigma Xi, (National Science Honorary Society)
∙ Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honorary Society)
∙ Pi Mu Epsilon (National Mathematics Honorary Society)
∙ Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honorary Society)
COPYRIGHTS
∙ 1986 "Matchmaker"; Software for Commodore computers.
∙ 1987 "Wildcatter"; Software for Commodore computers.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
∙ Invited talk on Mathematical Sciences at St. Mark's School of
Texas, December, 1975
∙ Plano High School, Committee on Mathematics Curriculum, 1979 - 81
∙ American Statistical Association Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear
Regulatory Research, 1980 - 1985
∙ Coach, Olympics of the Mind team, Division I, Aldridge Elementary
School, Richardson, TX, 1983. Regional champions. Participated in
the International Olympics of the Mind Competition, 1983, Mount
Pleasant, Mich.
∙ Coach, Olympics of the Mind team, Division II, Wilson Middle
School, Plano, TX, 1984. Local champions. Regional champions. Placed
fifth in the International Olympics of the Mind Competition, 1984,
Akron, Ohio
∙ Coach, Olympics of the Mind team, Division II, Wilson Middle
School, Plano, TX, 1985
∙ Coach, Olympics of the Mind Team, Division I, Aldridge Elementary
School, Richardson, TX, 1985
∙ President, Pathfinders Adult Sunday School Class, Christ United
Methodist Church, Plano, TX, 1986-97.
∙ Member, Administrative Board, Christ United Methodist Church,
Plano, TX, 1999-2000
∙ Amigos Project, Housing for the poor, 1999-present.
∙ Men's Service Group, Christ United Methodist Church, Plano, TX,
2002-present
