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Rick Decker

Professor of Computer Science
Ferry 01.001

Phone: (315) 859-4785
Fax:   (315) 859-4687

email:rdecker@hamilton.edu
	




Rick's FAQ

Who are you?

I've been teaching computer science at Hamilton since 1985. My undergraduate degree is from Dartmouth (1967) and since then I've picked up degrees from Penn State ('69), Ohio State ('78), and Stanford ('85). For those interested in trivia, you can check out a more detailed vita, if you want.
I've been happily married since 1971, to the same person, as a matter of fact. Our son is twenty. I have one sister (a younger sister, as she never tires of reminding me) who lives in France. If you want to send me a card, my birthday is December 25. If you want to send my sister a card, you're on your own. I'm known as The Venerable Master on the Net and, for reasons known only to them, my students refer to me as the Silver Fox. Go figure.

Where's your office?

I've moved again, making this my sixth office in seventeen years. You can now find me in the Ferry building (the former Personnel office), room 01.001.

When are you in?

You can count on finding me in my office every day from 10:00 to 1:00. I'm often there other times, too. Give me a call if you need to see me any other time. For further information, take a look at my schedule.

What do you do?

You mean professionally or personally? Professionally, I've devoted most of my time recently to curricular issues in computer science. Early on, I helped get Hamilton's CS concentration up and running. Since then, Stuart Hirshfield and I have written a bunch of books for our courses, along with modifying the CS curriculum completely beyond recognition from its original form. I'm also the department chair, so if you need a signature, come to me.
On the personal side, I don't have as much of a life as I'd like, but what I do have is quite full enough, thank you.


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