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Key points for Dr. Greg Clements' academic life:
1966, Summer ... Learned FORTRAN at the U. of Iowa
1967 ... Graduated from high school, Elmwood, Nebraska --- population about 600
1971 ... Received undergraduate degree in Physics and Astronomy, U. of Iowa. Also took courses
in IBM360 Assembly Language and Computer Assisted Instruction.
1976 ... Received M.S. in Astronomy, U. of Iowa, Research on measurements of the
solar spectrum and solar type stars with the same instrument (24 inch diameter telescope).
1977 ... Assembled an 8080 microcomputer as part of a class in the Physics and
Astronomy Dept. at Iowa. Helped write a 750 byte operating system for the system. The computer
still works as of January 2005.
1978 ... Received Ph.D. in Physics, U. of Iowa, Research on Eclipsing Binary Stars
1978 to 1982 ... Dickinson College, Carlisle PA --- Taught a variety of Physics and
Astronomy courses filling in for faculty on sabbatical. 1979...Survived the Three Mile Island event,
about 20 miles from Carlisle
1982 ... Iowa City, Worked for a small computer business -- Purchased an Apple II computer. Taught myself C and dBASEII. Programmed
under the Cromix operating system.
1983 to present ... Midland Lutheran College,
Fremont, Nebraska --- I have taught Introductory Physics, Electronics, Modern Physics,
College Algebra, Statistics, Pre-Calculus, Microsoft Office,
Internet Fundamentals, BASIC, C, C++, HTML, and JAVA.