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Hubert Davis
For nearly 30 years, Hubert Davis brought his unconventional teaching methods to the classroom at Cranbrook School.
He came to the school with a Bachelor of Science degree from Bowdoin College, which he earned after serving in World War I as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army at the age of 19. Davis later earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and became head of the math department at Cranbrook. In 1943, he returned to the military for World War II. Davis was assistant director of training at the Coast Artillery School in Fort Monroe, Va., and was responsible for the development and preparation of courses. While at Cranbrook, Davis also served as the dean of students, the senior advispr, and as coach of the football, hockey and track teams. His sense of humor and understanding of his students made him one of the most popular teachers on campus, inspiring a number of graduates to become mathematicians. |
 6/22/2006 - Jim Young
Hubie taught me how to be a math teacher when I was green out of college. He and Bob Kenny launched me on a career that lead me to in heading three independent schools, one in Ohio and two in Florida.
3/21/2006 - Kevin Jones
Dave Wehmeyer and I (as well as many others} studied Algebra under Hubie. That algebra included portions which would be included in the second algebra course at Michigan. Dave and I went to the Michigan Dean of Engineering and told him that we had already learned the material. The dean said that they had never had anyone get credit for that algebra course at Michigan but we would if we passed algebra 1. We thought that was pretty good and pretty easy after Hubie's course.
We went ta see the Dean after Algebra 1 and showed him that we had both received A's. So,as a result of his course we got out of a course requirement at Michigan.
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