gGerry

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About me

Industry Education
Occupation Mathematician
Location Mountain Maryland
Introduction Married, 3 teenagers plus 2 married stepkids. Former chemist. Trying to advocate for gifted kids' educations. Travelled around the world in 10 months when I was a naive 24. One of 9 siblings.
Interests Languages, Cultures & Religion, Science, Music, Chess, Math, Kids, Poland, Bohemia
Favorite Movies On Golden Pond, Gandhi, Schindler's List, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Dead Poets Society, Patch Adams, Mr. Holland's Opus, Mr. Bean's Vacation
Favorite Music Classical Gas, Color My World, Jazz, Indian & Middle Eastern, my kids' school bands, Willie Nelson, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Chopin, liturgical
Favorite Books Souls on Fire - Wiesel, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Topology-Munkres, Merton, Buber, Soloveitchik, CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Faulkner, Hemmingway, (and that's the long & the short of it)