Joel Davis ’57

Joel suffered massive head injuries in a bicycle accident Feb. 21, 1995, dying shortly thereafter. He had been biking to tutor a sixth-grade class, when he collided with a car in Corvallis, Oreg., his hometown.

Joel was born in Rochester, N.Y, and prepared for Princeton at Andover. At Princeton he majored in physics and mathematics and graduated cum laude. After Princeton he earned a master's and a PhD from the Univ. of Wisconsin. He earned tenure at Oregon State Univ. in 1971. Joel married Carly Smith in 1957 in the Princeton Univ. Chapel. They had four children and cared for several other young people as part of their household. He taught math for 31 years at OSU, where his academic interests included computers, numerical analysis, and applied analysis.

When he reitred in 1994, he was head adviser of the math department, on the OSU faculty senate, a member of the math department advisory committee, and director of the department's summer program. Joel was on the Corvallis planning commission, the budget commission, the water infrastructure committee and the local branch of the NAACP. He enjoyed music, camping, and hiking.

To Carly and his children, Marion, Bethany, Andrew, and Rebecca, we extend our sincere condolences.

The Class of 1957