Online Source: https://northtexan.unt.edu/content/david-fleming-dawson

David Fleming Dawson

Graduation Year:
1947

David Fleming Dawson (’47, ’48 M.S.), Denton, mathematics professor, 1959-1985, died Feb. 7. He earned a doctorate from the University of Texas and taught mathematics there, at George Washington University and at the University of Missouri at Columbia before joining North Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1953. He was a member of the American Mathematical Society and published more than 40 papers on analysis, continued fractions and infinite series in various mathematical journals in the United States and abroad. He spoke at mathematics meetings all over the country. All six of his children have degrees from UNT: Dan Paul Dawson (’77, ’92 Ph.D.), David R. Dawson (’75, ’81 M.S.), Sharon Ann Dawson (’80), Donald K. Dawson (’81),John W. Dawson (’82) and Catherine Sue Dawson Boswell (’85).