Mini-Autobiography of Larry Hoehn

My ancestry is almost all German with most branches dating to the 1850s in Perry County, MO, where I was born.  I attended rural elementary schools and later Perryville High School.  An academic scholarship helped me attendSoutheast Missouri State University where I obtained my B.S. in Mathematics.  Then I taught high school mathematics for awhile.

Next I attended the University of Tennessee under the auspices of the National Science Foundation (1967) and later (1969) with a Graduate Teaching Assistantship.  In 1971 I received my Master's degree in Mathematics and in 1973 my doctorate in Mathematics Education.  Then I taught mathematics again and eventually made my way (1979) to Austin Peay State University.

In 1970 I married Carol "Kay" Lawson--a Home Economics graduate from Tennessee Technological University.  This union produced two fine sons: Jacob & Johann.  They are named for a plethora of ancestors.   Both are computer science whizzes.

Along the way I have been fortunate enough to publish quite a bit in both mathematics and genealogy.  As a result I have two theorems that bear my name, an Erdös number of two, APSU's Hawkins Award for scholarship/creativity, and the first of the Distinguished Alumni Awards given by my former high school.

At APSU I have taught almost all the freshman-sophomore mathematics courses at one time or another.  Additionally I have taught several mathematics education courses, number theory, and some graduate courses that no longer exist.  My advanced courses now are primarily those involving geometry.