Contents

• Current Address
• Education
• Academic Positions
• Honorary and Professional Memberships
• Honors and Awards
• Journal Articles
• Article Published in Conference Proceeding
• Published Reviews
• Funded Grants
• • Intramural
  • Extramural

Current Address

Franklin, TN 37064

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, Florida State University (1977). Dissertation Title: Handle Decompositions of Knot Cobordisms
• M.S. in Mathematics, Florida State University (1975)
• B.S. (magna cum laude), Florida State University (1972). Major: Mathematics; Minors: Physics, Music.

Academic Positions

• 1994 - 2003, Professor of Mathematics, University of South Alabama
• 1981 - 1994, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of South Alabama
• 1985 (January - August), Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1977 - 1981, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of South Alabama
• 1974 - 1977, Teaching Assistant, Florida State University
• 1972 - 1974, National Science Foundation Fellow, Florida State University

Honorary and Professional Memberships

• American Mathematical Society
• Mathematical Association of America
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Mu Alpha (music honorary)
• National Flute Association

Honors and Awards

• Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
• Marquis Who's Who in America 2005
• Outstanding Teacher Award (Univ. of South Alabama) 2000
• Faculty Service and Development Award, leave taken Spring Quarter, 1995
• Faculty Service and Development Award, leave take Winter and Spring Quarters, 1985
• National Science Foundation Fellow (Research Trainee Program), Florida State University, 1972 - 1974

Journal Articles

• L. R. Hitt, "Examples of higher-dimensional slice knots which are not ribbon knots," Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 77(1979), 291-297.
• L. R. Hitt and D. W. Sumners, "Many different disk knots with the same exterior," Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 56(1981), 142-147.
• L. R. Hitt and D. W. Sumners, "There exist arbitrarily many different disk knots with the same exterior," Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 86(1982), 148-150.
• L. Richard Hitt and Daniel S. Silver, "Families of ribbon knots via Stallings twists," Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Series A) 50(1991), 356-372.
• L. Richard Hitt and Iaonnis M. Roussos, "Computer graphics of helicoidal surfaces of constant mean curvature," Anais da Academia Brasileira Ciencias 63(3) (1991), 211-228.
• L. Richard Hitt and Xin-Min Zhang, "Dynamic Geometry of Polygons," Elemente der Mathematik 56(2001), 21-37.
• Jiu Ding, L. Richard Hitt and Xin-Min Zhang, "Markov Chains and Dynamic Geometry of Polygons," Linear Algebra and its Applications 367(2003), 255-270.
• Jiu Ding, L. Richard Hitt, Bin Wang and Xin-Min Zhang, "Sierpiński Pedal Triangles", Fractals 16(2008), 141-150.

Articles Published in Conference Proceedings

• L. R. Hitt and D. W. Sumners, "Knots which are uniquely determined by their complements," Proceedings of the Eighth Annual University of Southwest Louisiana Mathematics Conference edited by Roger Waggoner, USL Press (1978), 80-85.

Published Reviews

• Review of the article by Karo, Nobuyuki, "Alexander Modules," Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 91 (1984), 159-162. Review appeared in Mathematical Reviews 85k:57021(1985).
• Review of the article by Yamada, Tetsuo, "On the reflexivity of certain fibered 3-knots," Hiroshima Mathematics Journal 22 (1992), no. 2, 397-400. Review appeared in Mathematical Reviews 93m:57028(1993).

Funded Grants

Intramural

• "Applications of handle theory to knot theory," University of South Alabama Research Committee, June 1, 1978 through November 30, 1979.
• "Higher-dimensional ribbon knots," University of South Alabama Research Committee, June 1, 1980 through January 31, 1982.
• "The topology of four-dimensional manifolds with applications to knot theory," University of South Alabama Research Committee, June 1, 1982 through May 31, 1983.
• "Knotted periodic in dynamical systems," Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Fund, January 1, 1987 through January 31, 1988.
• "Applications of computer graphics to differential geometry," Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Fund, May 22, 1988 through November 30, 1988.
• "Mathematica - An integrated computer environment for mathematics," Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Fund, June 1, 1989 through May 31, 1990.
• "Supercomputer calculations of knot polynomials," University of South Alabama Reserach Committee, March 1, 1989 through February 28, 1990.
• "Helicoidal surfaces of constant mean curvature," College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Fund, May 1, 1990 through May 31, 1992, $3,045.

Extramural

• "A proposal to Sun Microsystems," Sun Microsystems, June 25, 1990, $70,000.
• "Mathematics Workstations in a Laboratory Environment" (joint proposal with John Cruthirds), National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program, September 1, 1991 through February 28, 1994, $48,761.37.
• "Mathematics Workstations in a Laboratory Environment" (joint proposal with John Cruthirds), Wolfram Research, Inc., October 1991, $5,680.
• "Calculus and Mathematica," NSF EPSCoR Student Scholarship Program, January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993, $2,500.
• "Calculus and Mathematica II," NSF EPSCoR Student Scholarship Program, January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, $2,500.
• "A conference on knot theory, low-dimensional topology and quantum groups" (joint proposal with Scott Carter, Dan Flath and Dan Silver), NSF EPSCoR Conference Program, November 1, 1993 through September 30, 1994 (meeting held February 4-6, 1994) $2,500.
• "Graduate Fellowship Program in Mathematics to Assist in Areas of National Need" (joint proposal with Suzanne McGill), U. S. Department of Education, September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995, $118,215 plus $29,554 Universtiy match.
• "The Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program," U. S. Department of Education, October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1995, $141,858.
• "Graduate Fellowship Program in Mathematics to Assist in Areas of National Need" (joint proposal with Suzanne McGill), U.S. Department of Education, September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996, $191,144 plus $47,786 University match.
• "The Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program," U.S. Department of Education, October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996, $63,915.
• "The Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program," U.S. Department of Education, October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996, $286,716.
• "Graduate Fellowship Program in Mathematics to Assist in Areas of National Need" (joint proposal with Suzanne McGill), U.S. Department of Education, September 1, 1996 through August 31, 1997, $191,144 plus $47,786 University match.

Total Extramural funding (including university matches): $1,250,041.37