Interview with John Mac Nerney [part 2]; Interview with John Mac Nerney [part 2]

  • Mac Nerney's teaching continued
  • Recruiting students of mathematical talent
  • Mac Nerney's dissertation and degree acquisition
  • Mac Nerney's teaching method
  • Difficulties at Northwestern University
  • Teaching propositions and positions
  • Adapting the teaching styles of H. S. Wall, R. L. Moore, and F. Burton Jones
  • Graduate students and professors from the University of Texas
  • The mathematics department at the University of North Carolina
  • The School of Engineering and the mathematics department merger at the University of North Carolina
  • F. Burton Jones's and W. M. Whyburn's relationship
  • Teaching philosophies of departments and professors
  • Mistakes in hiring at the University of North Carolina
  • Reorganization of curriculum and the mathematics department at the University of North Carolina
  • Mac Nerney leaving the University of North Carolina
  • Examinations in graduate work at the University of Texas
  • Oral examinations in class meetings