Sister M. Celine Fasenmyer, Ph.D., RSM, was born in Crown, Pennsylvania on Oct. 4, 1906. She was the daughter of George B. Fasenmyer (1865 - 1943) and Cecilia Leight (1868 - 1908). She had an elder brother, Austin H. Fasenmyer (1901-1983).
While she was a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown, she joined the Sisters of Mercy on April 13, 1924, and entered the St. Joseph Novitiate in Titusville. She professed her final vows on Aug. 15, 1925.
Sister Celine earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in 1933, and her master's from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials.
Her mentor and advisor at Michigan, Professor Earl D. Rainville, Ph.D. (1907 - 1966), dedicated a chapter in a mathematical textbook he wrote entitled, "Sister Celine's Technique" based on research that she had conducted.
Sister Celine also did post-graduate study at Montclair State College, Michigan College of Mining and Engineering and American University.
Sister Celine taught in elementary and secondary schools in Franklin, Punxsutawney, Greenville, DuBois, Pittsburgh and Corry. In 1945 she became a professor of mathematics at Mercyhurst College and taught there until her retirement in 1979.
In 1954 Sister Celine was elected assistant superintendent of the Sisters of Mercy. From 1954 to 1960 she served on the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees.
Sister Celine celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1973 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1983.
Sister Celine's Technique, the research she did during her doctoral studies, became an item of interest among mathematicians in the early 1990s when advances in computer technology made her research practical.
Sister Celine died 27 Dec, 1996 at age 80 in her 72nd year of religious life.
[Details of Sister Celine's life come from her obituary, published in the Erie Times-News on Dec 28, 1996. Details of Sister Celine's doctoral thesis and research comes from the Winter 1996/1997 issue of Mercyhurst Magazine, the college's alumni magazine.]
While she was a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown, she joined the Sisters of Mercy on April 13, 1924, and entered the St. Joseph Novitiate in Titusville. She professed her final vows on Aug. 15, 1925.
Sister Celine earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in 1933, and her master's from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials.
Her mentor and advisor at Michigan, Professor Earl D. Rainville, Ph.D. (1907 - 1966), dedicated a chapter in a mathematical textbook he wrote entitled, "Sister Celine's Technique" based on research that she had conducted.
Sister Celine also did post-graduate study at Montclair State College, Michigan College of Mining and Engineering and American University.
Sister Celine taught in elementary and secondary schools in Franklin, Punxsutawney, Greenville, DuBois, Pittsburgh and Corry. In 1945 she became a professor of mathematics at Mercyhurst College and taught there until her retirement in 1979.
In 1954 Sister Celine was elected assistant superintendent of the Sisters of Mercy. From 1954 to 1960 she served on the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees.
Sister Celine celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1973 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1983.
Sister Celine's Technique, the research she did during her doctoral studies, became an item of interest among mathematicians in the early 1990s when advances in computer technology made her research practical.
Sister Celine died 27 Dec, 1996 at age 80 in her 72nd year of religious life.
[Details of Sister Celine's life come from her obituary, published in the Erie Times-News on Dec 28, 1996. Details of Sister Celine's doctoral thesis and research comes from the Winter 1996/1997 issue of Mercyhurst Magazine, the college's alumni magazine.]
Sister M. Celine Fasenmyer, Ph.D., RSM, was born in Crown, Pennsylvania on Oct. 4, 1906. She was the daughter of George B. Fasenmyer (1865 - 1943) and Cecilia Leight (1868 - 1908). She had an elder brother, Austin H. Fasenmyer (1901-1983).
While she was a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown, she joined the Sisters of Mercy on April 13, 1924, and entered the St. Joseph Novitiate in Titusville. She professed her final vows on Aug. 15, 1925.
Sister Celine earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in 1933, and her master's from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials.
Her mentor and advisor at Michigan, Professor Earl D. Rainville, Ph.D. (1907 - 1966), dedicated a chapter in a mathematical textbook he wrote entitled, "Sister Celine's Technique" based on research that she had conducted.
Sister Celine also did post-graduate study at Montclair State College, Michigan College of Mining and Engineering and American University.
Sister Celine taught in elementary and secondary schools in Franklin, Punxsutawney, Greenville, DuBois, Pittsburgh and Corry. In 1945 she became a professor of mathematics at Mercyhurst College and taught there until her retirement in 1979.
In 1954 Sister Celine was elected assistant superintendent of the Sisters of Mercy. From 1954 to 1960 she served on the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees.
Sister Celine celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1973 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1983.
Sister Celine's Technique, the research she did during her doctoral studies, became an item of interest among mathematicians in the early 1990s when advances in computer technology made her research practical.
Sister Celine died 27 Dec, 1996 at age 80 in her 72nd year of religious life.
[Details of Sister Celine's life come from her obituary, published in the Erie Times-News on Dec 28, 1996. Details of Sister Celine's doctoral thesis and research comes from the Winter 1996/1997 issue of Mercyhurst Magazine, the college's alumni magazine.]
While she was a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown, she joined the Sisters of Mercy on April 13, 1924, and entered the St. Joseph Novitiate in Titusville. She professed her final vows on Aug. 15, 1925.
Sister Celine earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in 1933, and her master's from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral thesis was on the subject of Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials.
Her mentor and advisor at Michigan, Professor Earl D. Rainville, Ph.D. (1907 - 1966), dedicated a chapter in a mathematical textbook he wrote entitled, "Sister Celine's Technique" based on research that she had conducted.
Sister Celine also did post-graduate study at Montclair State College, Michigan College of Mining and Engineering and American University.
Sister Celine taught in elementary and secondary schools in Franklin, Punxsutawney, Greenville, DuBois, Pittsburgh and Corry. In 1945 she became a professor of mathematics at Mercyhurst College and taught there until her retirement in 1979.
In 1954 Sister Celine was elected assistant superintendent of the Sisters of Mercy. From 1954 to 1960 she served on the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees.
Sister Celine celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1973 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1983.
Sister Celine's Technique, the research she did during her doctoral studies, became an item of interest among mathematicians in the early 1990s when advances in computer technology made her research practical.
Sister Celine died 27 Dec, 1996 at age 80 in her 72nd year of religious life.
[Details of Sister Celine's life come from her obituary, published in the Erie Times-News on Dec 28, 1996. Details of Sister Celine's doctoral thesis and research comes from the Winter 1996/1997 issue of Mercyhurst Magazine, the college's alumni magazine.]
