Mathematical Biology at an Undergraduate Liberal Arts College

We thank the present and former faculty of the mathematics and biology departments for their continued support of the mathematical biology major. Jon Jacobsen and Elissa Schwartz have taught the Mathematical Biology course several times, and Ali Nadim and John Milton contributed substantially to teaching the course. In addition, our numerous guest speakers have greatly enriched our program. We also thank Sheldon Wettack, former Dean of Faculty at Harvey Mudd, for his enthusiastic support of the new major. We thank the W.M. Keck Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the NSF for funding the curricular and research components of our program. We thank the editors of CBE—Life Sciences Education for the opportunity to describe our program, and Pat Marsteller and John Jungck for continuing to promote the cross-pollination of biology and mathematics. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Michael Moody (1952–2010), pioneering mathematical biologist at Harvey Mudd College.