Armstrong Maltbie
Born November 5, 1917, Died March 10, 1983
by H. V. Park (From 1982-1983 Harrelson News)
On March 10, 1983 the Mathematics Department was saddened at the passing of retired Associate Professor Armstrong Maltbie. Professor Maltbie was educated at the the University of Vermont and for five years was assistant principal and head of the Math Department of Chapman High School, New London,, Connecticut. He was appointed Instructor in Mathematics at N. C. State in 1946. From 1951-1956 he was head of the Math Department at Broughton High School in Raleigh.. He returned to State in 1956 as Assistant Professor of Mathematics and remained at State until his retirement in 1979 as Associate Professor Emeritus.
Professor Maltbie was an outstanding teacher and loved by all of his students and respected by his colleagues. He was selected as Outstanding Teacher twice and received the NCSU Alumni Award for excellence in teaching in 1967. He was especially noted for his outstanding role in supervising graduate students in the teaching of Algebra and Trigonometry, a responsibility which he carried for more than twenty years. Because of his love and enthusiasm for good teaching, he was able to inspire in new graduate teaching assistants a desire to do their best and strive for excellence.
Additional services rendered to the Department and the University include: Traffic Committee, TV Committee, Chairman of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, participation in workshops which sponsored improvement of teaching, preparation of TV tapes in Mathematics, talks to Science Clubs in the public schools, associate director of a summer NSF sponsored program for Accelerated Secondary School Students in Mathematics, Various departmental committees, and advisor to many undergraduate math majors.
He was a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and was listed in "Who's Who in the South and Southeast in Education."
Professor Maltbie will be remembered by his colleagues and friends for his many years of service to the Mathematics Department and to the University. Many graduate students will remember he with pride for the help, guidance, patience, and encouragement given as they were thrust from the role of student to the role of teacher in the University.
Several years ago Professor and Mrs. Maltbie generously provided for annual monetary awards to be given to "Outstanding Teaching Assistants in Mathematics." The Department and the University will forever be indebted to the Maltbies for this generous donation to a cause for which Armstrong was so dedicated.