Richard E. Chandler
Department of Mathematics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina  27695-8205
USA

Richard E. Chandler received his Ph.D. from Florida State University and joined the department of mathematics at North Carolina State University in 1965. In the early 1980s he learned of the paleontological treasures buried in the coastal plain of North Carolina and became an enthusiastic avocational [def: one who cultivates a particular pursuit, study, or science, as painting, from taste, without pursuing it professionally] paleontologist. He retired from full-time work in mathematics in 2002, in part so he could devote more time to the study of fossil sharks.