Department of Mathematics Names Room for Retired Faculty

On September 21, 2022, Tarleton State University held a ceremony to celebrate two outstanding retired mathematics faculty members – Dr. Tim Flinn and the late Dr. Pam Littleton. The third-floor seminar room (Room 337) in the Mathematics Building on Tarleton’s main campus has been designated as the Dr. Tim Flinn Mathematics Conference Room. In addition, a first-floor classroom (Room 113) in the Mathematics Building has been designated the Dr. Pam Littleton Mathematics Education Laboratory. During the ceremony, the many family, students, faculty, and administrators in attendance heard tributes from faculty in the mathematics department as well as Dr. James Hurley, President of Tarleton State University, and Dr. Diane Stearns, Executive Vice President and Provost of Academic Affairs.

Dr. Flinn retired from Tarleton in 1999 after 31 years on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Physics. A native of Strawn, he received his degrees from San Diego State University and Texas A&M. His dedication in the classroom has been recognized on numerous occasions. Dr. Flinn received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Phi Eta Sigma Outstanding Teaching award at Tarleton. He is one of only a select few University faculty members to be chosen as a Piper Professor. The Mathematics faculty honored Dr. Flinn by naming a departmental teaching award, The Timothy L. Flinn Faculty Excellence Award, after him.

Dr. Pamela Littleton, a retired professor of mathematics at Tarleton State University, was instrumental in establishing and growing the current Mathematics Education program at Tarleton. While at Tarleton, Littleton received many accolades including the O.A. Grant Teaching Award and was named a University Teaching Mentor and a President’s Teaching Fellow. In 2010 Dr. Pam Littleton was honored as a Regents Professor by The Texas A&M University System. She was the sixth Tarleton faculty member to be honored as a Regents Professor, however, she was the first female professor from Tarleton to receive the Regents Professor designation. Dr. Pam Littleton retired in 2011. Upon retirement, Pam was granted Professor Emeritus status.