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John Richter

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Economics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Mathematics, grades 6-8

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
University of North Carolina Wilmington

Current academic or teaching status:
Recently certified

School and school district:
Roger Bacon Charter Day School

Background:

I have thirty plus years of experience in the pharmaceutical business with a major corporation. I specialized in sales/management/managed care and marketing. I had additional experience in pharmaceutical-related continuing education development and implementation. Outside of work, I was involved in leadership activities in a variety of community affairs organizations. I’m the principal owner of a small consulting LLC and the secretary of the US chapter of CEASa-Int (Civil Emergency Alert Services Association International).

Why do you want to teach:

It is time for me to give back. To be able to make even a small difference in some youngster’s life would be wonderful.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

Royce J Watts, taught ECON 125 (Statistics) at West Virginia University when I was an undergraduate. He taught it as a discipline with specific homework, a specific format for submitting your work and a strict grading scale. I don’t believe that Mr. Watts knew that there was such a thing as a grading curve. Sadly, I was an undisciplined young man and received an F – twice. The third time taking the course I had moved my seat next to his desk, did all the assigned homework in proper form and on time. Actually, for my own benefit, I did every problem in the text. Going into his final, I had about a B+ or A-, AND Mr. Watts knew me by name. As I turned in that final exam, I said to him “Mr. Watts you might have to give me an A for this one.” He replied “Only, if you earned it Mr. Richter.” R.J. Watts not only taught me statistics (which I routinely used in my pharmaceutical career – daily), BUT he also taught me the value of discipline. I might forget when to use chi square analysis, but I will never forget the discipline lesson.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The ability to complete my certification process.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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