Dr. John H. Heinbockel is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University in 1964. He joined Old Dominion University in 1967 and since then has taught a variety of mathematics courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He has been the principal investigator on many research grants. During this time he has produced numerous technical papers in the areas of applied mathematics.