Frank Wang
Dr. Frank Wang was the first employee of Saxon Publishers, Inc. He began his career at Saxon as John Saxon's personal assistant/'gofer' and has since served as an editor and writer of Saxon Math books, as the company's first vice president, and as Saxon's former president and CEO. Frank co-authored the Saxon Calculus text and has a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has dedicated himself to preserving John Saxon's mission of turning around mathematics education in America.
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Lorna Simmons
Lorna Simmons, a successful classroom reading teacher, is the author of the original Saxon Phonics K-2 program, the updated Saxon Phonics and Spelling K-3 and Phonics Intervention. Lorna originally began developing phonics materials to remedy her own son's reading difficulties. Her success with these materials with her son and in her classroom prompted other teachers to request Lorna's materials. Saxon Publishers contacted her to see whether she would be interested in sharing her curriculum. Both philosophically and structurally, it was a perfect fit. Lorna is also co-author, along with Sheridan Austin, of Saxon Early Learning, a fully integrated, comprehensive curriculum that addresses the educational needs of children ages 3-5.
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Pat Wrigley
Pat Wrigley began to adapt Saxon's middle grades series in 1991 for use with her own special needs students. When other resource specialists began to request copies of her work, she realized it might be of value to Saxon users. We were delighted when she submitted her adaptations and allowed us to make them available to Saxon customers. Pat is also the author of Intervention for Saxon Math 5/4 and Saxon Math 6/5.
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Stephen Hake
Stephen Hake was developing teaching materials for his own middle school students when, in 1983, he happened to see one of Saxon's secondary texts. He was surprised to find that it contained a methodology similar to his own. He wrote a letter to John Saxon, who wrote back asking him to assist in the creation of a middle school series. They went on to coauthor Math 54, Math 65, Math 76, and Math 87. These texts, for grades 4-7, are now in their third or fourth editions. | |
John Saxon
(1923-1996)
John Saxon began his career in the Army Air Corps, where he served as a B-17 aircraft commander during World War II. He went on to serve as a flight instructor for Air Force cadets, followed by a combat tour in Korea. After five years as a test pilot, Saxon earned a master's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He taught engineering at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for five years and served a one-year tour in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Saxon retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1970 as a Lieutenant Colonel and spent fourteen years as a teacher of mathematics at Rose State College in Oklahoma City while residing in Norman, Oklahoma. He devoted the last fifteen years of his life to turning around math education in America. He founded Saxon Publishers in 1981, and authored or co-authored nine math, calculus and physics textbooks covering grades four through twelve.
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Nancy Larson
From 1988 to 1991 Nancy Larson wrote and tested the original primary mathematics series for kindergarten through 4th grade. Assisted by a dedicated team of teachers, she applied the technique of distributed instruction, practice and assessment to elementary math topics. With a unique understanding of the relationship between instruction and classroom management, she perfected the teacher-friendly scripted format primary level Saxon users have come to love.
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Sheridan Austin
In 1995, after being asked to teach pre-k classes, Sheridan Austin found there was no mathematics program available for this level. So she began formulating lessons and activities of her own. Having previously taught Saxon mathematics programs, she felt comfortable adapting Saxon's pedagogical methods and developed Saxon's pre-k math program in 1998. Sheri is also co-author, along with Lorna Simmons, of Saxon Early Learning, a fully integrated, comprehensive curriculum that addresses the educational needs of children ages 3-5. | |