Robert A. Nowlan Ph.D.

Robert A. Nowlan (Bob) has published more than two dozen books on subjects as diverse as mathematics, movies, presidencies and trivia. As an undergraduate, he pursued a double major, mathematics and history. This combination seems strange to many, but he always explores whatever interests him. He was in the U.S. Army when the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik. Because Nowlan's MOS. was mathematics, he was discharged three days later as were thousands of the military with talents that were believed needed to make the U.S. competitive with the Soviets. As Bob was preparing to pursue a Ph.D., the question was which discipline, history or mathematics. Although he felt he was more talented in history than mathematics, the National Science Foundation made the decision for him. There were funds available for graduate study in math and the sciences, but not for history and the liberal arts. However, he never lost his passion for history and political science, Nowlan received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Nowlan was a Professor of Mathematics at colleges and universities for forty years and also served as Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Southern Connecticut University. Since his retirement Bob Nowlan has written several more books including The American Presidents Form Washington to Tyler, What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About Them and the recently published The American Presidents From Polk to Hayes, What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About. These are the first two books in a planned series of five that will feature all 43 presidents and any new one beginning in 2017. It is probably easy to guess the titles. Bob lives with his wife Wendy in Marco Island, Florida eight months of the year and four summer months in New Haven, Connecticut.