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John Travis grew up in Mississippi and had his graduate work at the University of Tennessee and Mississippi State University. As a numerical analyst, since 1988 he has been a professor of mathematics at his undergraduate alma mater Mississippi College where he currently serves as Professor and Chair of Mathematics.

You can find him playing racquetball or guitar but not generally at the same time. He is also an active supporter and organizer for the opensouce online homework system WeBWorK.