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James McMahon (educator)
James McMahon (Apr. 22, 1856 – June 1, 1922) of Ithaca, New York was an American educator, mathematician and early American proponent of professionalization in the teaching of advanced mathematics. A professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department in Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, McMahon was a founding member of the American Mathematical Society (as the predecessor New York Mathematical Society) in 1891. For seven years he served as associate editor of the ''Annals of Mathematics''. He was also the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Secretary (1897), Section A (Mathematics and Astronomy); General Secretary (1898), and Vice-President (1901). McMahon was also featured in the publication, ''American Men (and Women) of Science''.〔Gary G. Cochell, "The Early History of the Cornell Mathematics Department: A Case Study in the Emergence of the American Mathematical Community," 25 ''Historia Mathematica'' (1998) at (133–153 ) ''citing'' Della Dumbaugh Fenster & Karen Hunger Parshall, "A Profile of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1891–1906," in 3 ''The History of Modern Mathematics'' (Eberhard Knobloch and David E. Rowe) (1994) at 186.〕
== Early life ==
Professor McMahon was born in Armagh County, Ireland, on April 22, 1856, the son of Robert McMahon and Mary Hewitt.〔"Professor McMahon Dies Veteran Mathematics Scholar Passes Away Suddenly After Nearly Forty Years at Cornell," ''Cornell Alumni News'' (24:35)(June 8, 1922) at ( 410. )〕 He took up general studies in the Classical Program at Trinity College, Dublin in 1879. By completion of studies, McMahon was ranked among the first members of the class of 1881 and took highest honors in Metaphysics and Classical Studies. McMahon had been awarded the Wray Prize in 1880. The honor was created from a gift of Mrs. Catherine Wray in 1848, spouse to the late Reverend Henry Wray, D.D., Vice Provost of Trinity and Senior Fellow, to encourage Metaphysical studies. The second prize taken by McMahon was Trinity’s Brooke Prize for Classical Studies. He graduated A.B. with two gold medals from Dublin in 1881, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1890 and the honorary D.Sc. in 1918. McMahon arrived in Ithaca, New York in January 1883.〔"New Instructor in Mathematics at the University," ''Daily Democrat'' (Ithaca, N.Y.) (July 8, 1884) at ( 2. )〕 His initial introduction to Cornell University was as an examiner in the Mathematics Department and as an instructor for Andrew Dickson White’s “Correspondence University”, a distance learning initiative of 1883.〔Bizhan Nasseh, A Brief History of Distance Education at (1. )〕
In 1884, James McMahon became an Cornell instructor, in 1890 an assistant professor, and in 1904 a member of the Cornell Faculty as professor of mathematics. In 1893, McMahon was joined the early organizers of the Sigma Xi Society. The idea had been to create the Phi Beta Kappa of the sciences, a concession that the literary and arts focused Phi Beta Kappa Society was perceived as being tied to an older collegiate focus antedating the rise of science and engineering in the university curriculum. The First Convention of Sigma Xi was held at Cornell University. McMahon was a delegate from Cornell University; Ernest G. Merritt represented the University of Kansas. McMahon’s focus was on the policy by which the Society would expand.〔Henry Baldwin Ward, ''Sigma Xi: Quarter Century History'' (1886–1911).〕 He also served as Vice President (1905) and President (1909) of the Theta Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, and was succeeded by Madison Bentley (1909) and Alfred Hayes, Jr. (1910).〔William Gardner Hale was Vice President, Theta Chapter, during AY 1887–1888; Hayes (1908) and Bentley (1909).〕 On June 26, 1890, James McMahon married into Cornell University’s Crane family. He was spouse to Katharine Crane, sister to Professor “TeeFee” Crane. Five years later, the Chairman of the Cornell Mathematics Department, Professor Willoam Oliver, died. The University leased the Oliver cottage at 7 Central Avenue, and adjacent to Professor Crane's cottage, to the McMahons. James McMahon lived on Central Avenue from 1895 to the until his death in 1922.
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