Michael Murray Keyton

So sad to hear of Michael´s passing. He was a great teacher of mine in 9th grade at St Marks in Dallas. A remarkable genius he was who inspired me to do great things. Rest easy , my friend.

Glad to read the latest post from James Tao, the IMSA student who Michael Keyton helped prepare for the International Math Olympiad). James, sorry I got your name wrong in an earlier post. When I brought up the Gold Medal Team USA won at the Bucharest Olympiad, Michael was, as always, humble. He told me about James Tao, Team USA captain, and preparations for the tournament. He told me that he learned a great deal from Mr. Tao, especially at the end of Michael´s tutorials. Michael and...

I just found out about Michael´s death. I am so sorry that such an extraordinary teacher and friend has left this earth. I met Michael on the Internet, back around 1995, in a Prodgy classical music discussion group. There were many professional music critics from prominent publications active on the billboard, but a couple of the posters, including Michael, just blew everyone away with their knowledge and ongoing research. This was just before the time that Michael was relocating from...

Dr Keyton was one of the most impactful teachers in my life. When I came to IMSA in 2004, the two subjects I loved were math and baseball. Dr Keyton connected with me on both topics. I started out multiple semesters behind most of my friends in math. He encouraged me to catch up by doubling up math classes and taking summer classes. That decision started me on a trajectory that led to a very fun career at the intersection of math and baseball. I´ll never forget the definition of a fresnarus...

As a teacher, Dr. Keyton was unique in how much he believed in his students and trusted them to be self-directed, to ask and answer questions, and to learn through struggle and discovery. He has deeply influenced my life as well as many others. I fondly remember working on tough geometry problems with him, hearing his experiences teaching geometry to geometry teachers across the country, playing pro golf, and contributing to Cabri and TI, and also learning from him how to pronounce...

As many have written Dr. Keyton was a remarkable teacher & kind gentleman. I was lucky enough for his teaching me calculus in 1983. That proved to be a wonderful tour of math, humor & life. Outside of the classroom, he was unfailing encouraging even when simply passing him in the hall. My condolences to the Keyton family for the loss of such a special person.

I graduated from St. Marks in 1978 and had Mr. Keyton for calculus and he was my golf coach. I remember him as kind and gentle with a good sense of humor. I enjoyed his teaching and playing golf with him. Condolences to the family.