Dr. Richard Delaware joined UMKC in 1984. For 19 years, he was mathematics coordinator, and the last five of those years associate director of the Mathematics and Physics Institute, a College of Arts and Sciences program for gifted and talented high school seniors.

In 1998 and 2005, he recorded more than 70 hours of video, entire College Algebra and Calculus I courses, now posted on the UMKC YouTube channel (see College Algebra and Calculus I). He has given more than 70 presentations of over 50 original expository mathematics talks and organized a series of 279 such talks at UMKC for 23 years until 2010.

He was a founding member and organizer of the 29-year Kansas City Mathematics Technology EXPO annual conference, held its last decade at UMKC until 2019.

Dr. Delaware has taught 26 different undergraduate courses and 4 graduate courses.

Since 1998 he has been the sole instructor for the proof-based writing-intensive MATH 464 WI: History of Mathematics course (see Math 464 WI and "More Than Just a Grade: The HOM-SIGMAA Student Contest Fosters Writing Excellence at UMKC" - Convergence, MAA.) Students from that course through 2022 have produced 34 mathematics publications (30 local, 4 national), won 16 national writing awards (14 first place), and 8 local writing awards.

B.S. Mathematics, University of Santa Clara, 1974
M.A. Mathematics, University of Kansas, 1977
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2000

2020, President's Award for Innovative Teaching, UM System
2017, Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers, Scholars, and Artists, UMKC
2011, Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, MAA Missouri section
2011, Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, UMKC
2003, Founding Faculty Member Award, 19 years at the Mathematics and Physics Institute, MPI, UMKC
1995, Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, UMKC
1989, Educational Partners Award, Inroads
1984, Superior Teaching Award, UMKC SGS