Collaboration, Chaos (Conferences) and Managing with Nonlinear Dynamics Guideposts

In tribute to Jerry Gollub and Alfonso Albano I will review aspects of the influences of our shared interests in chaos and nonlinear dynamics on such things as the inter-departmental collaboration between the physics departments of Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College, a series of international conferences on the testing of experimental data for evidence of chaos and nonlinear dynamics, and various administrative philosophies and strategies we have used to support collaborations among faculty members, diverse departments, and institutions in such other settings as the Great Lakes Colleges Association, the Five College Consortium in western Massachusetts, Twinning Programs in Europe, international collaborations in optical nonlinear dynamics and chaos, and professional development for leaders of inter-institutional collaborations in higher education.