Dr. Raymond Barnett, a native of California, received his B.A. in mathematical statistics from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.A. in maths from the University of Southern California. Dr. Barnett has been a member of the Merritt College Mathematics Department and was chairman of the department for 4 years. Raymond has co-authored or authored 18 textbooks in mathematics, most of which are still in use. In addition to international English editions, a number of his books have been translated into Spanish and other languages.