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\signature{W.~Trevor King}
\address{120 Miller Street \\ Highlands, NJ 07732}
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\begin{letter}{
  District Human Resources Office \\
  Pierce College \\
  1601 39th Avenue SE \\
  Puyallup, Washington 98374}

\opening{Sir or Madam,}

Thank you for reviewing my application for the position of Adjunct
Professor of Mathematics.  Over my years working on my Ph.D. studies
at Drexel University, I have been looking forward to teaching at an
undergraduate-oriented college.  I look forward to working at a school
such as Pierce which clearly has a strong commitment to teaching
excellence and teacher training.  Besides teaching mathematic, I am
also interested in advancing the science of teaching.  Over the past
year I have been active in the
\href{http://software-carpentry.org/}{Software Carpentry}
organization, which trains scientists around the world in current
software development and data management techniques.  Software
Carpentry
\href{http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/2013-02-uwash.html}{recently}
\href{http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2013/03/washington-went-well.html}{ran}
a boot boot camp at the University of Washington, and I look forward
to continuing this outreach in the Puget Sound area.

I have always had a strong interest in math, and early in my career I
was able to devote enough time to the subject to double-major in math
and physics.  I have especially fond memories of my number theory and
formal logic courses at Colgate, as well as complex analysis during my
semester in Wales.  As I advanced through my graduate training, there
was less time to devote directly to formal math, but I taught myself a
good deal of statistics in support of my research (especially the
Gumbel distribution\citep{king10,king13}).  Physics and math are bound
tightly together, and I look forward to returning to the analytical
side of this pairing.

On a more prosaic level, I am excited about moving from the
mid-Atlantic---where I have spent most of my life---to the Northwest.
Starting in the Fall, my wife Emily will be opening a veterinary
surgery practice at the \href{http://olympiapetemergency.net/}{Olympia
  Pet Emergency} hospital in Olympia.  After years of commuting
several hours from our current home in New Jersey to Drexel in
Philadelphia, the chance for jobs that are only thirty minutes apart
is quite appealing.  My wife is originally from Vancouver, Canada, and
I have enjoyed our annual summer trip out to visit with her family.  I
also look forward to the drizzly climate, as my Northern European
heritage has not given me much protection against the sun.  Being able
to enjoy the outdoors (sailing and hiking!) without having to slather
on the sunblock sounds like a good idea to me.

Please do not hesitate to contact me via phone or email if you need
any additional information.

\closing{Yours,}

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