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Hometown

Glen Burnie, Maryland

Places I've been

Places I have Lived 3. Georgia (1 Year-Decatur) 2. Ohio (28 Years-Westerville) 1. Maryland (32 Years: 22-Glen Burnie; 4-Hyattsville; 6-Silver Spring)

Education

• University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Philosophy - 1968 to 1970
• University of Maryland, M.A., Philosophy - 1970 to 1974
• University of land, Ph.D., Philosophy - 1974 to 1979
• The Ohio State University, Computer Science, Math, & German - 1998 to 2001
• Eastern Nazarine College, Chemistry - 1964 to 1965
• University of Maryland, College Park, Philosophy - 1965 to 1966

Work

• University of Marylant, College Park, Instructor - 1979 to 1981
• Agnes Scott College, Visiting Assistant Professor - 1981 to 1982
• Otterbein College, Assistant Professor of Philosophy - 1982 to 1989
• Otterbein College, Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured) - 1989 to 1998
• Urbana University, Visiting Professor - 2000 to 2002
• Verizon Wireless, Customer Care Representative - 2001 to 2006
• Verizon Wireless, Co-ordinator, Data Technical Support - 2006 to 2008

Military

• USMC Viet Nam Vet - 1966 to 1968
  Rank: L/Cpl

More about me

Although I was exempt from the Draft, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in the summer of 1966, and spent 13 months (May 67 to June 68) in South-East Asia. On June 29 1968, my father was killed in a motorcycle accident on Ritchie Highway, and I was brought home from overseas. I was then stationed at Headquarters Marine Corps in Arlington VA. I applied for, and was granted, an “early out” from USMC to return to University of Maryland, College Park in September 1968. I earned by BA in Philosophy in 1970, my MA in Philosophy in 1974, and my Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1979. I taught both Philosophy and Religious Studies for 25 years at colleges and universities in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Ohio. Since 2001, I have been working at Verizon Wireless, currently as a Data Technician. I have been divorced twice.

           In June 2004, I married my best friend so that I could use my FMLA benefit to keep my job and still have the time off to take care of her as she recovered from Scoliosis surgery. But after she did recover, we discovered that the surgery did not resolve some of her symptoms. She was then examined by neurologists at the Cleveland Clinic and diagnosed as having “Motor Neuron Disease, with secondary Parkinsonism”. (Motor Neuron Disease is a family of degenerative nerve disorder of which the most famous is ALS.) Her disease, although degenerative, has been progressing very slowly, so that she can still work part time. And it seems I have once again a meaning in life: helping and caring for her.

Activities

10. Watch Movies 9. Go for walks with my dog(s) 8. Listen to Music (Hard-Rock, Blues, and Classical, usually Baroque and Mozart; I do not like Rap) 7. Read Fantasy 6. Work on Genealogy 5. Read Mysteries 4. Read Philosophy 3. Browse Bookstores, especially Secondhand Books Stores 2. Travel for Genealogical Research 1. Participate in Philosophy Discussion Groups

Favorite Charities

Humane Society Animal Rescue Wolf Rescue ALS

Favorite Music

Artists 10. Marianne Faithful (1980s) 9. Tim Buckley 8. Ten Years After 7. B. B. King 6. Eric Clapton 5. Guns-n-Roses 4. Cinderella 3. AC/DC 2. Bob Dylan 1. Kitaro Albums 10. All Things Must Pass, George Harrison 9. The White Album & Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Beatles 8. George Winston’s Piano ablums 7. Broken English, Marianne Faithful 6. Bach’s Partitas for Violin 5. Brahm’s Violin Concerto 4. Orff’s Carmina Burana 3. AC/DC, almost all 2. Bob Dylan, esp. Bringing It All Back Home, Blond on Blond, Blood on the Track: all 1. Kitaro: Silk Road; Tunhuang, Oasis

Favorite TV Shows

Top 10 TV shows (which I used to love to watch; I no longer watch TV, so these are all in the past) 10. Colombo 9. Masterpiece Theater 8. Frazier 7. Providence 6. Murder She Wrote 5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4. Silk Stalkings 3. Mystery 2. The Highlander 1. X-Files

Favorite Movies

Top 10 movies I like to watch repeatedly 10. Once Upon a Time in the West (Henry Fonda & Charles Bronson) 9. Science Fiction Movies (e.g., the Alien Trilogy) 8. Any movie with Mel Gibson (despite that fact that he is an ass) 7. Any movie with Harrison Ford 6. Clint Eastwood Westerns (any of the 8) 5. Lord of the Rings (all 3) 4. Matrix (all 3) 3. War and Peace (both the Henry Fonda/Audrey Hepburn version and the 6 hour Russian Version) 2. Babe 1. The Last Waltz

Favorite Books

Books I Re-Read 10. The Moviegoer, Walker Percy 9. Sickness Unto Death, Sren Kierkegaard 8. Republic, Plato 7. Being and Nothingness, Jean-Paul Sartre 6. Being and Time, Martin Heidegger 5. Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sren Kierkegaard 4. Song of Ice, Song of Fire, George R. R. Martin 3. The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan 2. The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence 1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard Books that Have Most INFLUENCED Me. 10. The Possibility of Altruism, Thomas Nagel 9. A Materialist Theory of Mind, D. M. Armstrong 8. The Origin of Life, A. I. Oparin 7. Why I Am Not a Christian, Bertrand Russell 6. The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence 5. Being and Time, Martin Heidegger 4. Republic, Plato 3. Pilgrim at Tinker’s Creek, Annie Dillard 2. Job 1. Ecclesiastes

Favorite Quotes

Two by Dorothy Parker. (1) At a dinner party, "If I don't stop drinking, I'm going to wake up tomorrow under the host." (2)"If all the girls who attended Yale's Prom were laid end-to-end, I wouldn't be surprised."

Favorite People

(In no order whatsoever) Mary Beth, George Harrison, Gale Harris, Robert C. Solomon, Peter Singer

Favorite Places

Oberkaufungen in Germany; Cape Cod; Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown D.C.; Regensberg in Bavaria.

Favorite Animals

5. Dolphin/porpoise 4. Whale 3. Cat 2. Dog 1. Wolf

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