Highlights of Teaching Career Before 1982

Education, Fellowships and Awards

• BS, 1964, Huntington College, chemistry major and physics and mathematics minors

• PhD, 1972, Purdue University, radiation physics

• Awarded US Atomic Energy Commission Graduate Fellowship to University of Washington in Seattle

• US AEC Fellow in radiation research at Battelle Northwest Laboratories at Hanford Atomic Energy facility in Richland, WA

• US PHS Graduate Fellowship in Radiological Health Physics at Purdue University

• US National Science Foundation fellowship for study of neutron activation analysis at Louisiana State University in Summer 1967

• US HEW Summer Faculty fellowship to study statistics and institutional research at Ball State University in Summer 1966

• NSF/AAAS Chautauqua on thermodynamics at Miami University, 1971

• NSF Chautauqua on microprocessors and microcomputers at Michigan State University, 1979

• NSF Chautauqua on microcomputers in the laboratory at University of Dayton, 1981

• Argonne National Laboratory Summer Faculty Institute in neutron activation, 1974

• Argonne faculty workshop in nuclear magnetic resonance, 1974

• Argonne faculty workshop on energy alternatives, 1976

• Argonne faculty workshop on energy uses, 1981

• Oak Ridge National Laboratories Summer Faculty Institute in Fission and Fusion, 1982

• Indiana Emergency Radiation Response Team 1974 to 1982, participated in training exercises to respond to radiation incidents in state, and attended Marble Hill Nuclear Seminar in 1981

Professor in introductory physics and chemistry, physical chemistry and modern physics for 17 years before being named academic dean in 1982

• Taught chemistry, physics and mathematics at liberal arts college in Michigan for 2 years

• Taught chemistry and physics 15 years at Huntington College

• Director of Institutional Research for College, 1974-1976

• Twice directed NCA Institutional Self-Studies for the College, 1972-74 and 1977-79

• Obtained HEW equipment grant for chemistry laboratory in 1969 and National Science Foundation equipment grant for nuclear physics laboratory in 1974

Major curriculum and calendar Task Forces:

• Vice-Chair, Task Force on Academic Concerns, 1974-76, that reviewed general education and revised curriculum, and produced Statement on Academic Concerns that has been incorporated into Philosophy of Education

• Chair, Task Force on Art, 1979-80, that studied the viability of the art program and recommended changes subsequently incorporated into revived program a decade later

• Chair, Calendar Study Committee, 1980-81, that studied curriculum and calendar, and recommended changing back from course units to semester hours, moving to a shortened JTerm with reduced credit, and shortening the overall calendar

Professional Consulting and Professional Offices Held

• Consulted for local industry for Air Pollution Compliance, 1973

• Indiana Emergency Radiation Response Team, 1974-1982

• Chair, NE Indiana Section of American Chemical Society, 1980

• Editor, NE Indiana American Chemical Society Retort, 1976-83

Awards and Professional Involvements

• Elected to Phi Lambda Upsilon chemistry honorary, 1971

• Elected to Sigma Xi science research honorary, 1972

• Received NE Indiana American Chemical Society Chemist of the Year Award in 1982

• Received Huntington College Alumnus of the Year Award in 1983

• Awarded Huntington College Distinguished Alumni Citation 1998

• Awarded Huntington College Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 1998

• Selected for listing in Marquis’ Who’s Who in Midwest, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World

• Selected for listing in American Men and Women of Science, Marquis’ Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology