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Current
Adjunct community
college English professor, Saddleback College; free-lance
writer/publisher; and director of San Clemente Senior Net Cyber Café, a
computer education program. Chairman, San Clemente Beaches, Parks, and
Recreation Commission (12 years). Vice President, San Clemente Parks
Foundation, and President-elect of the California Association of Park
and Recreation Commissioners and Board Members.
Previous
college and university
administrator: Chancellor of Johnston College; president of the College
of the Tehachapis; dean of experimental education and director of career
services, UCLA; dean of students, Cal State, Northridge; director of New
Dimensions, Los Angeles Community College District, a college without
walls; among other higher education positions.
college professor:
four-year college and university experience includes teaching theatre,
English, management, and education courses at such institutions as UCLA;
Cal State Los Angeles, Northridge, and Dominquez Hills; Loyola Marymount
University; among others.
Community college
teaching in English & journalism, currently at Saddleback, and,
previously, El Camino and Los Angeles Trade Technical colleges
leadership &
organizational behavior consultant: Consulted for such organizations as
IBM, Computer Sciences Corporation, Proctor & Gamble, Ford Motor
Company, among others.
education:
undergraduate studies at Occidental College and UCBerkeley. BA, MA, and
EdD degrees from UCLA, all in fine arts and organizational behavior.
Additional Information:
Author or co-author of eight books and several hundred newspaper and
magazine articles. Served four years in U.S. Navy during Korean
Conflict. Initial career was in theatre and television, including
teaching college-level theatre courses, a national theatre tour, and two
years in Germany as a civilian producer/director of soldier shows.
Second career was as a college and university administrator and
professor. Traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe,
Central and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the South
Pacific, and Canada. Married childhood sweetheart, who helped to give us
four remarkable sons and eight wonderful grandchildren. Reside in lovely
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