1 Story
2 Cycling
3 Unabridged retirement story
EDUCATION
- University of Michigan: M.Arch. 1973
- University of Michigan: B.S. 1971
- Piano Lessons with Stephanie Ozer 1985-1988
- Saxophone Lessons with Don Morris 1995-1997
- Washtenaw Community College: General Music Studies 1986-2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- University of Michigan: Professor 1992
- University of Michigan: Associate Professor 1985
- University of Michigan: Assistant Professor 1979
- University of Michigan: Instructor 1976
- University of Michigan: Programmer Analyst 1974
- University of Michigan: Teaching Assistant 1971-73
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
- University of Michigan: Associate Dummy, Architecture 2002-05
- University of Michigan: Chair, Doctoral Program in Architecture 1999
Yes, I have spent my entire career at the University of Michigan. I
was doing fine until 2002 when the Chair asked me to move to an office
near his and take on a few administrative duties. I enjoyed being
upstairs but most days I felt useless. I was given very little to do and
I stopped enjoying work.
MUSIC
- WCC Jazz Orchestra: Alto sax 1990-95, 1996-98
- Riverside Big Band: Saxophones (sub) 1995-2000
- Eclectics Small Big Band: Alto sax 1989-1999
- Ypsilanti Community Band: Alto, tenor sax 1994-1999
- WCC Top 40 Combo: Piano 2004
- WCC Saturday Big Band: piano, saxophones 2004-08
It seems like I had a good career, but all I could really
do well was write code; and that's what I do now. As a student of
architecture, when given a studio assignment, I had no clue as how to
proceed; however, in computer programming courses, when given an
assignment, I could immediately picture data structures and algorithms,
and so, that's what I have done to earn my keep since 1969.
To summarize my time at
the
College: I began teaching programming to students who didn't want to learn
it, and ended by teaching CAD usage, which is something I didn't like to
do. In my spare time I wrote miles and miles of code!