Ph.D. in Comparative Literature
from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor;
Taught literature and writing for the
University of Michigan's undergraduate college of Literature,
Science, and the Arts, for the Inteflex Program in the
School of Medicine at the University of Michigan, and
directed and taught in Hillsdale College's Department
of English, including numerous courses in Business Communication;
Owned and operated Cyclops Photography,
whose clients included the University of Michigan, Apple
Computer, Inc. and the Philips Corporation;
Published academic articles on both
classical and modern literary topics, his own poetry
and commentary, as well as numerous successful grant
requests, biographies, and promotional materials;
Education Coordinator and paramedic
for Allied
EMS Systems, Inc., a non-profit emergency medical
service provider;
Born and raised fifth generation native
Coloradan; began teaching undergraduates at the University
of Colorado in 1976.