Home: Fort Smith, AK. Birthplace: Chicago, IL. Organization: University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Title: Professor of Humanities and Music History
Current project: Editor/transcriber, Musikalien Register Nr 9, a catalog of musical scores owned by Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Recent recognition: Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM) conference. Latest contribution to others: Funded an annual piano scholarship to the University of Illinois School of Music. Last book read: Musica Poetica (1997), Dietrich Bartel.
Personality profile: Ambitious, hardworking, imaginative. How do you define a perfect friendship? Someone who shares mutual interests. What is your greatest joy? Success in communicating. What is your greatest fear? Failure in communicating. What natural talent have you neglected? My ability to draw photographically. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Medical professionals. How do you relieve stress? Watch TV or go swimming.
What was your favorite college course? Beethoven String Quartets. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Erector Set. What movie have you repeatedly watched? Le Roi Danse. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Photos of places where I have traveled. What is your most memorable life experience? Met and shook hands with celebrated pianist, Vladimir Horowitz. What’s the best advice you received growing up? The best thing said is nothing said. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? ChatGPT. What is your go-to source of news and information? Fox News.
What is your big idea?
Great ideas are contained in great structures. Investigate them.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Transcribing and editing Archduke Rudolph’s Musikalien Register Nr 9. What change would you like to see in the world? Less political maneuvering. What message do you want to send out into the world? Find something you like to do and do it. What mega-trend most excites you? Development of AI.
Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Pianist Vladimir Horowitz. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My passport. What advice would you give your younger self? Keep your opinions to yourself. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My twenties.
Personal mission: To raise the state of education and research. Favorite quote: “That which we call common sense is really not so very common” (Frank Lloyd Wright).
