Education

Post-graduate studies: Arizona State University

Spring, 1983

• Compiler construction II (Dan R. Olsen, Jr.)

Fall, 1982

• Analysis of algorithms (Gary Ford)
• Compiler construction I (Brian Hansche)

Summer, 1982

• Structure of programming languages (Dan R. Olsen, Jr.)

Spring, 1982

• Assembly language programming (G. Waters)
• Data structures (Norman E. Gibbs)

Graduate studies: The University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D. in philosophy, 1976

Spring, 1975; Fall, 1975; Spring, 1976

• Dissertation: The semantic paradoxes in natural languages
  

  Committee: Norman M. Martin (chair), Ignacio Angelelli, A. P. Martinich, Anthony Anderson, Robin Cooper

  Summary: The semantic antinomies furnish proofs that it is impossible for a formal language to meet certain syntactic and semantic conditions. Since English meets these conditions, it is not a formal language, nor can it be wholly translated into one. Further, the logic of English is not an axiomatic system.

Fall, 1974

• Logic and philosophy: The history of identity and substitutivity (Ignacio Angelelli)
• New mathematical linguistics (Robert Wall)
• The problem of individuation (Edwin Allaire)

Summer, 1974

• Conference course: Set theory (Norman M. Martin)
• The philosophy of Ortega y Gasset (Douglas Browning)

Spring, 1974

• Conference course: Medieval logic (Ignacio Angelelli)
• Ethical, political, and legal philosophy: Acting on principle (Norman Gillespie)
• Graduate colloquy
• Metaphysics: Reference and ontology (A. P. Martinich)
• Philosophical methods: Logical pragmatism (John Murphy)

Fall, 1973

• Aristotle's Organon (Ignacio Angelelli)
• Graduate colloquy
• Modal logic (Norman M. Martin)
• Philosophy in literature (Louis Mackey)

Spring, 1973

• Evaluated teaching (Robert Solomon)
• Intermediate symbolic logic (Ignacio Angelelli)
• Logic and the English language (John Murphy, Andy Rogers, Robert Wall)
• Theory of knowledge: Truth (Edwin Allaire)

Fall, 1972

• Basic issues in epistemology (Robert Audi)
• Basic issues in metaphysics (Douglas Browning)
• Evaluated teaching (Robert Causey)
• History of ancient philosophy (Alexander P. D. Mourelatos)

Undergraduate studies: The University of Chicago

B.A. in linguistics, 1972

Spring, 1972

• Approaches to language (Joseph M. Williams)
• Problems in the intellectual disciplines (David Smigelskis)
• Senior seminar: Areas of knowledge (Meyer Isenberg)
• Voltaire (George Playe)

Winter, 1972

• History of music (Howard Brown)
• Introduction to computer programming (Jonathan Goldstine)
• Problems in the intellectual disciplines (David Smigelskis)

Fall, 1971

• Epistemology (Manley Thompson)
• Introduction to generative semantics (Rudolf deRijk)
• Introduction to music (Ella Zonis)
• Problems in the intellectual disciplines (David Smigelskis)

Spring, 1971

• Ambiguity and meaning (David Smigelskis)
• Aristotle and the development of literary criticism (Richard McKeon)
• Basic notions in syntax (Gene Gragg)
• Intermediate Russian (Ida Paper)

Winter, 1971

• Aristotle and the development of scientific method (Richard McKeon)
• French composition and conversation (Allen Pasco)
• Intermediate Russian (Ida Paper)
• The science of communication (Victor Yngve)

Fall, 1970

• Aristotle and the development of logic (Richard McKeon)
• French composition and conversation (Allen Pasco)
• Intermediate Russian (Ida Paper)
• Phonetics (Gérard Diffloth)

Spring, 1970

• Elementary Russian (Milton Ehre)
• Genetic organization and function (Rochelle Esposito)
• History of Western civilization (Joan Scott)
• Introduction to Indo-European linguistics (Eric Hamp)

Winter, 1970

• Elementary Russian (Milton Ehre)
• History of Western civilization (Joan Scott)
• Introduction to linguistics (Jerrold Sadock)
• Models in biology (Richard Lewontin)

Fall, 1969

• Elementary Russian (Milton Ehre)
• History of Western civilization (Joan Scott)
• Introduction to linguistics (Jerrold Sadock)
• Multicellularity (Edward Kollar)

Spring, 1969

• Calculus (Clifford Ealy)
• Common core: History, philosophy, literature (Leonard Olson)
• French composition and conversation (Reine-Marie Mikesell)
• Stability and conflict in modern society (Jeremy Azreel, David Greenstone, and Aristide Zolberg)

Winter, 1969

• Advanced basic chemistry (Richard Elder)
• Calculus (Howard Stauffer)
• Common core: History, philosophy, literature (Leonard Olson)
• Stability and conflict in modern society (Jeremy Azreel, David Greenstone, and Aristide Zolberg)

Fall, 1968

• Advanced basic chemistry (Stuart Rice)
• Calculus (Howard Stauffer)
• Common core: History, philosophy, literature (Leonard Olson)
• Stability and conflict in modern society (Jeremy Azreel, David Greenstone, and Aristide Zolberg)

Summer, 1967 (at Iowa State University)

• Introductory German (Hans Pfister)

Schooling

Ames Senior High School (Ames, Iowa), 1965-1968

• Algebra (Hubert Albertson)
• American government (Kenneth Page)
• American history (Bill Enquist)
• American literature (Evelyn Thompson)
• Analytic geometry (Walter Wood)
• Biology (Richard Trump)
• Chemistry (Kenneth Hartman)
• English composition (Gillian Rowlands)
• English literature (Beth Anderson)
• French (Dorothy Vandecar)
• Latin (William Ripp)
• Modern algebra (Marilyn Hanson)
• Music (Al Wiser, Richard Day)
• Physics (Jean Crane, James Jones)
• Probability and statistics (Marilyn Hanson)
• World history (Harriet Shaffer)
• World literature (Aurelia Vegors)

Central Junior High School (Ames, Iowa), 1962-1965

• Algebra (Robert DeFore)
• Arithmetic (Jerry Gardner)
• Art (Mariel Neu)
• English (Avis Danielson, Myndell Betensky, Mary Jane Andrews)
• Geography (Helen Wattonville)
• Geometry (Lawrence Hedger)
• History (Carter Goodman, John Hilgerson)
• Industrial arts (Charles Havener, Gerald Sielert)
• Latin (Nancy Puffett)
• Music (Mary Lou Moore)
• Reading (Nancy Stroupe)
• Science (Gerald Dunn, Kahtan al-Yasiri)
• Speech (Leo Lawlor)

Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School (Ames, Iowa), 1961-1962

• Sixth grade (Eloise Dennis)

Warren H. Meeker Elementary School (Ames, Iowa), 1956-1961

• Fifth grade (Jeanne Hanish)
• Fourth grade (Esther Johnson)
• Third grade (Dorothy Hillson)
• Second grade (Ruth Wallace)
• Kindergarten (Carol Coulter)

I extend most heartfelt thanks to all my wonderful teachers.

created March 30, 1995
last revised March 30, 2001