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Born in Washington, D.C., July 17, 1943, first of three sons
Grew up
in Arlington County, Va.
except for a brief stay in Harrisburg, Pa.
(father in local politics there)
and my "Huck Finn" 4th grade year
in rural Bartlett, Ohio.
(We used an outhouse, and had to
pump
water for the kitchen or to take a bath)
Graduated Washington-Lee H.S.,
Arlington, Va. 1961
Tech assistant, technical director, lighting designer,
stage manager, Washington Theater Club, an Equity off-Broadway style resident company, 1960-62
Attended George Washington University, American University (no
degree), 1961-65
Copy boy (sic), Washington
Post, 1962
Furniture mover, N.Y.C.,
1963
Script & continuity assistant, filming
of National Guard commercial series,
in New Jersey, Arizona, Nevada,
Texas, S. Carolina, Washington D.C., 1963
U.S. Marine
Corps (Reserves) Basic Training, Parris Island, S.C., Hon.
Discharge 1963
Forklift operator, Mainz,
Germany, 1964-65
Mail clerk, U.S. Embassy,
Brussels, Belgium, 1965
Sound technician, lighting assistant, Arena
Stage, 1965-66
Press & Public Relations,
Washington Theater Club: 1966-68
Technical director,
set designer, Houghton Lake Playhouse, Houghton Lake, Mich.: Summer
1966
General Manager, Wayside Theater,
Middletown, Va.: Summer 1968
PR & Marketing
Director, Associate Producing Director, Arena Stage: 1968-76
Drama Critic, Washington Calendar Magazine and
Washington Star, 1976-78
Marketing
Consultant, Coolfont Conference Center & Resort, Berkeley
Springs, W. Va., 1976-78
Visiting lecturer, art
history, Georgetown University summer associates program, 1978
Managing Director, Washington Ballet :
1978-83
Guest lecturer, instructor, Smithsonian
Institution, 1982
General Director, Chicago City
Ballet: 1983-84
Marketing consultant, Acting General
Manager, Ohio Ballet (Akron), 1984-85
Press
secretary, speechwriter, Mayor Harold Washington, 1985-1987.
Author/Editor, Climbing
a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington,
introduction by Coretta Scott King, 1988
Author,
Harold
Washington: The Mayor, The Man, 1989
Editor and
writer of "The Front Page" (politics, media, arts) section of
Chicago Times Magazine, 1989-90
Political
consultant, speechwriter, Mayor W. Wilson Goode (Philadelphia),
1989-90
Freelance writer, Chicago and Illinois
arts, media and politics: American Theatre, Chicago Tribune, Illinois
Politics, Illinois Issues, In These Times, Newsday, etc. 1989-
2001
Teacher, Columbia College, Marketing Communication
Department: Adjunct faculty 1989-1999... Artist in residence 1999-2000... Full-time faculty, Acting Director Public Relations Studies 2000-2001
Coauthor (with William Warfield), William
Warfield: My Music & My Life, 1991
Communications Director, Carol Moseley-Braun Senate
primary campaign, 1991-1992
Marketing Communications
Consultant, United Auto Workers,
Caterpillar contract action, 1993-1998
Communications
Consultant, Chicago City Treasurer Miriam Santos,
1993-2000
Marketing Communications Consultant,
lecturer, arts advocate for Illinois Arts Alliance,
1995-2000
Author, CD-ROM presentation for the
Illinois Arts Alliance, "The Arts in Illinois are a Billion-Dollar
Business," 1996
Culture Editor, In These
Times , 1996
Campaign Manager, Spokesman, Miriam Santos for City Treasurer, 1995... for Illinois Attorney General, 1997-1998...
for City Treasurer, 1998-99
Entered full-time tenure track at Columbia College Chicago, September 1999
Author, lobbying handbook for
the Illinois Arts Alliance, "Democracy in Action," 2000
Editor, special Columbia College issues of StreetWise weekly, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001
Granted tenure at Columbia College Chicago, February 2005
Awarded Master of Fine Arts in Writing by Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, July 2005
Appointed Associate Dean, School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago, July 2005
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