Greetings to all who venture here

Who I am:

• Educator: Librarian/Media Specialist; Astronomy, Drama, AV Production teacher
• Bellmaster: I play Chimes & Carillons (real tower bells, not electronic substitutes)-- Occasionally I fix them, or serve as a consultant
• Amateur Radio operator, call sign WA1CCQ
• Morris Dancer. Click here and here to see the "Not For Joes" in action at Lyman Orchards
• Actor, most recently with the Flock Theater's production of Shakespeare's "Richard III." Flock is New London's resident theater group.
• Lover of early music & folk music. I play many instruments, and built my own clavichord.
• Theatrical Lighting, Sound and Set Designer
• Recording Engineer
• Computer geek: Macintosh (OS X & UNIX) Windows (XP)
• Created and for ten years maintained the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America webpage. Click here for the Connecticut Carillons Page
• Small boat sailor, kayaker, bicyclist and swimmer.
• Tall ship sailor--I've been aloft at sea under sail on the barkentine Gazela of Philadelphia (that's me on the bowsprit on my homepage picture), the Freedom Schooner Amistad, and sailed as deck crew on the schooner Grand Nellie and the sloop Providence. I've also worked aloft on the whaling bark Charles W. Morgan, the ship Joseph Conrad, and climbed the masts of USCG Eagle, HMS Rose, Danmark, INS Tarangini, Picton Castle, and Shenandoah.
• Historian and collector of nautical/navigational/scientific instruments and timepieces, especially those made or sold by John Bliss & his successors, New York City. View my collections.
• Member GCNA, NAWCC, ARRL, GLSEN, ALA, AASL, ASCD, Clan Colqhoun Society, Bliss Family History Society, Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, Scottish-American Military Society.

  Exhibit interpreter and demonstrator at Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT. Among the exhibits I interpret are the tall ships, Nautical Instruments Shop, Driggs Shipsmith Shop, Print Shop, Ship Carver Shop, Shipyard, and the Cooperage.



Formerly Associate Carillonneur at Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Trinity College Chapel

What I've done:

School Librarian/Media Specialist at The Williams School,, a College Preparatory day school in New London, CT.

Theater Technical director and teacher.

Assistant Coach for the Swimming & Sailing Teams

Advisor to Williams School's Gay/Straight Alliance; member of the board of the Connecticut chapter of GLSEN

1997: earned Master of Library Science and Master of Science in Instructional Technology degrees from Southern Connecticut State University

1993-1996, Regulatory Information Branch Supervisor at The American Radio Relay League and editor of The FCC Rule Book, 10th ed. published in 1995 by the ARRL

1993: graduated from Trinity College, Hartford CT., with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater

1977-1991: faculty member at The Taft School, a college preparatory school in Watertown, CT. Director of Media Services, Librarian, Astronomy teacher, Theater Technical Director, Student Advisor, Dormitory Master

1969-1971: Vietnam Veteran--US Army Signal Corps Served in Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 36th Signal Battalion, Long Binh RVN--view an aerial shot of HQ, 36th Signal Battalion, taken by me--then transferred to Radio & Wire operations Company, Signal Support Agency, Phu Lam.

Earth Science Education major at Southern Connecticut State College.

Grimalkin: my Paceship P20 daysailer click on picture for more information

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Updated 9/1/09