OLLI Spring 2021 Course Guide

JUDI BIEDERMAN
Julie is a professional journalist
with extensive experience in
writing, editing, and publication
management. She is a
volunteer historical interpreter
and outreach educator for
the Washington Crossing
Historic Park. In that role,
she teaches children in the
park’s Colonial Days program
and speaks to different adult
groups, including Daughters
of the American Revolution
chapters. She also teaches at
the Delaware Valley University
Center for Learning in
Retirement program.
JIM BROWN
Jim Brown graduated from
West Point and has a Masters
in American History from the
University of Pennsylvania. He
had two great grandfathers
who were civil war vets and has
traced/visited their battles/
battle sites.
WENDY BUCKINGHAM
Wendy Buckingham taught
English for 26 years, including a
senior elective in Shakespeare.
She headed the English
Department at Friends Select
School for 20 years. She has
a BA in English from Barnard
College and an MA in Literature
from Bryn Mawr.
SANDY CATZ
Sandy Catz, MEng, member
and instructor for the Lifelong
Learning Society who also
leads discussions for the
Greater Philadelphia Thinking
Society and Socrates Café.
ERIC CLAUSEN
Eric Clausen earned a BA in
geology at Columbia University
and a PhD in geology at the
University of Wyoming. He
taught geology at Minot State
University in North Dakota
and now holds the position of
professor emeritus. He moved
to the Philadelphia area in
2013 and is actively working on
research related to erosional
landform feature origins.
MICHAEL CLEARY
Michael Cleary has a Masters
degree and a JD. A former
Juvenile Probation Officer, he
has been a career prosecutor
for 27 years. He’s a guest
lecturer and adjunct professor
at Immaculata University. Mike
deployed with the Army during
the invasions of Panama,
Desert Storm, Haiti, Balkans,
and tours in Iraq. In 2011, he
was a U.S. attorney to Anbar
Province, site of the Islamic
State’s insurgency.
STANLEY CUTLER
Stanley Cutler, earned an MA
from Penn State’s Department
of Communication in 1970
and taught speech courses
at PSU for six years before
a successful career in IT.
From 2015 through Spring
2019, he taught political
communications at Main Line
School Night and Golden
Slipper. He declined offers to
repeat because he felt that his
loyal student following had
heard all he had to say on the
vast topic. He is a full-time
writer (six novels), writer for
the Chestnut Hill Local, and
board member of Friends of the
Library.
JOANNE DOADES
Joanne Doades taught at OLLI
for five years until 2016, when
she moved to Jerusalem,
where she now lives. She
was formerly the Director for
Curriculum in the Union for
Reform Judaism’s Department
of Lifelong Jewish Learning in
New York and is a committed
lifelong learner. She hopes
to share the journey toward
understanding and wisdom
by challenging Biblical texts
to provide us with relevant
insights for our lives today.
EDWARD J. DODSON
Edward J. Dodson retired in
2005 after a career in banking
and finance. He holds a BS
degree from Shippensburg
University and a Master of
Liberal Arts degree from
Temple University. From 1981
until 2013, he served on the
faculty of the Henry George
School of Social Science. He
has served on the OLLI faculty
since 2007.
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