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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. 22 Spring 2021 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505
ELAINE FULTZ Elaine Fultz lived and worked in Europe for ten years as an official of the International Labor Organization, one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. She assisted governments in Central and Eastern Europe in preparing to join the European Union. She managed research projects, collected data, described national experiences, and compared the EU member states. ALAN GERSHENSON Alan Gershenson, BA, Penn State University; JD, Harvard Law School. Alan practiced law for 42 years, of which 36 were at the law firm of Blank Rome, where he was engaged entirely in civil trial work. His cases resulted in many trial and appellate decisions. He has taught and written about various aspects of commercial trial practice. ELEANOR GESENSWAY Ellie Gesensway, BS, MA in American History, University of Pennsylvania. She was a high school teacher, NPS ranger, bookstore manager, neighborhood book club leader, published author, seven-continent traveler, violinist, and preservationist of the year (1985) for saving the Lits building. She has served on many nonprofit boards. At OLLI, she has taught a course, given Summer Cafe lectures, organized a special Friday Forum program, and was featured in the OLLI 2017 Notebook. SOL GLASSBERG Sol Glassberg, BSEE, Drexel University. Sol was a senior design engineer with General Electric Company. A licensed professional engineer, he did consulting engineering work after retiring from GE. He has been a member of the same book discussion group for 40 years. DIANA GOLDMAN Diana Goldman, MD, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Resident and fellow in pediatrics and adolescence, Beth Israel Medical Center and Roosevelt Hospital, NY, and later, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami. Diana was director in the pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years, working mainly in research and medical education, with extensive teaching experience. She was also director at the Institute for Jewish Studies in Venezuela. JOANNE GORDIN Joanne Gordin, MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; CYT 500, YogaLife Institute. Joanne is a certified yoga instructor at the 500- hour level. She completed her yoga training at the YogaLife Institute, where she also studied yoga therapy. She has also completed programs in Transcendental Meditation (TM), Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and the Way of Shambhala levels I–V meditation workshops. BOB GROVES Bob Groves, MA urban studies, University of Wisconsin; MPH in public health, University of Massachusetts. He had a 40- year career leading health and human service organizations. He received awards for his work in public health from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Public Health Association. He is a member of the United Nations Association–Philadelphia Chapter. He has previously taught three other courses at OLLI, including Human Rights in the 21st Century. SUSAN KATZ HOFFMAN Susan Katz Hoffman, JD/MBA, University of Pennsylvania, is a semi-retired employee benefits lawyer. She has written or edited legal treatises and many articles, and presented well over 100 continuing legal education courses. She was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Employee Benefits in 2017 by Superlawyers. For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2021 23
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