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CURRICULUM VITAE

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Honors

  • Poeisis Prize, inaugural award and lecture, International Urban Design Congress, Theme: Beauty and the Built Landscape. "Environment as a Relational Complex," Viterbo, Italy. June 21, 2025.
  • Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, 2011
  • Honorary Guest Professor, Wuhan University, P.R. China, 2004-2007
  • Honorary Life Member, International Association for Aesthetics, 2002
  • Membre du Comité d'Honneur de la Société française d'Esthétique, 2000
  • Honorary Member, Sydney Society for Literature and Aesthetics, 1999
  • Honorary Member, Finnish Society of Aesthetics, 1997
  • President, International Association for Aesthetics, 1995-1998
  • University of Louisville: Visiting Bingham Professor of Humanities, Spring 1994.
  • The 1992 Long Island University Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement for Art and Engagement


    • Education

  • B.M., with distinction, 1953. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
  • M.A., 1955. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. Thesis: "The Fugue in the Orchestral Works of Bartok"
  • Ph.D. in Philosophy, 1962, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. Dissertation: "Logic and Social Doctrine: Dewey's Methodological Approach to Social Philosophy"

    • Teaching                     to top of page

  • Professor Emeritus, Long Island University, 1992-present
  • Seventh International Summer School of Applied Aesthetics on "Aesthetics of the Unseen," Assikala, Finland, 18-23 August 2002.
  • Seminar in environmental aesthetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 27 September - 1 October 1999
  • Prima Escuela Interamericana de Estudios Avanzados en Estetica e Historia de las Artes. Santiago, Chile. 11-15 January 1999
  • Six International Summer Schools of Applied Aesthetics: Lahti, Finland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Newport, R.I.; Uppsala, Sweden., Siikaniemi, Finland 1995-2002
  • University of Louisville: Bingham Professor of Humanities, Spring 1994
  • C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University: Assistant Professor, 1962-1965; Associate Professor, 1965-1970; Professor, 1970-1992. Professor Emeritus, 1992-present
  • Sarah Lawrence College: Social Science Faculty, 1966-1968
  • State University of New York at Buffalo: Teaching Fellow, 1958-1960; Instructor, 1960-196l; Lecturer, 196l-1962
  • Visiting appointments at San Diego State College, summer 1966; Hofstra University, summers 1971, 1974; New School for Social Research, 1981, 1982

    • Some Professional Activities                     to top of page
  • Founding Editor, Contemporary Aesthetics, an on-line journal of aesthetics, 2003-2017
  • President, International Association for Aesthetics, 1995-1998
  • Secretary-General, International Association for Aesthetics, 1987-1995. Executive Committee, 1984- 2001
  • Director, International Summer Schools of Applied Aesthetics in 2002, 1997, 1996, and 1995
  • Secretary-Treasurer, American Society for Aesthetics, 1978-1988
  • Organizer and Chair, The Long Island University Committee on Reorganization (trustees, faculty, and administrators), 1983-85
  • Director, The Long Island University Continuing Seminar on "The Ethical Dimensions of Management Decisions," 1977-1980
  • Originator and Co-director, The Friday Society, C.W. Post, (1976-1980)
  • Chairman of three AAUP Hearing Committees, 1976. Philosophy Department Chair, C.W. Post/Long Island University, 1963-65



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