Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Professor of Community Health, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior: (retired) University of Southern Mississippi and University of Mi...view moreProfessor of Philosophy and Religion, Professor of Community Health, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior: (retired) University of Southern Mississippi and University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Co-founder: American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy; Co-founder: American Philosophical Practitioners Association. Instructor: Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning (ORICL), Oak Ridge Tennessee.Graduate of Pasadena High School, Pasadena City College, California State University at Los Angeles, The University of Notre Dame, and The University of Southern Mississippi and a former certified Hypnotherapist and certified Instructor of Hypnotherapy.A lover of the sea, Naval Veteran, and sailor of rag boats who definitely qualifies for the title "old man" and the sea! A Scots Irish wearer of kilts, player o' the whistle, and fighter with the bagpipes (and once upon a time, a damned good trumpet player).A California native, now lives with his wife, Novia Kathleen, three tiny dogs, six angora pygmy goats, eight shetland sheep, and assorted chickens atop the Cumberland Plateau near "The Big South Fork," north east central Tennessee.view less