GENERAL

 

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Retired in June of 1999.

Taught the following classes at UNCG from 1966 to 1999.

Cervantes I (Don Quijote de la Mancha)

First and Second Year Spanish

Introduction to Spanish Literature

Introduction to Spanish-American Literature

Mexican Literature

Picaresque Novel

Poetry of the Golden Age Poetry

Spanish Composition

Spanish Conversation

Spanish Theater of the Twentieth Century

Spanish-American Theater

 

I taught in Summer Foreign-Language Institutes in Spain, El Salvador, and Colombia.

 

Martial Arts

v  Third degree black belt in tae kwon do (September 2002)

v  First degree black belt in jiu jitsu (Summer of 1973)

v  Weapons: Green Belt (May 2005)

v  Orange belt in judo (Summer of 1970)

v    Presently, instead of working out with weights, I spend 30 to 35 minutes on a treadmill after each of three-weekly tae kwon do workouts of 1 ½ hours.  On the treadmill I start at 2.5 mph and increase the speed every 2 minutes until I reach a speed of 3.9 mph. 

v    Suspended:  I train with weights once a week with a total weight of 4,063 used per workout and followed by 30 to 35 minutes on the treadmill as described previously.

 

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