Academy instructors

ADLER, BUD—M.A., George Washington University; B.A., Hunter College, New York. He has taught an Academy course on the Civil War for several years. He has taught Human Origins previously at the Academy and at an Elderhostel. In his previous life he was an elementary school teacher and principal.

APOSTOLINA, ALEX—Chemical engineering degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Retired General Foods plant manager. He is a member of the Early Music Consortium of Dover and Dover Symphony, and co-founder of the Dover English Country Dancers. Besides playing violin, viola, and guitar, Alex creates reproductions of medieval musical instruments.

ARCHDEACON, HERB—Graduate of Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University). His career was in railroad engineering as an engineering manager for various railroads, as a consulting engineer, and as an author. He has lived locally since 1995. In addition to teaching for the Academy, he enjoys woodworking and researching and writing historical articles for various organizations.

BLANK, JARRAD—She is a long time SDALL oil painting student.

BOCHNOWSKI, JOHN—M.A., University of Virginia, history. Retired from teaching history, political science, and computer science in the Capital School District and Polytech Adult programs. Member of the Dover English Country Dancers for twenty years. He has assisted with Country Dance classes at SDALL for the past eight years.

BRADLEY, DAVID W.—A graduate of Princeton University, the Navy Postgraduate School, and Rutgers MBA and School of Law. He is a retired naval aviator and retired from RCA/GE Aerospace. He has played bridge for some fifty years and won the National Intercollegiate Bridge Championship while at Princeton. David is an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) accredited teacher and club director, and a member of the American Bridge Teacher's Association (ABTA).

BROWN, ROO—A Smith College graduate, Roo retired from a singing and acting career in 1995. She is now a vocal arranger, composer, volunteer at the Lewes Public Library, lady tenor in the Southern Delaware Choral Society and St. Peter's Church Choir, and gardener.

CHU, ROBERT F.—B.B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York, Engineering, CCNY. His experience includes visibility, ergonomics, and precision optical image formation in aerospace and commercial sectors.

CLIFTON, DEREK—M.B.A., Wilmington College; B.S., University of Delaware. Derek is an investment representative with Edward Jones, building individual relationships with clients, helping clients define their goals, and recommending appropriate investments and insurance to meet clients' needs. He resides outside of Milton with his wife and four sons.

CRISTY, DAVID—David loves poetry, but he is no expert. Yes, his undergraduate major was English, he actually taught high school English for one year, and he has stabbed at writing poetry in retirement – but he is no expert. All he wants to do in Poetry 180 is demystify poetry while sharing with his fellow SDALL students the wonder and mystery possible in good contemporary poems – how the right poem can inhabit your heart, stir your soul, and even change the way you experience your world. And, of course, we will have fun.

CUMMINGS, ROSEMARY L.—Rosemary Cummings worked with computer information technology for more than twenty years in her positions with the Marine Corps, Navy, and National Institutes of Health. She has certifications in systems analysis, Web page design and Internet design. A Philadelphia native, she attended Immaculata University, and graduated from St. Joseph's University and from the University of Georgia. She is an avid gardener and develops Web pages.

D'ANNA, ANTHONY L.—Ed.D., Masters Degree, The City University of New York (CUNY), educational administration; B.A., Long Island University, psychology and communication arts. He is president and CEO of North American Civil Recoveries Arbitrage (NACRA) Corporation.

DECATUR, LOUIS A.—Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of Maryland. He had thirty-seven years of college teaching and taught courses in Shakespeare; British, Chinese, and Japanese literature; composition; and rhetoric. He taught in high school and at the University of Maryland, U.S. Naval Academy, and Ursinus College, Pennsylvania. Extensive travel in England, Europe, Japan, and China has reinforced his teaching skills.

DUNCAN, FAITH—Faith has been practicing yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at the Silver Lotus Institute in Bethany Beach for her RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) certification, and has taken foundation courses in the Svaroopa style from Master Yoga Studio. She has also taught nursery and elementary school, elementary art, and ESOL. She is married to retired foreign service officer, Bob Duncan. They have two married children, an adored granddaughter, and two granddogs. The latter three share her love of yoga, especially the downward facing dog pose.

DUNCAN, ROBERT B.—M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; B.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; U. S. Foreign Service Institute, Economic Studies; National War College. Retired U. S. Foreign Service Officer with over thirty-three years experience in economic assignments in the U. S. State Department in Washington and abroad.

FEICHTL, NANCY—Doctorate, University of Maryland, College Park; M.A., Salisbury University; B.A., University of Delaware. Nancy is a retired school administrator and college teacher. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter for the World Future Society.

FIEGEL, BERNARD—Graduate of New England Institute of Technology. Retired from Vitro Corporation, a system engineering and integration company. Active member of The Four Seasons, a progressive food group established in 2001 and charter member of The Happy Gourmands founded in 1976. Instructor of Kitchen Kapers, a continuing cooking course series introduced to the Academy in 1997 and Wine 101, a wine-tasting course introduced to the Academy in 1998 and Wine 102, introduced in 2004. Social Committee chair, member of the Academic Affairs Committee, and catalog coordinator.

FIEGEL, DOLORES—Graduate of Montgomery College. Retired from Vitro Corporation, a system engineering and integration company. Active member of The Four Seasons, a progressive food group established in 2001 and charter member of The Happy Gourmands founded in 1976. Instructor of Kitchen Kapers, a continuing cooking course series introduced to the Academy in 1997 and Wine 101, a wine-tasting course introduced to the Academy in 1998 and Wine 102, introduced in 2004. Serves on the Council as Ex Officio.

FINTEL, BILL—B.Ch.E., Cornell University. Retired DuPont engineer, founder and past president of Avian Aquatics, a manufacturer of water products for wild birds. Bill has been teaching birding classes and leading birding field trips for more than twenty years. He is co-founder and past president of the Sussex Bird Club, and past chairperson of the Delaware Natural Areas Advisory Council. Bill has always had a strong love of the outdoors and desire to protect our natural resources.

FINTEL, SALLY—She recently retired from doing social work for the Cape Henlopen School District. Sally has been involved in birding for over thirty-five years. She is a co-founder, past officer, and newsletter editor for the Sussex Bird Club, and a member of the American Birding Association. With husband Bill, she leads birding field trips to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

FLEXER, BARBARA—Ph.D., Temple University, educational psychology. She has taught in a wide range of educational settings, including many years of experience with the Academy. Women's studies are among her special interests. No surprise, then, that in this election year, First Ladies came to mind as a topic likely to be of interest to SDALL members.

GORDON, JEFFREY—Associate director of the Delaware Nature Society at Abbott's Mill Nature Center and field editor for Bird Watcher's Digest. A lifelong natural history enthusiast, Jeff worked as an interpretive naturalist at national parks including Yosemite and Acadia, and at Texas' Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. He spent twelve years leading birding tours worldwide for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. He authored eleven of the chapters in the 2005 book, Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges.

HALLORAN, CAROL—She is a long time SDALL oil painting student.

HUNT, SONIA J.—A lifelong lover of art in its many forms, she has attended various watercolor workshops and has discovered the joy of watercolor and its uniqueness as a medium, which she will share. She is a member of the Rehoboth Art League and vice president of the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society.

JOHNSON, CISSY—B.F.A., University of the Arts, fine arts. Recorder lessons in third grade began her lifelong enjoyment of playing the recorder. Former member of the recorder ensemble, Ladyfingers, and the Recorder Ensemble of the Academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington. Plays string bass with the Milford Community Band.

KLAVANS, JERRY—B.S., Old Dominion University, chemistry. A retired quality control manager from Thomas J. Lipton Company. He lives in Milton, enjoys outdoor activity, and is a docent for the University of Delaware, College of Marine and Earth Studies in Lewes.

LOVE, JOY—B.S., Carnegie Mellon. Taught interior design at secondary level and adult education. After retiring, she was a designer for Ethan Allen in Arizona. Arriving in Delaware three years ago, she worked for a local furniture company that included design work. Currently she has her own business.

MCCULLOCH-D'ANNA, LIANA. R.—Studied nutritional, biological, and political anthropology at The City University of New York, Hunter College. She received the 1998 Shuster Award for outstanding master thesis in social science and also the Rosaldo/Herrmann Memorial Award for excellence in anthropology from The City University of New York, Hunter College.

MOCCI, MEG; PHYLLIS CONNELL: ANN NOLAN; CONNIE SHOCKLEY—We all love the game of Mah Jongg and are enthusiastic about sharing our knowledge.

MOORE, SANDRA—M.A., Gallaudet University, education of the deaf; B.A., Moore College of Art, art education. Sandra taught art for five years at Gallaudet University. She retired after thirty-three years as a teacher of the deaf in Baltimore City Public Schools. Now looking forward to retirement from Cape Henlopen School District as a part time special educator and interpreter for the deaf for the past five years.

MOSSEL, PATRICIA L.—M.A., Yale University, English literature; B.A., University of Rochester, English literature. Taught college level English literature and Shakespeare honors; director of development for San Francisco Opera; executive director of The Washington National Opera, resident company of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; served on boards, including the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, and Opera America; currently on the board of the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.

MROZ, WINFRIED—M.D., retired in 1995 after thirty-three years of practice in the Dover area as an obstetrician-gynecologist. Dr. Mroz is interested in history and music. He is co-founder of the Dover Symphony Orchestra, the Dover English Country Dancers, and is a member of the Dover Early Music Consort.

MUSSOFF, LEE—M.Ed., B.A., University of Pittsburgh. Post-graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University, George Washington University, and the University of Virginia. Currently, adjunct professor at Wilmington College; instructor at Delaware Technical and Community College; speaker's bureau and visiting scholar for Delaware Humanities Forum.

NAMMACK, JOHN A.—M.A., New York University, international relations; B.A., Georgetown University, English literature/liberal arts. He started his library of jazz records, tapes, and CDs in the early forties. He was a USAF pilot in the Korean War, a journalist, foreign correspondent and editor in New York and Latin America, and a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. He launched Nammack Associates, an international and domestic air service consultancy in 1983. Nammack has been an SDALL instructor since 1998, offering courses in U.S. foreign policy, South American history, the history of jazz, world music, the Korean War, and the history of New York City.

NERGAARD-NAMMACK, AINA—She studied at Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, Spain. She taught at Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York (middle and high school). Aina has taught adult classes at her studio. She has been painting all her life, been represented in many juried and invitational exhibits, receiving many awards, and has shown her work in approximately forty-five solo exhibits in the United States, Spain, and Brazil. Her paintings are in numerous corporations' and private collections.

NEWSOM, JON—M.F.A., Princeton University; A.B., Columbia College. Retired in 2005 as chief, music division, Library of Congress, after thirty-eight years of service there, where he was also, at various times, head of reference and assistant chief, responding to public inquiries, directing public services, acquisitions, publications, concerts, broadcasts, and recordings. He has edited and written books, articles, facsimiles, and sound recordings based on the Library's vast collections of music and the performing arts. His musical interests and expertise include classical (including contemporary), jazz, film music, and the musical theater. He lives with his wife in Lewes.

PALMER, GEORGE—An avid outdoorsman and "beach bum," George retired from a forty-year career in human resources management. With a strong interest in history and politics, he is knowledgeable about the past and present of eastern Sussex County. Much of his time is spent volunteering at Cape Henlopen State Park, local historic groups, and civic organizations.

PASSMORE, NORMAN—Although Dr. Passmore is a University of Delaware mathematics professor, he has always been a passionate lover of classical music, especially opera. One of his hobbies is playing the cello.

REDDEN, EILEEN—M.Ed., B.A., University of Delaware, secondary school counseling, history. Eileen taught various history and social studies classes at Lake Forest High School in Felton, Delaware. In 1988, she became a guidance counselor and retired in 2007 as director of guidance at Lake Forest High School. She continues her interest in history and international relations.

RIDOLFI, JOAN—Joan is a retired human resources manager. She has always had an interest in nature, outdoor activities, and history, and has combined all three as a walking tour guide. She is also a docent at the Nanticoke Indian Museum and has worked as a volunteer with a medical team on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. She is a member of the Sussex County Archeological Society.

RUMBLE, WES—M.A., Goddard College, B.A., Pomona College. Wes combines a lifelong interest in military and social history with the experience of a twenty-three year Air Force career to explore a variety of military history topics.

SCHULZ, DAVID A.—Ph.D., sociology, Washington University; M.Div., Virginia Theological Seminary; B.A., Princeton University, geology. Having now retired from careers as an Episcopal priest and professor of urban affairs at the University of Delaware, he is a husband, grandfather, carver of wood, singer of songs, creator of rituals, and writer living at Bowers Beach.

SKRZESZ, KEN—M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, dance; B.F.A., Towson State, dance and theater. Lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he is co-artistic director of Clear Space Productions. He has served as artistic director for a number of organizations, and was the director of student life for the School of American Ballet in New York City. In 1992 Towson State honored Ken with its Distinguished Alumni Award. Ken is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and Actors' Equity Association.

SLOAN, AMELIE—A retired teacher and a native of the area, Amelie has been working in clay, mostly at the Rehoboth Art League, since 1973. A long-time student, she has taken workshops recently with Patrick Caughy (raku), Ray Cheig (sculpture), and Deborah Bedwell (decoration and glazing).

STANHOPE, ELAINE—B.S., Husson College, business education. She taught on the secondary level in Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Virginia. Day care director for Kinder Care Learning Centers. She retired from Hughes in data management, and enjoys weaving all types of baskets.

STEIN, DON—J.D., M.S.E., computer science, George Washington University; B.S., mathematics, Case Institute of Technology, where he was photo editor of his college newspaper, and spent many hours in the darkroom. He has forty years' experience in computers, and a love of musicals which feature real music, not lyrics (no matter how brilliant) set to mediocre music.

VAUGHAN, BARBARA—A lover of history, Barbara has enjoyed talking about Theodore Roosevelt, the history of the Supreme Court, taking a look at the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, in addition to the Russian Revolution and beyond. She is a past SDALL Council Member and is currently a member of the Lewes City Council.

WEBER, DAVID—Retired U. S. Treasury department employee and a long time birding enthusiast.

WELLMAN, EVELYN—Evelyn worked for the Harford County, Maryland, Board of Education for sixteen years. She moved to Delaware ten years ago and now works with grant funds and donations to provide emergency financial assistance to qualified Sussex County residences. She has successfully completed the courses provided to instruct techniques using a new water based medium that makes even the novice artist feel pride in their creations.

WESTON, NORMAN—Ph.D., B.S., MIT, physical chemistry. Dr. Weston is retired from the DuPont Company and Micron, Inc. He has a lifelong interest in singing and operetta, and has appeared in several productions by the Brecks Mill Cronies. This is his tenth operetta course taught at SDALL.

WHALEN, DAVID A.—M.A., A.B., Seton Hall University, modern European history, philosophy. Taught full time in the Parsippany School district in New Jersey, and was an adjunct professor at the County College of Morris.

WOLZANSKY, MARY ELLEN—B.A., College of Wooster. Taught elementary and secondary art in the Pittsburgh area public schools.

WORSHAM, TONI—Ph.D., English. Before retiring to southern Delaware, in 1997, Toni had been an educator for thirty years, teaching at all levels, elementary through graduate school. She has a special love for poetry, theater, and creative writing. She has done extensive research in cognitive studies and thinking improvement techniques.