Current
Former
Musical Compositions
Publications
Philosophical Papers & Presentations
Educational Background

Current

• Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Sonoma State University
  
• Member American Recorder Orchestra of the West (AROW)
  
• Organizer, ARCA, the Association of Recorder Composers and Arrangers.
• Member The American Composer's Forum (ACF)
• Member Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC)
• Member The National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA), )
• Member American Recorder Society (ARS)
• "Doctor of Hobbit Letters" Honorary Degree awarded by
  American Tolkien Society
• 1999 first place winner, international composition contest
  sponsored by Chicago Chapter, American Recorder Society

Former

• Chair, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University
  
• Teacher of Philosophy, Logic, Eastern Thought, and Aesthetics
  of Music at Sonoma State University, 1966-1992
  
• Originator, "Council for a Summer of Love," San Francisco CA 1967
• Organizer and sponsor, Rock Concerts in Golden Gate Park, summer 1967
  
• Music director and resident composer, OCTOCON Science Fiction
  Conventions, Santa Rosa CA, 1977-1980
• Co-Founder, Composer's Cooperative of S.A.C.R.E., 1977-1981
• Founder, Vajramani School of Eastern Philosophy
  Forestville, CA 1972-1975
• Member, American Philosophical Association.
• Member, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
• Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers.
• Member, Board of Directors, Alan Watts Society for
  Comparative Philosophy, Sausalito, California 1972-1974.
• Vice-President of the Board of Directors,
  The Foundation for Critical Thinking; Rohnert Park, California.
• President, Sonoma County Recorder Society
  

Musical Compositions

Saga of the White Mountains
In 3 movements for Strings, piano, flute and percussion, Nov. 2000

In Memoriam Tolkien
In 3 movements for Orchestra & Singers, 1977; re-orchestrated Dec. 2000

Images of Dune
Orchestra & Chorus, 1978, revised and expanded 2001

Rush
Piano Quintet with percussion, 2003.

The Lotos-Eaters
Chorus and alto recorder, text by Tennyson

Quick Rain
Recorder Quintet (prize winning composition)

Idyll
Recorder trio

Estel
Suite for solo alto recorder, reviewed American Recorder May 2000

The White Tree
Seven Lyric Exercises for alto recorder, reviewed American Recorder Sept. 1999

Etude
Solo tenor recorder

Duet 1993
Violin & Violoncello

Durin's Dance
Alto & bass recorders, percussion

Publications

• "A Note on the Percept Theory" Decisive critique of a theory of perception
  put forward by Roderick Furth. Mind, Vol. LXXII (1963)

• The Philosophy of Nietzsche
  A widely used study guide to the philosophy of Nietszche. Simon & Schuster, N.Y. (1965)

• "The Coalescence of Minds" In Philosophers Look at Science Fiction
  Ed. Nicholas Smith, Nelson-Hall (1982)

• Logic and Critical Reasoning
  Innovative techniques make this self-teaching textbook in argument and clear thinking a unique
  introduction to the subject. 242 pp. Spiral bound with diagrams and examples, privately published.

• The McDaniel Report
  The well-known definitive critique of NASA policy and independent research into
  possibly artificial objects on Mars. North Atlantic books, 1993.

• The Case for the Face (co-editor and contributor)
  Compilation of papers by 20 scientists and professionals on the question of
  possibly artificial objects on Mars. Adventures Unlimited Press, 1998.

• McDaniel on Mars VHS Video of lecture given in Aylesbury,
  England during lecture tour in 1997. Published by AMORA International Ltd.

• The Philosophical Etymology of Hobbit
  Unravels the mysterious origin of the word hobbit and its
  literary implications. American Tolkien Society, 1994.

• YogaSayings
  A meditation/workbook for the mind. 87 pp. Spiral bound with
  diagrams and illustrations, privately published.

• I Ching Yantra Mandala
  Discovery and practice of the yantra or visual mandala hidden
  within the Chinese classic the I Ching. 50 pp. Spiral bound with diagrams
  and illustrations, privately published.

• Transtantric Metaphilosophy: A New Direction in East-West Synthesis
  Summary of an entirely new theory on the nature of metaphysical symbolism. Not for the
  intellectually timid. Includes 23 informative diagrams. Privately published, 1998.

Philosophical Papers & Presentations

Coordinator and Originator, "Philosophy in Transformation,"
First Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, August, 1990.

Coordinator and Originator, "Philosophical Conversations"
Second Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, August, 1991.

"Humanistic Psychology from a Jungian Point of View: Toward a New Synthesis"
workshop co- leader for the Gordon Tappan Memorial Conference on the Future of
Humanistic Psychology, Sonoma State University, November 3, 1990.

"Carl Jung and John Dewey: Humanism and Human Destiny"
Presentation for the Gordon Tappan Memorial Conference on the Future of
Humanistic Psychology, Sonoma State University, November 2, 1990.

"The Epistemological Crisis: Toward a New Dialogue Between Philosophy and Psychology"
workshop co-leader for the First Annual Conference "Philosophy in Transformation,"
Sonoma State University, August, 1990.

"The Case for Formal Logic" Presentation for the Tenth International Conference on
Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1990.

"Can Critical Thinking Really Do Without Formal Logic?"
Presentation for the Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking
and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1988.

"Artificial Intelligence and the Creating Mind"
Delivered at the Popular Culture Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio (1982)

"The Philosophical Etymology of Hobbit"
Delivered at the Popular Culture Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio (1981)
Revised and updated version published by The American Tolkien Society, 1994

"King Golfimbul's Folly: Philosophical Implications of Philological Materials
in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit" Delivered at the first annual OCTOCON
Science Fiction Convention, Santa Rosa, California (1977)

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara: Undergraduate, 1949-1953
• University of California, Los Angeles: Graduate School,
  Teaching Assistant in Philosophy 1957-1962 M.A., Philosophy, UCLA 1968 Full Professorship in Philosophy, Sonoma State University, 1991