Dec 11 1980
In December 1980 I moved to Washington to take a position at Applied Management Sciences. I served first as statistician then as project director on a large number of federal policy studies. The company averaged about 160 employees with very high turnover. It was at AMS I obtained the skills and connections that created the […]
Dec 9 1978
I was awarded a PhD in Sociology with specialties of quantitative research methods, the sociology of science, deviance, and social theory. My dissertation committee consisted of Neil Smelser (chair), Charles Glock, and Reinhold Bendix. My PhD examining committee consisted of Charles Glock (chair), Paul Feyerabend, Troy Duster, Robert Bellah. My biography on the Sociology Department […]
Jul 7 1978
Worked at TIES-Teaching Innovation and Evaluation Services as Director of Teaching Evaluation. Provided a wide range of services including: Sociology- Summary reports on teaching evaluation, consulting for Distinguished Teaching Award, grant proposal preparation. Engineering-Questionnaire analysis for incoming student knowledge, data analysis for course evaluations. Computer Science-Self-paced course evaluation, support for study of woman and computer […]
Jul 1 1977
Patty, Carolyn and I went to Mexico City and Cancun. Carolyn was a great hit in Cancun with a band serenading her under our window and all the young men making much of her.
Oct 27 1976
Patty and I bought a used Chevy Vega. I had the engine rebuilt and reinstalled by Paul Froboise who botched the job. The dates are uncertain
Jun 10 1976
When Carolyn was two, Patty and I took our second trip to Europe. In Paris we leased a Simca and in London a small Ford. We spend substantial time in Spain. The trip included Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Luxemburg, London, Exeter, Plymouth, Stonehenge, Chartes, Madrid, Cordoba, Toledo, Seville, Gibraltar, Malaga, Granada, Valencia, Marseille, Nice, Genoa, Venice, Trieste, […]
Feb 3 1976
Around 1976 I began to have kidney stones. I would go to the emergency room for an overnight stay. For the next few years I had one or two a year. By 1984 they became less frequent. My last large one was in Japan 2006.
Jun 8 1981
Dad Died
Edward Finnegan died after multiple heart attacks. I never related well to my father. There was never any sign he liked me at all, There was never a kind word. He demand obedience and respect. I was short on both. He was given to baiting and beating me. There was an angry […]
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