Daniel 
In 1982, while working for Applied Management Sciences, I took the lead on a project to provide statistical consulting services to the US Treasury. In that capacity I directed a project for the Executive Office of the President to establish standards for the hundreds of US Government loan programs. I directed a variety of additional … Read more
In Washington, I would take Carolyn to sports events on weekends while Patty slept in. She did gymnastics and field hockey. When we moved to Oakland she took up swimming.
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 … Read more
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 and Robert Bellah. My biography on the Sociology … Read more
I 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 a study of … Read more
Patty, Carolyn and I went to Mexico City and Cancún. Carolyn was a great hit in Cancún, with a band serenading her under our window and all the young men making much of her.
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.)
