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1978 to 1982 Interior Architect Quinn & Associates, Avon, Connecticut
(F. Jaworski & Interior Architect Associates; J & Q Partnership, Jaworski & Quinn)
Norwich Municipal Golf Course, Norwich, Connecticut
Assisted in producing construction documents of a kitchen facility for a new golf clubhouse.
Manchester High School, Manchester, Connecticut
Prepared design and construction documents for interior portion of a high school renovation, including industrial arts, science laboratories, and art classrooms.
Connecticut General C.I.S. Windsor, Windsor, Connecticut
Coordinated design and construction documents, and performed construction-administration duties for a fast-track cafeteria and kitchen for lease space of new insurance office building. Project was required to be designed and installed in 90 days.
Somers Correctional Institute, Somers, Connecticut
Coordinated design and construction documents for updating the equipment in the kitchen facility.
Rocky Hill High School, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Prepared design and construction documents for interior portions of a new high school building, including industrial arts and a kitchen facility.
Cromwell School System, Cromwell, Connecticut
Prepared design and construction documents for interior portion of a new high school, renovation and additions to a junior high school, and renovation and additions to Edna C. Stevens elementary school. Performed all FF&E services for entire school system.
1976 to 1978 Designer/Drafter Litchfield Builders, Simsbury, Connecticut
Designed and prepared construction documents for various upscale custom homes and additions.
AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Architects
Texas Society of Architects
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The graphics in Bob Brendle's résumé are done tastefully.
According to Louis Gasper,
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full contact information is critical for academic résumés. Listing an e-mail address for yourself is not enough; if you have a personal Web page or site, include the URL. If you maintain an academic Web site that describes the courses you teach, include that URL, too.
As for any other kind of résumé, list all present and past employment; exact dates of employment and academic rank are vital. List all courses you teach by their name and course number; if a course is unusual, include a brief description as well.
Your employment in the academic world almost universally includes teaching, research, and service, so devote a detailed section for each of these. In particular, list committees you have served on and cite all academic publications, whether published or in submission. For each publication, state the full title, any co-authors, and full publisher information so that the reader can obtain the text. For items accepted but not yet published, specify the journal or publisher and expected publication date. For items in submission, substitute the date of submission. Also state what research you are currently engaged in, publications you are preparing, and colleagues you are working with. Any grants you have received should be listed, including the dollar amount. If the grant will come with you, make that very clear.
Publications have effectively become the sole criterion for personal advancement at most schools. Search committees look for how many articles you have published in peer-reviewed journals. Being a co-author is just about as good as being a sole author. Candidly, it is the number of publications, not their quality, that is important. Self-published items are of no account, and in fact they arouse suspicion that you are out of touch with your field of work. Your current membership(s) in professional academic associations should likewise be listed.
As to including nonacademic employment, less detail is required. The most important thing a search committee is concerned with is any
outside connections you will be able to bring with you. Search committees judge whether such associations will help the school or not (or even be an embarrassment); they want to know how much time and attention you will devote to outside activities and whether you keep up with your field as it may be applied in nonacademic venues.
Many teachers include statements from student evaluations; these are of no importance because it is most likely that you are being hired principally to publishâteaching is a distant second. Every school will say it values excellent teaching, and of course it does, but its value is low relative to the value of publications that will enhance the school's reputation.
Personal references are usually included only if you are seeking a first full-time academic position. If you have a couple of peer-reviewed publications, personal references are superfluous.
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Curriculum vitæâDecember 2010
POSITIONS HELD
August 1992âPresent
Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Business Ethics,
Graduate School of Management, University of Dallas
Graduate and undergraduate teaching, research, community service, administration.
Courses Taught:
Graduate division (Graduate School of Management)
Financial Management (Finance 6301)
Economics and Competitive Strategy (Economics 6305)
Business Ethics (Business Administration 6390)
Undergraduate division (College of Business and Constantin College of Liberal Arts)
Fundamentals of Finance (Business 3310/Economics 3322)
Business and Society (Business 3341)
Business Ethics (Philosophy 3334)
March 1994âDecember 1995
Partner in Global Derivatives, L.L.C., Somerset, New Jersey
Consultant in assessment of corporate risk exposure from investments in derivative financial instruments; design and construction of systems for monitoring and managing such risks.
April 1992âJanuary 1993
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Merrimack Mortgage Company,
Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
Under consulting assignment from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (as sole shareholder of Merrimack), had overall responsibility for interim operation of the company and for sale of its capital stock.
July 1989âPresent
Managing Director, Franklin Park Associates, Ltd., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Business consultant, specializing in management and executive services, start-up and strategic planning, and organizational ethics.
February 1985âJuly 1989
Executive Vice President, GNMA (Government National Mortgage Association),
Washington, D.C.
As chief operating officer of GNMA, and chief executive and policy officer of GNMA during vacancies of the president's office, had general responsibility for the overall operations of GNMA, the largest guarantor of mortgage-backed securities in the world, with aggregate guaranties in force of over $500 billion. Received highest personal performance rating (“Outstanding”) in every year of tenure. In 1988, received highest award of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, “For Excellence.”
August 1981âFebruary 1985
Executive Assistant to President, Government National Mortage Assoc., Washington, D.C.
Assumed top-level managerial and policy responsibilities at the direction of the chief executive officer of GNMA.
March 1981âAugust 1981
Senior Economist, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C.
Provided economic, legislative, and budget analyses to the committee and to individual senators.
November 1980âJanuary 1981
Member, Reagan Presidential Transition Team, Washington, D.C.
Responsible for the Department of the Treasury and the International Monetary Fund.
April 1975âMarch 1981
Economist, Minority Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
For the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Also functioned as minority counsel for the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance. Provided economic and legislative analyses to the minority members of the committee and counsel to the ranking minority member of the subcommittee, with particular responsibility for oversight of the Federal Reserve System.
September 1973âMarch 1975
President, Criterion Analysis, Tucson, Arizona
Provided financial and economic analysis incident to portfolio management, investment, and tax planning for a private client.
September 1968âJuly 1973
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Graduate and undergraduate teaching, research, and community service. Special sole responsibility for intermediate microeconomic theory courses in the university.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Invited participant, Fides et Ratio Conference, Belmont Abbey, July 2009
Member, Ethics Match Steering Committee, Texas Independent College Foundation, 2005
Judge, Greater Dallas Business Ethics Awards, 1999
Presentation to Catholic Schools conference on liberal arts and professional education, Benedictine College, 2003
