John is a native of Washington, D.C.  After graduating from Gonzaga College High School, he attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduated with an A.B. Physics in 1969, and then went on to get a graduate degree at MIT in rocket science.  After receiving his 1-Y, he decided to leave the academic world to…

After 41 years of practicing real estate law, David retired in 2017 and started participating in Encore Learning’s class offerings.  David received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, undertook graduate work at the University of South Florida while serving in the United States Air Force, and received…

Marty has had several careers: military, government civilian, industry executive and as a college and university educator in subject areas of mathematics, computing science, information technology, and management. His first career was as an Army Corps of Engineer officer retiring as a Colonel. In 1983, he was selected as a member of the Senior Executive…

Richard worked for Washington law firms (and a bar association) for 37 years, moving from paralegal to technology staff, just as these firms realized they needed computers. He spent the last 29 years of his career as the I.T. Manager at six of the firms. Richard’s focus was on local user support and on-time training.…

Jean, a Northern Virginia native and Arlingtonian since 1988, is a nonprofit philanthropic consultant with past experience in development, including serving as executive director of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing.  She enjoys volunteering with Project Knitwell, mentoring and tutoring youth residents of AHC communities, reading, writing, theater, travel, and Arlington’s many great places to walk…

Ann retired in 2012 after 34 years with the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Anthropology in the Museum of Natural History. She headed the Anthropology Outreach Office, which distributed educational materials on a range of anthropological topics. She was managing editor of an anthropology publication for educators and museum and anthropology professionals that culminated in a…

Bill has worked on numerous Encore Course Catalogs as part of the Publications team. As a copy editor, he aims to ensure the accuracy and readability of course descriptions and enjoys collaborating with other team members.  These skills carry over from more than 30 years as a writer and editor for multiple publications covering the…

Jane Nagy was privileged to serve as board chair at Texas Tech University to assist with reviving a dying OLLI group. From 47 members, it grew to 3 campuses with nearly 500 members, while providing exciting courses and events. Preceding this endeavor, while accompanying her husband to 8 postings in Africa, Jane chaired various American…