Andrew Flaxman: The director and editor of this program,  graduated cum laude from Princeton in 1957 and earned a master's degree in business at Rutgers. After a successful career as an investment banker and stockbroker, he has devoted his time to creating a compact, interdisciplinary way to become familiar with the Humanities. Also, for the past few decades he has been a publisher of self-educational products, a seminar organizer and a teacher of emotionally disturbed adolescents. His published works are: Learning from History, (Gifted Education Press of Virginia). 1990; The Open "I", Humanities Education ('University of Minnesota), 1991; The Extra Senses in Our Perception, Thresholds Quarterly. May. 1999; The Bhagavad Gita and Self Education. Thresholds Quarterly. Winter. 2000-01; Tlie Open "I" (revised). Chrysalis Reader. 2001.

Eric Cunningham: Professor of History, Gonzaga University. (PhD in History, University of Oregon; Stanford Inter-University Center for Language Studies), MA in East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon; BA in History, University of Colorado.

Paul Margulies: (Dartmouth College, BA with honors in philosophy) retired advertising copy writer responsible for the famous Volkswagen, Avis, and Alka Seltzer ads. Writer of children's books and lecturer and writer on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner for over thirty years.

Anna K. Rose: Post-Graduate Studies Liceo Conservatory of Barcelona,(MM); Piano Performance- University of North Texas, BM Illinois Wesleyan University)- Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Faculty- Southern Oregon University, Creator/Director/Teacher- Triadic Heart Yoga workshop presenter, Writer, Concert Pianist, Researcher in the Evolutionary Philosophies of the Yogic Goddesses (India, Nepal)

Bobby Matherne: (BS in Physics, LSU; Graduate work in Education at UNO) Principal Researcher, The Doyletics Foundation; photographer, graphics designer, writer, and researcher into the evolution of consciousness. Books include "A Reader's Journal", "The Spizznet File", "Flowers of Shanidar", "Rainbows & Shadows" and "Freedom on the Half Shell".

Richard Geldard: (Doctorate from Stanford University, CA., in Classics and Dramatic Literature BA, Bowdoin College; MA, Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English); Professor of Philosophy, Yeshiva University, Retired. Author of the following books: "The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson," "Heraclitus Remembered," "The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece," "God In Concord," "The Vision of Emerson," "The Find at Ephesus," a novel

Craig Holdrege: Director of The Nature Institute; Author of "Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context" and numerous articles; biologist and educator.

Jeffrey Kane: (Ph.D., New York University); former Dean, Adelphi University School of Education. Author of "In Fear of Freedom-Public Education and Democracy in America"

Herbert I. London: (NYU, Ph.D., Columbia University, BA) is president of the Hudson Institute, a world renowned think-tank in Washington, DC. He is the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University, where he is now professor emeritus. He was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. He is the author of numerous books, essays and articles.

Antonio T. de Nicolas: (Ph.D., Fordham University); Professor Emeritus of philosophy at State University of New York (Stony Brook); Director, Biocultural Research Institute, St. Augustine, FL. Author of some twenty-seven books including "Meditations through the Rg Veda,"Powers of Imagining: Ignatius de Loyola", "Habits of Mind", and his translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

Richard Wentzler: (B.S., Physics, State University of New York), writer.

Gisela Wielki: Reverend, Christian Community, Movement for Religious Renewal.

Paul Zachos: (Ph.D., M.S. Ed., State University of NY at Albany; B.S., Queens College, City University of NY), Director of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation, Association for the Cooperative Advancement of Science and Education, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Liz Hanzi: CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach), Owner at Living Life Complete – a coaching and training practice offering wellness & life balance coaching; B.A. in Philosophy from Agnes Scott College; AMI Certified Montessori Director; Certified fitness instructor and yoga teacher with more than 20 years’ experience. Liz’s passion has always been to motivate and facilitate personal growth. As a coach, teacher, and mentor, Liz challenges individuals to take full responsibility for their lives and to create more fully what it means to have a truly rich and complete life... in every way

We honor and thank these contributors to our program who are only with us in spirit:

Donald Hockney: (deceased) (McMaster University, BA; Cornell University, Ph.D.), professor of philosophy of science and technology, chairperson, Dept. of Humanities, Polytechnic Institute of N.Y.

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