Born:
April 22, 1960
Education:
Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, Arizona, 1977
Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1980, Associate of Arts, Music
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, 1994, Bachelor of Science, Music Education
Northern Arizona University, Graduate Level Vocational Education
Teacher Certification:
Arizona Secondary Music (K-12 endorsement)
Arizona Vocational Industrial Technology (K-12)
Married:
July 3, 1999
Twyla
Children:
Maggie, 1983
Ephraim, 1988
Petra, 1993
Favorite Quotes:
"..Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you", Matthew 7:6
"How quiet the woods would be, if none but the best birds sang", Anonymous
"Sometimes castles fall to the ground, but that's where four-leaf clovers are found", Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman
Favorite Books:
The Fall of Saigon - David Butler
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Carrying the Fire - Michael Collins
A Night to Remember - Walter Lord
The Great Escape - Paul Brickhill
Paddle to the Sea - Holling Clancy Holling
Favorite Movies:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
It's a Wonderful Life
On Golden Pond
Favorite Television Shows:
The Andy Griffith Show
The Brady Bunch
Favorite Vacation Spots:
The Deep South
Anywhere on an Amtrak train
Favorite Music:
Handel's Messiah
Les Miserables Soundtrack
German Folk Music
Viennese Dance Music
The Music of Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash
Summary of Interests:
I am a high school and middle school teacher. I teach at a small charter school, mainly math, but also a little bit of everything.
I work at high school sporting events. I am a track and field official, specializing in pole vault and high jump, and work on the chain crew at football games.
For most of my life, I played trombone and euphonium. Recently, I have been playing flute, and some Irish whistle. I have played semi-professionally in various musical groups and musical productions. My favorite places to play have been in the musical productions of Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and South Pacific, and in the lounge car of an Amtrak train. I play different styles of music, including classical, folk, and jazz. Each December, I march in the Fiesta Bowl Parade. Twyla is also a musician. She sings Southern gospel and plays French horn.
I enjoy canoeing and particulary enjoy taking my canoe on Tempe Town Lake at night. I also reenact as a Confederate infantryman in the 5th Texas Infantry, Company D.
Dean and Twyla, 2007
Dean at Pioneer Living History Museum, Arizona, 2004
On board the Pacific Surfliner, Los Angeles, 2007
Twyla and Dean at Gates Pass, Tucson, Arizona, 2007
In the Everglades, 1999
In the lounge car on board the Sunset Limited, Texas, 1999