Experience
2007-2008 — Comenius University — Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Lecturer, Lecturer in international law.
2003-2008 — Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts
- Lecturer, Seminar Lecturer in political science, philosophy, literature, law, and history.
2007-2008 — Real Estate Consulting — Poprad, Slovak Republic
- Business advisor — Slovak real estate firm marketing investment properties in Slovakia’s High Tatras resort region.
2001-2006 — City University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Lecturer, Philosophy, International Law, Critical Thinking
2002 — International University, Vienna, Austria
- Professor, International Law, Anthropology, Strategy
1971-2001, Novak, Stover & Furst, Attorneys-at-Law, Bellefonte, PA
- Founder and Senior Partner, Founded, developed and managed a firm of four attorneys and four staff with offices in State College and Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
1970-1972 — The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- Assistant Dean of Students, Student legal advisor and Dean’s Staff
1968-1970 — United States Army, Viet Nam
- Infantry Captain, Mobile Advisory Team (MAT) 80, Advisory Team 44, Gia Dinh Province, Viet Nam (August 1969-August 1970)
- Bronze Star. Vietnamese Medal of Honor.
1965-1968 — United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
- Economist, GS-9, Economic Research Service, Resource Institutions Branch, Conducted and published research on natural resource and environmental institutions.
Education
1999 — The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program combining history, philosophy, and political science.
1968 — Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC
- Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1965 — The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Major in Economics; Minor in Philosophy
1980 — International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
- Certificat, Certificate for the Eleventh Study Session on International Human Rights at the International Institute of Human Rights founded by Rene Cassin, at Strasbourg, France, June 30 to July 25, 1980.
Community Activities
- Board of Trustees (governing body) of The Pennsylvania State University 1988-2000
- Lion’s Paw Alumni Association, Inc., president, 1981-1983, 1984-1985. The Lion’s Paw Alumni Association, Inc.., is an association of alumni formed in 1945 to maintain the customs and traditions of the Pennsylvania State University
- Founder and President, Mount Nittany Conservancy, Inc. 1981-1990. The Mount Nittany Conservancy is a non-profit corporation composed of alumni of Penn State, formed to preserve Penn State’s most famous landmark, Mount Nittany. Conducted fundraising projects raising $250,000 to purchase and preserve an additional land.
- Founder and President, The Other Half, Inc., a non-profit corporation of faculty, alumni, and students of Penn State University to publish The Lionhearted.
- Founder and President, Lion Fraternity Alumni Association, 1988-1995. This was a non-profit corporation to provide legal liability protection to the advisors and governing bodies of the fifty-five fraternity corporations at Penn State owning fraternity houses in State College, Pennsylvania, appraised in excess of $40 million with annual budgets totaling $6 million.
- President, Penn State Alumni Inter-fraternity Council (AIFC), 1990-1993. Organization of fraternity advisors formed by the National Inter-fraternity Council.
- Advisor, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (TKE), Penn State Chapter, 1984-present; President of the Alumni Board of Pi Chapter House Corporation, 1971-73, 1992-96. Pi chapter of TKE is a non-profit corporation of TKE alumni which owns a fraternity house worth $1 million, housing approximately forty students, with an annual budget of $250,000.
- Elected member, State College Home Rule Study Commission, 1975. (Drafted the Home Rule Charter for State College Borough.)
- Centre County Public Defender, 1973-75.
