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Annapolis, Executive Seminars 2008-2009 - Tutors

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All classes are conducted in seminar or discussion format. Faculty members, called tutors, do not lecture or drive the discussion with certain ends in mind; rather they lead a discussion on the text under consideration.

Nicholas A. Capozzoli
B.S., Manhattan College, 1964; M.D., New York University, 1968; M.A., St. John's College, 1981. Board Certified 1976, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Medical License in the State of Maryland; Attending Neurologist, Anne Arundel Medical Center, since 1974, Crownsville State Hospital from 1976 to 2000; Associate Attending Neurologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, since 1975; Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee,Anne Arundel Medical Center, 1985-94. Tutor, St. John's College, since 1982. Dr. Capozzoli has served as an Executive Seminar tutor in Annapolis since 1991.

Michael W. Grenke
B.A., University of Chicago, 1988; Ph.D. Boston College, 1994; Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1993; Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston College, 1993-94, 96; Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, Michigan State University, 1995; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1997-present. Mr. Grenke has served as a tutor in the Easton Executive Seminar since 2006.

Henry Higuera
B.A., Cornell University, 1974; M.A., University of Toronto, 1976; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1983; Instructor in Political Science, Dickinson College (1981-82); Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis (1982-); Member, National Council on the Humanities of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 1990-1997;(Chair, Public Programs Committee, 1994-95) Mr. Higuera has been an Executive Seminar Tutor since 2007.

Samuel S. Kutler
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1954; Graduate Study, American University, 1955-61; Assistant Mathematician, 1954, Associate Mathematician, 1957, Mathematician, 1961, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Instructor, American University, 1960; Visiting Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1960, Tutor, 1961–present; Andrew W. Mellon Tutorship, 1972; Dean, 1982–84. Mr. Kutler has served as an Executive Seminar tutor since 2003.

Emily H. Brooker Langston
B.A., Emory University, 1987; M.A., University of Chicago, 1988; Ph.D. Emory University, 2004; Jacob K. Javitz Fellow, 1989-93; Certi?cate in Jewish Studies, The Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, St. Cross College, Oxford University, 1993; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1995–present.

Thomas May
B.A., Loyola College, 1971; M.A. Fordham University, 1975; Assistant Professor, Loyola College (1974-79); Visiting Lecturer, Goucher College (1976-78); Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis (1979–); Visiting Fellow, St. Chad's College, Durham University, UK (1989-1990); Director, Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, Annapolis (1986-89, 1995-1998); St. John's College Tutor since 1979.

Christopher B. Nelson
B.A., St. John's College, 1970; J.D., University of Utah College of Law, 1973. Admitted to the Bar, State of Illinois, N.D. Illinois, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court; Associate, 1973-78, Partner, 1979, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago; Co-founder and Principal, 1979-91, President, 1987-91, Kovar Nelson Brittain Sledz & Morris, Chicago; President, St. John's College, since 1991. Mr. Nelson has served as an Executive Seminar tutor in Annapolis from 1991 to 2001, in Washington, from 1996-2002, in Chicago from 1999 to 2003, in New York, 2000-2002, in Philadelphia 1996-2003, and Baltimore, 1995-2003, 2005-present.

William A. Pastille
A.B. in Music, Brown University, 1976; M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1985 Cornell University, Musicology; Visiting Faculty, School of Music, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1985-86; Tutor, St. John's College since 1986, Assistant Dean, 1994-96, Director of the Graduate Institute, 2001-2004. Mr. Pastille has served as an Executive Seminar tutor in Philadelphia and New York since 1996.

Louis Petrich
B.A., Northwestern University (1982); M.A., University of Chicago (1986); Ph.D., candidate, University of Chicago (1986–90); Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago (1985–87); Dramaturg, Assistant Director, Actor, Court Theater, Chicago (1985–89); Fulbright Scholar, Romania (1990–91), Kyrgyzstan (2000–01); U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Czech Republic (1992–93); Reader and Stage Crew, Folger Shakespeare Library and Theater (1993–95); Civic Education Project Fellow, Slovakia (1995–97), Romania (1997–99), Kyrgyzstan (1999–2000, 2002); Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis (2002–). Mr. Petrich has been a tutor in the Executive Seminar program since 2007.

Deborah Schwartz Renaut
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, 1968; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971; M.S., Georgetown University, 1974; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis (1974–) Ms. Renaut has served as a tutor in the Baltimore Executive Seminar 2006–2007 and in the Washington and Annapolis Seminar from 2007 to present.

George A. Russell
B.A., St. Francis College, 1973; M.A., 1983, Ph.D., 1994, The Catholic University of America. Dean of Students, St. Patrick's Academy, 1981–86: Teacher, Hamden Hall, 1986–91: Adjunct Lecturer, Albertus Magnus College, 1986–91: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, 1991–95: Tutor, St. John's College, since 1995. Mr. Russell has served as an Executive Seminar tutor since 1999.

Eric Salem
B.A. St. John's College, 1977; M.A., University of Dallas, 1979; University of Heidelberg, 1980–81; Ph.D., University of Dallas, 1990; Fulbright Fellow, 1980–81; Assistant Professor, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University, 1983–90;Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1990–present. Mr. Salem has served as a tutor in the Annapolis Executive seminar since 2006.

Walter Sterling
B.A., St. John's College, 1965; M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1966; Instructor, Pennsylvania State University 1966–68; Ph.D. Candidate, The Catholic University of America, 1970–74; Editor of St. John's Review 1983–; Tutor, St. John's College 1983 to present. Mr. Sterling, who has served as tutor for many Continuing Education programs in Annapolis, has been a tutor in the Executive Seminar program since 2007.

John Tomarchio
B.A., Columbia College, Columbia University, 1984; M.A., 1993; Ph.D., 1996; Lecturer, School of Philosophy, Catholic University of America, 1996; National Fulbright Research Fellow, Rome, 1994–95; National Endowment for the Humanities Post–Doctoral Fellow, Core Curriculum Program, Boston University, 1996–98; Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Villanova University, 1998–2001; Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 2001–present. Mr. Tomarchio has been a tutor in the Executive Seminar program since 2008.

John Verdi
B.S., Psychology, Fordham University, 1972; M.A., 1974, Ph.D., Philosophy, 1975, University of Southern California; M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego, 1978; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1975–85; Annapolis, 1985–; Assistant Dean, 1988–91; Director, Graduate Institute in Liberal Education, 1992–1995; N. E. H. Chair in Modern Thought, 1997–99. Mr. Verdi served as a tutor in the Executive Seminar program since 1995.