Index

I attended several elementary schools when I was growing up. Below is a list of the courses I took and my teachers.

1. Tien Mou Elementary School
2. Pershing Hill Elementary School
3. Oakridge Elementary School
4. Gunston Jr. High School
5. Culver Military Academy
6. California Institute of Technology
7. University of Hawaii

Tien Mou Elementary School

Grade One--Ellen Tillery
Grade Two--Irene Siska
• Reading
• Language
• Numbers
• Social Studies
• Nature, Art, and Music

Grade Three--Mrs. Siegrist
• Reading
• Spelling
• Language
• Writing
• Social Studies
• Phys. Ed.
• Phonics
• Arithmetic
• Art
• Music

Pershing Hill Elementary School

Grade Four--Mrs. R. Andrew
Grade Five--Mrs. D.L. Elliott/Mrs. J.D. Alexander
• Reading
• Spelling
• English
• Handwriting
• Arithmetic
• Social Studies
• Music
• Phys. Ed.
• Art
• Literature

Oakridge Elementary School

Grade Six--Mrs. Patricia Jenkins
• Language
  • Reading
  • Oral Language
  • Written Language
  • Handwriting
  • Spelling
• Social Studies
• Science
• Arithmetic
• Art
• Music
• Health and Phys. Ed.

Gunston Jr. High School

Grade Seven
• English and Social Studies--Mrs. Porter
• Accelerated Math--Mr. Donald Oliver Buttermore
• Reading--N. Young
• Intermediate Band (Trumpet)--Mr. Gerald Lewis
• Phys. Ed. and Health--Mr. Sutton
• Industrial Arts--Mr. James Jones/Mr. Sam Wood
• Art--Crowther

Grade Eight
• Science--Mr. Charles Clements
• Algebra 1--Mr. Donald Oliver Buttermore
• English--Miss Marcia Smith
• French 1--Miss Boccara
• Band (Trumpet)--Mr. Gerald Lewis
• Phys. Ed. and Health--Mr. James Vandell

Grade Nine
• French 2--Mrs. Nora Trott
• English--Mrs. Luraine Murtaugh
• Band (French Horn)--Mr. Gerald Lewis
• World Geography--Mr. Max Cohen
• Geometry--Mr. Donald Oliver Buttermore
• Phys. Ed. and Health--Mr. Maurice George

Culver Military Academy

English Literature and History
• English 2--William MacQuillan
• English 3--Richard Gimbel
• English 4--William MacQuillan
• U.S. History--William Roth

French
• French 2--Albert Pare
• French 3H--Albert Pare
• French 4H--Gordon Uyttebrouck

Mathematics
• Statistics--Gerald Thomas
• Algebra 2H-- Kenneth Hesgard
• Computer Math H--Alan Bunner
• Advanced Math H--Myron Benner
• Math Topics--Ray Jurgensen

Sciences
• Biology H--Kenneth Laser
• Chemistry--William Strow
• Advanced Chemistry H--Darrell Beach
• Physics--Walter Strait

Other Subjects
• Military Science and Tactics 1--Maj. William Roosma
• Military Science and Tactics 2--Sgt. Maj. Allen Chesser
• Military Science and Tactics 3--Maj. George Runkle
• Band (Trumpet)--Col. Edward Payson/Capt. Gilbert Fernandes
• Physical Education--Colin Stetson/William Garrison

California Institute of Technology

Biology
• Bi 7--Organismic Biology (Dan McMahon)
• Bi 9--Cellular Biology (James Bonner)
• Bi 22--Behavioral Biology (Seymour Benzer)
• Bi 155--Psychobiology (James Olds)

Business Economics and Management
• BEM 100ab--Business Economics and Management (xxx)
• BEM 132--Management of an Enterprise (Robert Gray)

Chemistry
• Ch 2--Advanced Placement Chemistry (Richard Dickerson/Jack Richards)
• Ch 3--Chemistry Lab
• Ch 41a--Organic Chemistry (Jack Richards)

Economics
• Ec 4ab--Micro Economics (Lance Davis)
• Ec 12a--Price Theory/Industry (Roger Noll)
• Ec 112--Modern Schools of Economic Thought (Alan Sweezy)
• Ec 122a--Econometrics (Roger Noll)
• Ec 126a--Money, Income, and Growth (Alan Sweezy)
• Ec 129a--Economic History of the United States (Lance Davis)

Electrical Engineering
• EE 3--Introduction to Solid State Electronics (Floyd Humphrey/Carver Mead)

English Literature
• En 7bc--Advanced Literature (J. Kent Clark)

Geology
• Ge 1--Introductory Geology (Robert Sharp)

Graphics
• Gr 1--Basic Graphics

History
• H 2a--Major Themes in U.S. History (J. Morgan Kousser)
• H 97c--Economic History of Standard Oil (Lance Davis)
• H 97c--Politic Reform: Taft to Wilson (Daniel Kevles)
• H 97c--Irish History (Peter Fay)
  • Untitled paper (1976)
  • Events Leading Up to the Easter Monday Rebellion (1976)
  • The Irish Parliment: The Road to Its Demise (1976)
• H 99--History Research (Robert Rosenstone)
  • The American Civil Liberties Union's Role and the Internment (Feb. 1978, revised and published)
    Blair (1999a) In Opposition to the Japanese Internment: The A.C.L.U. During World War II
    Blair (2000) Fighting the Japanese Internment in Federal Court: The A.C.L.U. During World War II
• H 105b--Medieval Civilization (John Benton)
• H 120--British Empire and Commonwealth (Robert Huttenback)
  • The Rowlatt Agitation: Background and Events (Dec. 1973, revised and published)
    Blair (2008) Repression, Protest, and Tragedy: The Rowlatt Agitation of 1919
• H 147--The Far West and Great Plains (Rodman Paul)
  • Dirt Farming on the Prairies in the Nineteenth Century (Feb. 1974)
  • Wilderness: Going the Way of the American Indian (March 1974)
• H 152--Roosevelt and Truman (Koppes)
  • The Second World War: Then and Now (March 1976)
  • Roosevelt's Relationship to the New Deal: Editor or Author? (1976)
• H 154--20th Century American Foreign Policy (Rodman Paul)
  • The United States and Japan 1938-1941: A Conflict of Interests (Oct. 1973)
  • The Timid Giants (Oct. 1973)
  • Paper #3: In Which the Secrets of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 Are Exposed to the Naked Light of Truth (Nov. 1973)
  • Crisis Politics and the Return to Normality (Dec. 1973)
• H 158--American Intellectual History (Robert Rosenstone)
  • Education, Darwinsim, and the Scientific Revolution (Nov. 1975)
  • Humanizing Politics (Nov. 1975)
  • Thinking Wild: Imaginings of the Year 2000 (Dec. 1975)
  • From Thought to Sight: The Way of thee Warrior (Dec. 1975)
• H 159b--American Radicalism (Robert Rosenstone)

Information Science and Mathematics
• IS 10--Introduction to Use of Computers
• Ma 2--Advanced Placement Math (Peter Crawley)
• Ma 112a--Statistics (Gary Lorden)

Psychology and Philosophy
• Pl 5--Psychology of the Imagination
• Pl 102--Selected Topics in Philosophy

Physical Education
• PE 1--Varsity Wrestling (Gutman) and scuba diving
• PE 2--Varsity Wrestling (Gutman) and volleyball
• PE 3--Varsity Wrestling (Gutman) and weight training
• PE 4--Varsity Wrestling (Gutman)

Physics
• Ph 1--Freshman Physics (Gerry Neugebauer/Gordon Garmire)
• Ph 2--Sophomore Physics (Richardo Gomez)

Political and Social Sciences
• PS 1ab--Introduction to Political Behavior (Robert Bates)
• SS 130c--Law and Control of Economic Risk (Mike Levine)

University of Hawaii

Undergraduate Courses
• Math 232--Ordinary Differential Equations
• Hist 413--Japanese History (Stephens)
• Jpnse 101/102--Elementary Japanese (Dennis Ogawa)
• Frch 101--Elementary French

English as a Second Language
• ESL 441--ESL Grammar (Peter Robinson)
• ESL 460--English Phonology (Dick Schmidt)
• ESL 490--Testing (Steve Ross)
• ESL 610--Teaching English as a Second Language (Mike Long)
• ESL 614--ESL Writing (Kate Wolfe-Quintaro)
• ESL 620--ESL Reading (Richard Day)
• ESL 640--Syntax (Robert Bley-Vroman/Peter Robinson)
• ESL 650--Second Language Acquisition (Eric Kellerman)
• ESL 660--Sociolinguistics (Charlie Sato)
• ESL 670--Quantitative Research Methods (JD Brown)
• ESL 673--Applied Psycholinguistics & SL Learning (Craig Chaudron)
• ESL 680--Discourse Analysis (George Yule)
• ESL 690--Teaching Practicum (Graham Crookes)
• ESL 750--SLA Seminar: Task-Based Language Learning (Mike Long)
• ESL 760--Language and Discrimination in the Workplace (Charlie Sato)