• Visiting Scholar, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 1971-72
• University of Hawaii, 1971, 1969; academic year in East-West Philosophy, 1963-64
• Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. in philosophical theology
• Southern Methodist University, B.D.(= M.A. in theology)
• Central Methodist College, B.A., French-English

TEACHING

• Southwestern College, 1956-1996
  
  Kirk Professor of Philosophy and Religion
  Chairman, Division of Social Science, 1960-1966
• Visiting Professor, Friends University and Wichita State University
• Visiting Professor at Kitakyushu University, Japan (1997-98)
• Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
• Lecturer, University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University

HONORS

• Citizen Ambassador to China, 1993, Philosophy Delegation sponsored by People to People International
• Lectured on China at Huron University, South Dakota; University of Northern Iowa; Emporia State University, Kansas; North Georgia College; Shorter College, Georgia; Campbell University, South Carolina; Converse College, South Carolina; Bradley University, Illinois; University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
• Delegate to Population Conference, Washington, DC, and lecturer on population at Oklahoma State University
• Member of East-West Philosophy Conferences 1964, 1969, 1984, University of Hawaii and East-West Center
• Chairman of Task Force on Upgrading Human Life at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
• Member, Medical Ethics Committee, Newton Memorial Hospital, Winfield
• Member, Rotary International; attended Tokyo Convention 1978

During my year as Visiting Professor at Kitakyushu University I gave one lecture at Reitaku University on the Plott Project and did further research on the "new religion" Oomoto as an esthetic and ecumenical movement.

Recent publications include:

• As translator/editor: Letters from the Silk Roads by Eiji Hattori (University Press of America, 2000).
• "Cheng and Tucker: A Comparative Appraisal [of] Two Important Recent Confucian and Neo-Confucian Studies," Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 20 (1993), 349-363.
• "Slavery and Oppression in Japanese History: A Case Study in Scholarly Works on Japan," Proceedings of the Fourteenth International symposium on Asian Studies, 1992 (Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1994), 201-211.
• "Women in Ancient Japanese History," Asian Profile, Vol. 22, No. 1 (February 1994), 33-39.
• "Return of the Scarlet Letter: A Literary and Biblical Convergence with Medical Technology," Metanoia, Vol. 4, No. 3-4 (Winter 1994), 155-160.
• "Japanese saints provide good role models for us," United Methodist Reporter, (January 28, 2000) Faith Forum, 4.
• "Two Japanese Saints: Kagawa and Onisaburo," Asian Profile, Vol. 32, No. 4 (August 2004) 313 - 318. [More detailed version of preceeding item]