I lend my expertise to the community by teaching workshops on professionalism and professional ethics for insurance agents and for the Louisiana Public Defenders Association. During the Summer of 1999 I was a visiting Associate Professor in the Albers School of Business and Economics of Seattle University where I taught an M.B.A. course in Business Ethics and Professional Responsibility. I also consult in the area of medical ethics, holding an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and serving as Chair of the Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board of University Medical Center in Lafayette. I have done consulting work for other hospitals in the region, serve on the Institutional Review Board at Lafayette General Hospital, and lecture on medical ethics to local professional and civic groups. I am married to Susan S. Hamilton, a retired high school librarian, have two wonderful children and one delightful grandchild.
Some information is worth learning because it is interesting and humans are curious to know.
Some information is worth learning because it helps us to be more fully human by widening our horizons, opening new possibilities, expanding our sympathies, and engaging our emotions. This test is applied to processes also. In order to be successful, students need to know how to think, be critical, and analyze, how to write and present their ideas orally, and how to work in groups. Successful workers in the next century will be those who know how to learn and want to continue learning throughout their lifetimes. Use active learning in class in the form of small groups and general class discussion.