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  If We Sell You Our Land based on the famous speech by Chief Seattle was the subject of a story on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show in 1987 and his subsequent opera Songs from the Cedar House based on the history and legends of Indian and White cultural interaction in the Pacific Northwest premiered in February of 1991 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His other compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and a one-act opera

. Accolades Diversity Advocate Award (PLU Diversity Center), 2004 Winner, American Society for Engineering Education Best Research Presentation Competition, NASA Langley Research Center, 2001 PLU Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Teaching Award, 2000 Cornell University Clark Teaching Award, 1992 Department of Education Fellowship, 1992-1994 History paper published in the Harvard College Forum (The Academic Review), Volume 5, 1989 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Physical Society

Theatre in Higher Education, Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Integrating New Plays and Playwrights into a University Season, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) NMSU College of Arts and Sciences, Adapting History to the Stage, Las Cruces, NM (February 2014) Selected Articles "Charles Ludlam Lives! Charles Busch, Bradford Louryk, Taylor Mac, and the Queer Legacy of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company by Sean F. Edgecomb

Theatre in Higher Education, Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Integrating New Plays and Playwrights into a University Season, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) NMSU College of Arts and Sciences, Adapting History to the Stage, Las Cruces, NM (February 2014) Selected Articles "Charles Ludlam Lives! Charles Busch, Bradford Louryk, Taylor Mac, and the Queer Legacy of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company by Sean F. Edgecomb

, Ontario. It was while he was at Queens that he first met his future wife Berta. His PhD in Geology was done at the University of Washington, studying metamorphism and structural history in the North Cascades and working under the legendary Peter Misch. Prior to Brian’s arrival at PLU, some geology courses had been taught, due in part to the efforts of the late Burt Ostenson. Brian’s arrival marked the hiring of the first permanent geologist on the faculty at PLU. Brian’s vision to establish the