The Object Oriented Professor

George Blank - Biography

I grew up in a military family, living in New York, Alabama, Pennsylvania, France, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. As an Air Force brat, I attended twelve different schools before graduating from Radford High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. In a lifetime of Christian ministry, teaching, learning, travel, and a wide variety of vocational challenges, I have usually had several careers at the same time.

I am currently a Special Lecturer at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Until October of 2005, I was also the Interim Pastor at the Union Hill Presyterian Church in Denville, NJ. Union Hill Church web site
I retired from AT&T in 2000 as a District Manager for Data Base Administrators. Before that, I was a Financial Analyst and Software Engineer in Bell Labs, and the Editorial Director of Creative Computing, supervising 5 magazines, the book company and the software house.

Education

Stevens Institute of Technology, graduate certificate in project management, 1999.
Seton Hall University, Master of Business Administration, concentration in quantitative analysis, 1992, certificate in international business, 1991.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Computer Science, concentration in software engineering, 1989, 27 credits in Ph.D. program concentrating in software requirements engineering, 1994-1996.
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, one year in Dr. of Ministry Program, 1978-1979.
Princeton Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity, 1974.
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Kings College, Faculty of Divinity, studies, 1972.
Eastern College, St. Davids PA, Bachelor of Arts, in History 1971.
University of Hawaii, 1963-1965.

Certified Management Accountant, October 1994
Project Management Professional, May, 1998
Ordained Minister, Presbyterian Church in the USA, January, 1975
Memberships: Project Management Institute, Institute of Management Accountants, Phi Alpha Theta, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Lambda

Biographical Sketches

Contemporary Authors, Who's Who in Computer Graphics, Who's Who in International Business, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America.

Books

editor, Pathways through the ROM, SoftSide Publications, 1980
with David and Sandy Small, The Creative Atari, Creative Computing Press, 1983
contributor, The Great Puzzle Catalog, Publications International, 1982
contributor, Informational Technology and its Impact on American Education, Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, 1982

Magazine Articles

SoftSide, Prog 80, 80 US Journal, Popular Computing, Judges Guild Journal, Practical Computing, Creative Computing.