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Henry C. Finney

November 2010 

GENERAL 

HOME & STUDIO: 35 Barranca Road, Los Alamos, NM, 87544

HOME PHONE:   505-661-6874

WEB ADDRESSES www.hcfinneystudios.com,    www.kannonzendo.org    

BIRTH DATE:  September 30, 1936

FAMILY STATUS:              Married, two children

PROFESSIONAL  EDUCATION:

 

        1967         Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California (Berkeley).

        1961         M.A. in Sociology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).

        1959         B.A. in Anthropology (Honors), Univ. of Michigan, with distinction.

 

BIOGRAPHIES:  Who's Who in the West, 26th Edition, 1997.

                               Who's Who in the East, New Providence, NJ. 1995

RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  Hiking, Cross-Country Skiing, Bird Watching, Archery,

        Art Galleries & Museums, Foreign and Domestic Travel.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  Member, Unitarian Universalist Churches of Burlington,

        Vermont and Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1974 – Present.

 

SOCIOLOGY CAREER

JOB HISTORY:

1994 – Present               Self-employed Artist and Writer.

1994 – Present               Emeritus Professor, University of Vermont.

1994                              Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring.

1973 – 1994                   Associate Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington.

1979 – 1980                  Adjunct Prof. of Sociology, Brigham Young University,       Provo.

1977                              Acting Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington.

1967 - 1973                  Assistant Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:

1974 – 1991    Multiple Small Faculty Development and Research Grants, University of

                                      Vermont, Burlington.

1975                Small Grant Award, American Sociological Association. 

1961 – 1973    Multiple Small Research Grants, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

1961 – 1965    National Inst's of Mental Health Predoc. Training Fellowship. 

Ph.D. DISSERTATION: 

 

        The Development and Change of Political Commitment Among College Undergraduates,

        University of California (Berkeley), 1967.  Dissertation Chairman, Prof. Neil J. Smelser.

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS: 

2006  OpEd, "Election Dangers in New Mexico: Will Our Votes Counted in November,"

                        Santa Fe New Mexican,  Oct. 11.

1995 "Art Production and Artists' Careers: the Transition from 'Outside' to 'Inside'," Ch. 3 in

                        V.L. Zolberg & J.M. Cherbo (Eds.), Outsider versus Insider Art, Cambridge

                        University Press,

1994 "The Stylistic Games that Visual Artists Play," pp. 23-34 in Boekmancahier 23, cultural

                        journal of Boekmanstichting, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

1993 "Mediating Claims to Artistry: Social Stratification in a Local Visual Arts Community,"

                        Sociological Forum, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 403-431.

1992 "Pilgrimage to Japan: An Episode in the American Zen Buddhist

                        Reformation," Ch. 5 in Twentieth-Century World Religious Movements In Neo-Weberian Perspective,

                        edited by  William H. Swatos, The Edwin Mellen Press.

1991 "American Zen's 'Japan Connection': A Critical Case Study of Zen Buddhism's

                        Diffusion to the West," Sociological Analysis, 52:4, Winter : 379 - 396.

1983 "Social and Service Organizational Complexities," pp. 24-33 in The Human Services in

                        Chittenden County, Center for Rural Studies, Univ of Vt,.

1983 "Bureaucratic Causes of Client Problems in Human Service Organizations," in

                        Management Perspectives, Vol. 2, School of Business Administration, University of Vermont, Spring. 

1982 "A Contingency Theory of Organizational Crime," primary author, with H. R. Lesieur, pp. 255-299, Perspectives in

                        Organizational Sociology: Theory and Research, Vol. 1, by S. B. Bacharach (Ed.), JAI Press,

                        Greenwich, Connecticut.

1981 "Improving the Reliability of Retrospective Survey Measurements: Results of a Longitudinal Field Test," Evaluation

                         Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, April, pp. 207_229.  (Approx. 50+ reprints requested, worldwide.) 

1980 "Small-Scale Ethanol Production for Farms:  The Potential for Cooperative Strategies,"

                        Co-author with Rural Development Associates, Inc., Burlington, Vermont.

1978 Review of Social Change and Human Purpose: Toward Understanding and Action, by

                        Roland L. Warren, in Administrative Science Quarterly, March, pp. 178-184.

1978  Review of Multinational Cooperatives:  An Alternative for World Development, by J.G.

                        Craig, in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 84, No. 3, pp. 170-172.

1974 "Political Dimensions of College Impact on Civil_Libertarianism and the Integration of Political Perspectives: A

                        Longitudinal Analysis," Sociology of Education, Vol. 47, Spring, pp. 214_250. 

1973 "Problems of Local, Regional and National Support for Rural Poor-Peoples' Cooperatives in the United States: 

                        Some Lessons from the 'War on Poverty' Years," Canadian Journal of Public and Cooperative

                        Economy, Vol. 6, 1973, pp. 25_73. 

1971 "Political Libertarianism at Berkeley: An Application of Perspectives from the New

                        Student Left," Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 35- 61.

1969  Review of Political Sociology, by Frank Lindenfeld (Ed.), in American Sociological

                        Review, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 769-770.

1966  "Images of the Professor and Interest in the Academic Profession," Sociology of

                        Education, Vol. 39, No. 4, Fall, pp. 302-323, with Ian D. Currie, Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin. 

                        Reprinted twice.

OTHER PAPERS: 

 

2006            2006  "UPCOMING ELECTION DANGERS: Will our Votes be Counted in 2006 and 2008?" Oct. 7, 2006, draft.

        2006  "Report on the 2007 Media Conference Fights for the Public Interest,"Feb.

        1979  "Determinants of Self-Help Participation by the Rural Poor," (article). 

        1977   Report of the Graduate Program Planning Committee, Dept of Sociology,

                   primary author with J.H. Mabry, F.E. Schmidt, and G.F. Lewis, 107 pp.  A

                   proposal for a Ph.D. program in Applied Sociology.

        1973 "Community Support and Goal Displacement in a Poor People's Cooperative Farm:  A Case Study of

                   Organizational Adaptation to Environmental Uncertainty," with David  McGranahan.

 

BOOKS IN DRAFT: 

1) ESSAYS ON ART: The Process of Painting and the Social Organization of Art, draft.

2) STUDIES IN APPLIED ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY,  l5 published essays.

3) ZEN ESSAYS: Sociological Studies and Personal Reports.

 FORMER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:

1) American Sociological Association

2) College Art Association of America

3) Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

4) International Sociological Association

FORMER JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER FOR: Social Forces; Rose Monograph Series, American Sociological

          Association; Rural Sociology; Sociology of Education; National Science Foundation; American Sociological Review;

          Sociological Analysis; & Sage Publications.

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: 1969 – Present

Service as Organizer, Speaker, Panelist, Presenter, Session Critic, Moderator, Workshop Leader, Radio Interviewee, Lecturer, Field Research Director for multiple events, Institutes, Colloquia, Forums, Symposia and Research Projects.

 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING:

1979 – 1988                Consultant on Four Research Projects for Associates in Rural

                                            Development,  Burlington, VT.

1986 - 1987                 Director, Voter Survey on Waterfront Development, Community

                                            Economic Development Office, Burlington, Vermont,.

1985 – 1986                Survey Advisor, University Health Center, Univ. of Vermont.

1984 – 1985                Agency Review and Development Committee, Chittenden County United Way, Vermont.

1983                            Vermont Attorney General's Office, Survey Design for a Case Involving Securities Fraud.

 COURSES TAUGHT:

1) Introduction to Sociology

2) Social Problems in American Society

3) Social Problems in Complex Organizations

4) Affluence and Poverty in American Society

5) Collective Behavior and Social Movements

6) Organization Development and Change

7) The Sociology of Cooperatives and Cooperative Communities

8) Social Stratification (Advanced)       

9) Formal Organization Theory (Advanced)

10) Methods of Social Research

11) Sociology of Art

 BUDDHISM

 

TEACHERS:

2009 – present               Roshi Gerry Shishin Wick, Great Mt. Zen Center, Colorado.

2006 – 2009                  Changing Vipassana and Zen teachers.

2005,  2006                   Roshi Sidney Musai Walter, Prajna Zendo, Santa Fe, NM.

1995 – 2004                  Sensei Jitsudo Ancheta, Abbot, Hidden Mountain Zen Center,

                                                Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1984 - 1994                   Roshi John Daido Loori, Abbot, Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt.

                                                Tremper, New York.

 RETREATS & TRAINING RECEIVED:

2001                              Training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat

                                                Zinn, Madonna Retreat Center, CA, Week-long.

2000                               Ordination as Zen Senior ("Shuso"), Jitsudo Ancheta, Hidden

                                                Mountain Zen Center, Albuquerque, NM.

1987                              Travel in Japan  with John Daido Loori to Eihei-ji and Soji-ji

                                                Monasteries for his confirmation in the Soto Sect, May.

1985 – Present               Day- & Week-long meditation retreats too numerous to count.

1985 – Present               6 – 8   Ninety Day "Ango" retreats, 4 as full-time resident.

1985                               Ordination as Zen Buddhist, John Daido Loori, Zen Mountain

                                                Monastery, Mt. Tremper, New York.

 RETREATS, TALKS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS GIVEN:

2006                                Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workshop, 9 sessions, including

                                                 day-long retreat, Unitarian Church, Los Alamos, Spring.

2004                              "Meditation and Healing: A Review of Research," Unitarian Church of

                                                Los Alamos, Nov. 28.

2002 – 2006                    "Intro. to Buddhism," Los Alamos High School, Two Classes a year.

2002 -  2010                  Five Dharma Talks, Los Alamos and Taos.       

2001 – Present                Multiple day-long retreats  at Kannon Zendo, Los Alamos, NM.

2000                              "Dongshan is Ill," Case No. 94 of The Book of Serenity, Shuso Talk at

                                                Hidden Mountain Zen Center, Albuquerque, NM.

1998                                "Introduction to Buddhism and Zen Meditation," Eight Evening

                                                Classes, Los Alamos Unitarian Church, Fall.

WRITING:

2010                 FIRE GATE OF HEALING: A Father's Journey from Suicide to Service.

See Also          "Publications" and "Books in Draft," Sociology Career, above.

 ORGANIZATIONS & BOARDS:

2002 – Present               Founder, Kannon Zendo, Los Alamos, NM.

1997–2002                    Treasurer & Board Member, Hidden Mt. Zen Center, Albuq.

1985- 1995                    Co-founder & Board Member, Zen Affiliate of Vt., Burlington.

ART AND LITERARY WRITING

 

ART EDUCATION:

1) Master of Fine Arts (Painting), high honors, Pratt Institute, New York City 1994.

2) Multiple credit courses at University of California, Philadelphia College of Art,

                       University of Vermont, 1965 – 1989.

3) Multiple Sessions at Vermont Studio School (later,"Center")

4) Student with the late James Gahagan,  former student, then colleague of

                       abstract expressionist painter Hans Hoffman.

 PUBLISHED ESSAYS AND POETRY:

2009               "Moon-Faced Buddha:A Requiem," a poem, Santa Fe Literary Review.

2005               "Wild Flower,"a poem, Sipapu:Literary Explorations, Winter, Los Alamos.

2001  - 2007  Scenes From the Live Poets' Society, Vols. I, II. III: Sixteen Poems.

1993                "Visiting the Ancestors in Japan," Green Mountains Review, 20pp., Fall. 

 BOOKS IN DRAFT: 

2008        Fire Gate Poems.

2007        Poems On The Spiritual Path, anthology.

 ART & WRITING GRANTS & AWARDS:

2010   "The Scent of Ponderosa Pines: Healing From My Son's Suicide," 2nd place

                       award, South West Writers Assoc. biannual competition.

1998   Residency, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA.

REPRESENTING N.M. ART GALLERIES AND TOURS:

1995 – 1997   Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.  Juried.

1996,   1998    Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour, Juried.

COLLECTIONS:

1) Corporate: IBM (Essex Junction)

2) Private: Maryland, New York City, Boston, Illinois, Michigan, Connecticut, Vermont,

                         Alabama, California, Virginia, New Mexico, New York, Arizona, Kansas.

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Juried or Invited):

2010        “Homage to White: Explorations of Form and Emptiness,” Unitarian

                        Church of Los Alamos. 

1998        "Transitions: Recent Oil Paintings," Fuller Ledge Art Center, Los Alamos.

1996        "Barranca Series I,"  Santa Fe Contemporary Art, NM.

1995        "Recent Paintings," Unitarian Church, Los Alamos, NM.

1995        "Naturalistic Abstractions," Chaffe Art Center, Rutland, Vermont.

1994        "MFA Exhibition of Painting," Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, March.

1994        "Spotlight Artist," Vermont Council on the Arts, Montpelier, VT.

1993        "Expressionist Drawings," Fine Art Gallery, Pratt Institute, NYC.

1990        "Recent Paintings," Beside Myself Gallery, Arlington, VT.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Juried or invited):

2003               "All Decked Out," Auction Show, Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, Invited.

1998, ' 99, '04 "Annual FOCA Artists Exhibition," LewAllen Contemporary, Friends of Contemporary Art;

                              Santa Fe, 2004 show juried by Lawrence Rinder,  Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.

1997               "Contemporary 1997," Albuquerque United Artists, Louis Grachos juror.

1994               "Pratt MFA Juried Exhibition," SoHo, NYC, Tiffnay Bell juror.

1983 – 1996    Sixteen Other Group Shows in Vermont, New York City, Los Alamos and Santa Fe.

LECTURES & ART COURSES TAUGHT:

2010          Slide Show Retrospective, Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, January 24.

1992        "Transient Verities: Changing Aesthetic and Social Concerns, 1964/1992," Invited Lecture. A Response to the

                        Exhibition "Time Capsules: Artist Print Portfolios 1964/1992," Fleming Museum, University of  Vermont.

1990        "Modern Art and Society," 3-credit course, University of Vermont, 1988-

                       1992; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring. 

BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLES, SHOW REVIEWS & REPRODUCTIONS:

2006               “The Sound Of One Man Clapping,” Roger Snodgrass, Assistant Editor,

                                      Los Alamos Monitor, June 7, pp. 1,2.

1998               Paul Weideman, "Finney Talks About His Inward Journey: From

                                      Sociology to Abstract Painting,” Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15.

1996               "Luminous Art/Studio Visit w. H.C. Finney," Sandoval County Arts, July.

1996               "Art Pick," Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque, July 10 – 14.

1994, 1999     Two Images of Paintings on CD Covers of classical music concerts.

1990               "At Beside Myself Gallery," The Manchester Guardian, Aug. 22.

 SHOWS ORGANIZED &/OR CURATED:

1998               "Contemporary Art 1998," Curator, Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos,

                                      Stuart Ashman Juror.

1994               "QUE PASA: Art In New Mexico," Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos.

1989, '90        "Art of Social Consciousness," Societas I, II & III, Organizer of Student

                                               Exhibitions, Univ. of Vermont & Mass. Institute of Technology.

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS & OFFICES:

1998 - Present  Live Poets Society, Santa Fe.

1997 - 1998      Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Exhibition Committee.

1996 - 1999     Albuquerque United Artists.

1995 - 2000      Santa Fe Council on the Arts.

1992 - 1997        Artists' Space, New York City.

1992 – 1994      Organization of Independent Artists, New York City.

1990 - 1997      International Sociological Association, Section on Art.

1988 - 1995      Vermont Council on the Arts, Montpelier.

1988 - 1994      College Art Association.