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CONDENSED
RΙSUMΙ
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.
19972002 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.
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