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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Professor
Location	Chicago suburbs, Illinois, United States
Interests	Philosophy, religion, history, literature, music, art, social activism, environmentalism, animal rights, writing, board games, cooking, running (not so much lately!), nature, and travel.
Favorite Movies	Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Casablanca, Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Persuasion, Monsters Inc., Ratatouille, Princess Bride, Goonies, the Indiana Jones trilogy, The Hunt for Red October, All the President's Men, Captains Courageous, Ghostbusters, Captain Blood, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke.
Favorite Music	Beethoven, Mozart, Hadyn, Handel, Various composers of classical music and opera, including Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Donizetti, Verdi, Bellini, Chopin, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. Various classical musicians, including Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Ma, Terfel, Fleming, Bartoli, Dessay, and Pavarotti. Various contemporary artists, including Lyle Lovett, Yo La Tengo, Joshua Radin, and U2. I am interested in bluegrass and jazz, but I haven't listened to many artists in those genres.
Favorite Books	The Bible, Brothers Karamazov, Persuasion, Silas Marner, Henry IV (Parts I & II).