The Roman
My blogs
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Investment Advisor |
| Location | Connecticut and Florida, United States |
| Introduction | The Roman is a graduate of the University of Connecticut. He attended Yale University, the Sorbonne (Paris), the University of the Americas (Mexico), Boston University, the Art Institute of Boston, and holds certificates from the University of Connecticut (Latin American Studies) and the French Ministry of Education (Language & Cultural Studies). A U.S. Army volunteer (1968-1971), The Roman served in Viet Nam with the US Army Rangers. He is the creator of “The Viet Nam War Veterans Oral History Project." He is a public speaker and a resource for various print and broadcast media on a variety of subjects. Forty of his photographs are permanent acquisitions of the Smithsonian. The Roman served three tours in Iraq (2004-2005)for the U. S. Department of Defense.He Speaks five languages, 2 dialects, four aboriginal languages, and is conversational in basic Arabic after living in Iraq. |
| Interests | Culture, Politics,Travel, Adventure, Marksmanship, Literature, Fencing, Photography, Cuisine,Art |
| Favorite movies | Best Years of Our Lives,Big, Gone With The Wind, Castaway, We were Soldiers, Song of The SOuth,Heartland,Stagecoach, |
| Favorite music | Hans Zimmer, Windham Hill, DeBussy, Liszt, Chopin, Virtuoso Performances, John Williams (guitar)Beethoven, Mozart, Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Allison Krause, Ralph Stanley, Enya, Johnny Cash, Tom Waites,Eva Cassidy, more. |
| Favorite books | Bible, Plutarch's Lives, Shakespeare, Bartlett's Quotations, Dickens,Defoe, Dumas,Biographies, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War |