Tom Wukitsch, Member at Large, spent the first 7 of his 35 years of U.S. Government service in the Navy and the rest as a State Department Foreign Service Officer, working principally in Middle East and European assignments. Between military and Foreign Service employment he designed computers for a major U.S. communications company and taught ancient history. He has BA (History/Archeology -- Loyola-Chicago) and MA (Strategic Asset Management -- JMIC, Washington DC) degrees. He teaches Roman history at the Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute (George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia) -- Website:  He speaks Arabic and Italian and has worked in German, ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and other classical languages.

Julie Marcis