| University of Missouri, Professor of Philosophy Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor Professor of Family and Community Medicine Adjunct Clinical Professor of Nursing Assistant to the Chancellor | 422 G. C. B., Philosophy Dept. 573-882-6760 E-mail: philwb@showme.missouri.edu Home: 1907 S. Fairview Road 573-445-9828 Columbia, Missouri 65203 Date of Birth: March 30, 1938 |
Education:
B.A., Augustana College, 1958 (Philosophy,
Greek, and German)
M.A., University of Illinois, 1962 (Greek)
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1965 (Philosophy)
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Employment:
Staff member, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
1962-64
Instructor to Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri-Columbia,
1964-present
Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1967-69
Director, Honors College, 1969-72
Director, College of General Studies, 1973-79
Director, University Concert Series, 1976-1992
Co-director, Program in Health Care and Human Values, 1979-85
Special Assistant to the Dean and Director of Development, College
of Arts and Science, 1985-87
Faculty Liaison to the Alumni Association, 1987-91
Professor of Family and Community Medicine, 1988-present
Faculty Associate to the Provost, 1991-94
Director, Chamber Music Series, 1992-94
Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy
and Family and Community Medicine, 1992-present
(on leave in 1974 and 1975 as an ACE Fellow at the
University of Nebraska and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
at the University of Mid-America)
Assistant to the Chancellor, 1999-present
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Fellowships:
Danforth Foundation Fellow (1958-65)
University of Chicago Fellow (1958-60)
Summer Research Fellowship (1967 and 1971)
Dean of Faculties Fellowship (1969 and 1970)
Fellowship to Harvard Institute for Educational Management (1978)
ACLS Fellow (1978)
Society for Values in Higher Education Fellow (1982)
Wakonse Fellow (1989)
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Research:
articles on ancient philosophy, higher education,
and medical ethics; editor and contributor to four books in the
Reidel Philosophy and Medicine Series: New Knowledge in the Biomedical
Sciences (1982), Abortion and the Status of the Fetus (1983),
Rights to Health Care (1990), and Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities
(1987).
Co-founder and Co-editor, Wakonse Journal for College
Teaching and Learning, 1996
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Honors and Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa (1958),
Omicron Delta Kappa (1982),
Phi Kappa Phi (1984),
Faculty Alumni Award (l968),
Amoco Teaching Award (1977),
Purple Chalk Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1979
and 1984),
Union Electric Award for Leadership in the Arts (1984),
Panhellenic Outstanding Faculty Award (1985)
Beta Theta Pi Teaching Excellence Award (1986)
Maxine Christopher Shutz Award and Lectureship for
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching (1989)
CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Missouri
Professor of the Year (1989)
CASE National Gold Medalist Award (1989)
Council of Chiefs, American Youth Foundation (1990)
Missouri Arts Council Award (1993)
MU Friends of the Library Distinguished Friend Award
(1993)
MU Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award (1993)
Missouri Students Association Distinguished Teaching Award(1993)
Jefferson Club Distinguished Scholar (1994)
Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Teacher Award (1994)
Outstanding Teacher Award, Sigma Kappa (1995)
Tapped for honorary membership, Omicron Delta Kappa
(1995)
Who's Who Among American Teachers (1996)
MU Excellence in Education Award (1996)
Beta Theta Pi Outstanding Teacher Award (1996)
William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching
(1997)
1997 Outstanding Greek Faculty Award (1997)
Grants received and administered:
$3.5 million for research and programs in medical
ethics, the arts, and higher education, and the Wakonse Foundation
from: the Society for Health and Human Values, The Education and
Research Committee of the American Medical Association, Ortho
Drug Company, National Endowment for the Humanities, International
Studies in Philosophy and Medicine, Missouri Committee for the
Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-America Arts
Alliance, Missouri Arts Council, Columbia Commission on the Arts,
the First National Bank and Trust Company, the Boone County Community
Trust, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Chancellor,
and the Kellogg Foundation.
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Recent university and public
service activities:
Founding President, Museum Associates
President, Friends of the Library
Founding Executive Vice-President, Friends of Music
President, Missouri Citizens for the Arts
Chair, Campus United Way
Chair, City of Columbia Commission on the Arts
Chair, Missouri Department of Mental Health Professional Review
Committee
Dance Advisory Committee of the Missouri Arts Council
Touring Advisory Committee of the Missouri Arts Council
President, Columbia Art League
Chair, Medical Ethics Program Directors National
Group
Chair, MU Hospital and Clinics Ethics Committee
V.A. Hospital Bioethics Committee
Lenoir Home Ethics Committee
President, Faculty/Staff Golf League
Co-founder, Wakonse Foundation for College Teaching
Co-director, Wakonse National Conferences on College Teaching
American Mirror Lecturer, Missouri Humanities Council, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997
President, University Club
American Cancer Society, Columbia Chapter, Relay
for Life Committee
Presidential Search Committee, University of Missouri
System
Chancellor Search and Screening Task Force, University
of Missouri System
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Recent Consulting Activities:
National Library of Medicine
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
Missouri Arts Council
University Departments of Neurosurgery, Child Health, Medicine,
Surgery, and Burn Unit
Option Care of Central Missouri
Bioethics Development Group, Midwest Bioethics Center
reviewer for several publishers and the Journal of
Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Lucy Lee Hospital, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
The Advisory Panel to the Ethics Committee of the American College
of Legal Medicine
Current teaching log:
Philosophy 1, Introduction to Philosophy: a large
lecture/discussion course which introduces students to some fundamental
philosophical issues, mainly for freshmen.
Philosophy 204, Ancient Western Philosophy: a course
in the beginnings of Western philosophy including the ideas of
the Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and
the Epicureans
Philosophy 205, Early Modern Philosophy: the history
of philosophy from Descartes to Kant
Philosophy 323, Medieval Philosophy: the history
of philosophy from Augustine to Scotus
Philosophy 331, Medical Ethics: basic topics in medical
ethics including the withdrawing and witholding of treatment,
advance directives, impaired newborns, informed consent and informed
refusal, the use of fetal tissue in research and therapy, and
genetic issues. This course has also been taught through Extension
Teaching at Boone Hospital Center and Columbia Regional Hospital
and over the fiber optics network to sites in St.Louis, Kansas
City, Rolla, Portageville, and Poplar Bluff.
Philosophy 402, Seminar in the Teaching of Philosophy:
a seminar for graduate students in Philosophy on the preparation
of lectures, leading a discussion, grading, and motivating students
Philosophy 412, Seminar in Plato: advanced studies
in the dialogues of Plato
Philosophy 413, Seminar in Arisototle: advanced studies
in the treatises of Aristotle
General Honors Humanities 101, 102, 103, and 104: a course for
Honors College students in the major works of philosophy, art,
and literature from the Greeks to the present
Medical Ethics section of Introduction to Clinical
Medicine: basic topics in medical ethics such as informed consent,
informed refusal, witholding and withdrawing treatment, living
wills and advance directives.
-monthly seminar in medical ethics for Medical School
faculty
-weekly clinical ethics rounds for third year medical
students
-medical ethics seminars for Robert Wood Johnson
Fellows in Family Practice, the School of Nursing, and the School
of Health Related Professions
-about eighty invited presentations per year to University classes,
seminars, state and national meetings, and alumni groups; topics
include: various issues in medical ethics, undergraduate education,
promoting and financing the arts, the great books, and greek and
roman civilization
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Recent Scholarly Activities:
"The Case of Nancy Cruzan and Some Problems
of Surrogacy," J. Moran, K. Patel, and W. Brown, editors,
Technology and Health Care Ethics, Sage Publishing Co. and Westview
Press, forthcoming.
"Liberal Education, The University of Chicago,
Nietzsche, and the Incredible Popularity of Allan Bloom's The
Closing of the American Mind," The Maxine Christopher Shutz
Award and Lecture for Distinguished Teaching, University of Missouri,
November, 1989.
"Higher Education, the Research University, and the Re-affirmation
of Excellence in Teaching," University of Missouri Spectrum
September 1990
The Cruzan Case and Some Issues of Public Policy, Governmental
Affairs Newsletter, Governmental Affairs Program, University of
Missouri, vol. xxv, no. 8, April 1991
Faculty Development and the New American Scholar, in To
Improve the Academy, vol 11, 1992, pp. 3-12.
The Wakonse Conferences on College Teaching, co-author,
Journal of Counseling and Development, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 480-485,
May/June 1994
Co-editor, Summer, 1993 issue of National Forum (Pi Kappa Phi
journal) on health care issues
The Student Learning Imperative: Possibilities and Problems
from a Faculty Point of View, Journal of College Student Development,
Fall, 1995
Some Reflections on Teaching and Tenure, Wakonse Journal
on College Teaching and Learning, Fall 1996
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Some Recent Invited or Refereed
Papers and Presentations:
Inspiring, Professing and Teaching,
Keynote address, School of Veterinary Medicine Conference on Teaching,
January 22, 1991.
The Ethics of Science and the Technology of Ethics, St.
Louis Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium, University
of Missouri-St.Louis, March 14, 1991.
Womens Issues in Medical Ethics, Honors College Womens
Network Seminar, April 30, 1991.
Development of Institutional Awareness, Faculty Training and
Successful Medical Student Teaching in Clinical Ethics Using Volunteers,
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, May 5, 1991.
Issues in Medical Ethics for Older Citizens, talks to Elderhostel,
Camp Miniwanca, Shelby, Michigan, August, 1991.
The Ethics of Advance Directives, Keynote address, Missouri
Medical Records Association Annual meeting, September 18, 1991.
Teaching, Faculty Development, and the New American Scholar,
Keynote address, Professional and Organizational Development Network
in Higher Education meetings, Morgantown, West Virginia, October
25, 1991.
Dealing with the Incompetent, Grand Rounds, Rusk Rehabilitation
Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, February
4, 1992.
Making the Class a Team, MU Teaching Rewnewal Conference,
March 12, 1992.
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Teaching and Professing,
Keynote address, St. Edwards University Teaching Renewal Conference,
St. Edwards University, Dallas, Texas, April 23, 1992.
The Ethics of Fund Raising, Keynote address, Midwest Society
of Fund Raising Executives Annual Meeting, Tan-Tara, Lake Ozark,
Missouri, April 28, 1992.
Making Decisions for the Incompetent, Section on Health
Care, Pi Kappa Phi National Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina,
August 7, 1992.
The Crises in American Health Care, Westminster College
Freshman Class Lecture Series, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri,
October 7, 1992.
Ethics Committees: Are They Ethical?, The J. Reid Baggett
Administrative Lectureship, St. Lukes Hospital, Jacksonville,
Florida, November 11, 1992.
Womens Issues and Medical Ethics, Missouri Focus on Leadership
Program, March 12, 1993
The Ethics of Adult Day Care, Missouri Adult Day Care meetings,
March 26, 1993
Privacy and the Human Genome Project, American Mirror Lecture,
Missouri Humanities Council, April 1, 1993
Multiculturalism, American Association of University Women,
Columbia, Missouri, April 20, 1993
Ethics in the Operating Room, Missouri Association of Perioperative
Nurses, May 8, 1993
The Ethics of Managed Care, Grand Rounds, Department of
Family and Community Medicine, August 3, 1993
Ethical Issues in Prospect Research, American Prospect
Research Annual Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri, August 7, 1993.
Teaching, Professing and the New American Scholar, Key-note
Address, Briarcliff College Conference on Teaching, Cedar Falls,
Iowa , August 26. 1993.
Consent and Competence, Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology,
September 13, 1993
Ethics and the Arts, Department of Art Senior Seminar,
September 22, 1993
Using Role Playing and Cases as Teaching Methods: Some Examples
from Medical Ethics, Professional and Organizational Development
annual meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, October 15, 1993.
Ethical Choices for the Elderly, Autonomy and Other Values,
Missouri Rural Elderly Conference, Kirksville, Missouri, November
9, 1993.
The Ruby and Mary Green Lecture: Why Save Rural Communities?
Breimyer Agricultural Policy Seminar, Columbia, Missouri,
November 17, 1993.
Fetal Rights, Missouri Nursing Association, Columbia, Missouri,
December 10, 1993
The Ethics of Ethics Committees, Columbia Regional Hospital
Medical Staff conference, February 15, 1994.
University Forum presentation: The University and its Critics,
February 16, 1994.
The Practical Workings of an Ethics Committee, Missouri
Bioethics Center Ethics Committee Conference, February 25, 1994.
The Ethics of Teaching, Campus Teaching Renewal Conference,
March 3, 1994.
Workshop on Ethics for Nurses, Macon, Missouri sponsored by MU
School of Nursing, March 8, 1994.
Keynote Address: Teaching as Professing, College of Agriculture
Teaching Conference, March 31, 1994.
Co-Director, University Conference on the Large Introductory Course,
Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake Ozark, Missouri, April 22-23, 1994.
Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, MU Jefferson
Club, April 30, 1994.
The Ethics of Refusing Care, St. Marys Hospital Staff Dinner,
Jefferson City, Missouri, June 7, 1994.
Dealing with Defective Newborns, Grand Rounds, Department
of Child Health, August 22, 1994.
The Origins of Medical Ethics, U.S. Army Central Region
Medical Command meetings, St. Louis, Missouri, September 18, 1994.
The Ethics of Managed Care, Grand Rounds, Department of
Ophthalmology, October 10, 1994.
The Ethics of Physician Assisted Suicide, St. Louis Ethical
Society, St. Louis, Missouri, October 12, 1994.
Panelist: What Constitutes a Good Undergraduate Education?,
Faculty Forum, October 19, 1994.
Address: The Cultivation of Teaching and Undergraduate Education
in a Large Research University, University of Missouri Board
of Curators meeting, October 20, 1994.
Talk: How an Ethics Committee Decides Cases, Rolla Memorial
Hospital, Rolla, Missouri, November 1, 1994
Talk: Some Cases in Veterinary Ethics, American Veterinary
Association meeting, Columbia, Missouri, November 14, 1994.
Commentator on papers at the MU Department of Psychology Colloquium
on Teaching, December 14, 1994.
Talk: Ethics and Balances, Association of Career Counselors
Mid-west Meetings, Columbia, Missouri, February 15, 1995
Key-note address: Building a Community for Teaching, Texas
A and M National Teaching Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, February
23, 1995.
Talk: Ethics and Agriculture, Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow
meetings, Columbia, Missouri, February 25, 1995.
Key-note address: The Ethics of the Good Physician, MU
School of Medicine Honorary, Alpha Omega Alpha, March 24, 1995.
Talk: Health Care Ethics for an Aging Population, Missouri
Planning Task Force for the White House Conference on Aging, April
10, 1995
Talk: Ethical Issues in the New Genetics, Nursing and Genetics
Conference, Columbia, Missouri, April 21, 1995
Talk: Ethical Issues in Dealing with Alzheimer's Patients,
Missouri Alzheimer's Association meetings, Columbia, Missouri,
April 22, 1995.
Presentation: Using Cases and Some Techniques for Promoting
Class Discussion, University of Missouri Retreat on Teaching
the Large Class, Lake Ozark, Missouri, April 28, 1995.
Talk: The Ethics of Research, Hughes Scholars Program,
July 27, 1995.
Grand Rounds, MU Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: The Ethics
of Managed Care, October 25, 1995.
Talk: Teaching Through Problem Based Learning, Wakonse
Foundation Teaching Renewal Conference, Allerton House, University
of Illinois, Monticello, Illinois, November 4, 1995.
Talk: Some Ethical Issues in the Allocation of Scarce Resources,
Missouri Perioperative Nurses Conference, Columbia, Missouri,
November 11, 1995.
Talk: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Children with Disabilities,
MU School of Nursing/School of Social Work Seminar, November 17,
1995.
Talk: Ethics and Public Health, Missouri Department of
Public Health Conference, Columbia, Missouri, November 29, 1995.
Presentation: The Wakonse Program for Teaching: Building a
Community for Teaching, American Association for Higher Education
1996 Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, Atlanta, Georgia,
January 20, 1996.
Talk: Physician Assisted Suicide, Boone Hospital Center
Ethics Committee, January 25, 1996.
Talk: Getting out from behind the Lectern, MU Teaching
Renewal Conference, March 1, 1996.
Presentation: The Wakonse Learning Community: Integrating Curricular
and Co-curricular Experiences, AAHE National Conference on
Higher Education, Chicago, Illinois, March 19, 1996.
Talk: Recent Issues in Medical Ethics, Missouri Medical
Records Association Annual meetings, Jefferson City, Missouri,
April 22, 1996.
Talk: Ethics and Emergency Medicine, Midwest Transport
Conference, Columbia, Missouri., May 3, 1996.
Talk: Dealing with Loss, Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital
Seminar, May 16, 1996.
Workshop on Advance Directives, Lenoir Retirement Center, Columbia,
Missouri, May 18, 1996.
Visiting Professor in Medical Ethics, University of the Western
Cape, Capetown, South Africa, July 10-August 9, 1996.
Talk: The Ethics of Teaching, Missouri Nursing Educators
Conference, Columbia, Missouri, September 27, 1996.
Grand Rounds: Ethical Issues in the Care of Burn Patients,
MU Hospital Burn Unit. October 3, 1996.
Talk: How to Think about Physician Assisted Suicide, International
Society for the Study of Subjectivity Conference, Columbia, Missouri,
October 4, 1996.
Grand Rounds: The Ethics of the Doctor-Patient Relationship,
MU Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, November 27, 1996.
Paper: Theories of Health, Health Care, and Justice, International
Symposium on Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, July
4, 1997.