SERVICE AND AWARDS Highlights

 
     
1987- present Professor of Anthropology UCI  
     
2005 Order of the Rising Sun This is the highest honor that the government of Japan can bestow on a non-Japanese. The award is made by the Emperor of Japan
     
1985-1987 President of the Society for Ethnomusicology This is the national professional academic association for ethnomusicologists in the US
     
1986-1996 National Council on the Arts This is the advisory body to the president of the United States and policy body for the National Endowment for the Arts. The Appoinment is made by the President of the United States.
     
1987-1993 Smithsonian Council The advisory body to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC
     
1997-2000 Director of Chicano Latino Studies Program, UCI
     
1998-2002 President of Los Angeles Chapter, Urasenke Tea Ceremony
     
1999 and 2003 Research Professor, Japanese National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
     
1991-1993 Director of Univeristy of California Study Center, San Jose, Costa Rica  
1982-1987 Dean of the School of the Arts, UCI  
1976-1982 Vice-Provost, University of Washington
     
1962-1982 Founder and Director of the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington, Seattle
     
Short Bio Biographical Information  

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