In 1942, Whitney played as a reserve outfielder for the New York Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Natalia Cardelino and David Whitney were lecturers in the fall and spring, respectively.
Joe Gibbons's video "Confessions of a Sociopath" was shown at the Whitney Biennial, a prestigious museum exhibition that features work by leading and emerging American artists.
Appointed as lecturers were Daniel Greenwood in Architectural Design; Natalia Cardelino, David Whitney, Carl Rosenberg, and Barry Webb in Building Technology; Stuart Steck in History,Theory, and Criticism; and Reiner Leist and Joe Gibbons in Visual Arts.
Carl Humphries is a pianist, composer, and music journalist.
He studied piano and composition in London, Turin, and Berlin, and has performed at some of the most prestigious classical and jazz venues in the UK.
David McGee, author of Go, Cat, Go: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly, is senior editor of Pro Sound News and country music editor for barnesandnoble.com.