Edgar L.
Private tutor in McLean, VA
Education
Five colleges/universities while on active duty in the Navy. Tulane University night school. Tulane University by correspondence. University of Washington by correspondence. University of Hawaii night school. Finished up at U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, BS in economics, MS in Finance awarded "with distinction."
Experience
Retired commander, U. S. Navy. Naval aviator. Flew multi-engine airplanes. Made two 10-month Mediterranean cruises on aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) as assistant operations/ intelligence officer; visited Barcelona, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Beirut, Gibraltar. Taught ground school in Pensacola, FL (2 years); presented 2-day seminars to stock brokers to prepare them to take the 4-hour National Commodity Futures examination (2 years). Author of two books on finance: "Getting Started in Futures," now in its 5th edition; and, "Getting Started in Exchange-traded Funds." Both published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in New York. Worked as an advertising copywriter in two major agencies in New York and Baltimore (2 years). Wrote television commercials for Fritos Corn Chips (the "Frito Bandito") and Black & Decker power Tools. Received creative award for B&D TV commercial.
Availability
Any day in the morning, Any day in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
My two main hobbies are the trombone and the Spanish language. The trombone I started playing when it was taller than I was. I have continued to play, and have been with the Vienna (VA) Community Band. I took basic high school and college Spanish, but my affinity for the language really took off when I attended a semester at the University of Mexico, Mexico City, DF. Classes were lectured in Spanish, and I lived in a private home where no one spoke English. I continue to study in weekly adult education classes in Spanish conversation. My most recent hobby is our dog, a female Australian Red Heeler (cattle dog) whom we adopted from a shelter two years ago. She's a lover, goes wherever I go.
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