Robert Kern Curtis Date of Birth: June 11, 1940
287 Hamilton Place Age: 69
Hackensack Married - one child
New Jersey 07601 Height: 6' 2"
(201) 489 0354 Weight: 230 lbs
TEACHING AND EMPLOYMENT
June 1985 - Present
Attorney at Law (admitted to practice in New Jersey, June 6, 1985).
General practice of law.
February 2004 - September 2006
Chair of High School Mathematics and Science Departments. Curriculum
Coordinator for Mathematics and Science (grades 7-12).
September 1969 - February 2004
Teacher at Hackensack High School, Hackensack, New Jersey. Hackensack
Public Schools' Computer Education Coordinator (from 1999). Founder (1969)
and Faculty advisor of the Hackensack High School Amateur
Radio Club and trustee of the Club Station, K2HHS (formerly WA2LYJ);
Faculty Advisor for the school Philosophy Club. From October 1993,
Faculty Advisor for National Honor Society Chapter. Runs
Hackensack High School WWW page (www.hackensackhigh.org) and computer
bulletin board for students and teachers (201) 342-5659. Has taught
regular high school courses in calculus, chemistry, computer science,
earth science, electronics, Latin, philosophy, and physics.
Hackensack High School Science Curriculum Advisor (1992-1994).
On January 27, 2004, elected Mathematics and Science Chair (grades 7 -12)
effective February 1, 2004.
President of the Hackensack Education Association (1979-1981; 1997-2004);
Neogtiations Committee (1976-1989;1996-2004); Chairman, Grievance Committee
(1976-1981; 1997-2004); Faculty Representative (1974-1979 & 1981-1997).
Member of the Board of Governors, the Holmstead School, Ridgewood (1986-
present). Member of the Advisory Board, Holley Center, Hackensack (1980-
1987).
Teaching in the Dwight-Englewood Summer School:
Physics for Advancement (1994 - 1999).
Teaching in the Hackensack Secondary Summer School:
Geometry (1991); Geometry and Algebra II (1990); Geometry (1989 &
1988); Algebra I and Algebra II (1986 & 1987); Geometry and General
Science (1981 & 1982); Commercial Arithmetic and General Mathematics
(1977 & 1978); Algebra I (1971-1974).
Teaching in the Hackensack Evening School:
Introduction to Law (1980)
Physics and Trigonometry (1970-1971)
Teaching In-service course for the Hackensack Public Schools:
Law for Teachers (spring 1986 & 1988)
WWW Publishing using HTML (spring 2001 & fall 2002)
Also taught courses for high school credit to small classes before
and after school in Latin, calculus, philosophy, psychology,
theoretical mechanics, and electricity & magnetism. Taught students
to operate the school's computer, an IBM System /3, and to program it
using Fortran IV.
1967 - 1969
Taught geometry and introductory physical science at Xavier High
School, New York City; Assistant school discipliniarian and Faculty
Moderator of the school's Photography Staff and Press Club.
Spring 1967
Director of Public Relations and a Director, Jesuit Seminary &
Mission Bureau, New York City.
1965 - 1967
Taught geometry and introductory physical science at Brooklyn
Preparatory School, Brooklyn, New York; Assistant school
disciplinarian and Faculty Moderator of the school's Photography
Staff; Director of Public Relations for the School.
Summer 1966
Assistant to the Vice President for Business & Finance, Fordham
University. (A summer internship program.)
EDUCATION
1985
J.D. Seton Hall Law School
Rank in class: 71 of 323; GPA: 3.19
L.S.A.T. scores: 714 and 706
Research assistant to Professor D. Michael Risinger.
Judge, Appellate Moot Court Competition (1984, 1986).
1970
M.S. in Ed. (physics: curriculum & teaching) Fordham University
Graduate Record Examinations scores (July 1967):
Verbal: 730 99%ile Math: 710 98%ile
1965
Ph.L. (philosophy) Woodstock College at Shrub Oak, N.Y.
1964
A.B. (physics) Fordham University
Had sufficient credits for majors in Classics, mathematics, and
philosophy, as well as physics.
1958
Xavier High School, New York City
Science Honors Course; Jr. R. O. T. C.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Courses at Jersey City State College (6 credits) in Improving
Education through Supervision and in Supervising Early
Childhood Education, spring 1996.
National Science Foundation summer "institute" in microcomputer
applications in physics teaching, Seton Hall University, summer 1979.
National Science Foundation summer "institute" in Project Physics
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, summer 1975.
Courses at Fordham Law School (20 credits), 1971-1972.
Was in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), 1958-1969.
CERTIFICATION
Holds a permanent teaching certificate in New York for:
PHYSICS, GENERAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS (7-12).
Holds permanent certification in New Jersey as:
TEACHER OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS
TEACHER OF LATIN
SUPERVISOR
Extra Class amateur radio license. Call letters are K2RLW.
BIOGRAPHY
Biography listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American
Education, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Who's Who in American
Law, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in
New Jersey.
ASSOCIATIONS
The American Bar Association
The New Jersey State Bar Association
The Bergen County Bar Association
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
The American Civil Liberties Union
The American Physical Society
The New York Academy of Science
The American Association of Physics Teachers
The American Radio Relay League
The Mathematical Association of America
PUBLICATIONS
"Opinion," (censorship and "Two Live Crew") The Voice, January, 1991.
"Censorship," (letter) The Voice, November, 1985.
"Direct Damages: The Lost Key to Constitutional Just Compensation When
Business Premises Are Condemned" by D. Michael Risinger, Seton Hall Law
Review, Volume 15 Number 3, page 483, et seq., 1985.
("I most especially want to thank my research assistant Robert K. Curtis,
without whose patience and diligence I could never have stumbled through
the fog I originally found myself in when I first encountered the law of
'just compensation'.")
"Classroom Curve," "Renum--Basic Renumbering," and "Memory Dump," (three
computer programs) The Model 100 Companion: Business and
Entertainment Programs for Portable Computing, Osborne/McGraw-Hill,
1984.
"The Minute of Silence," (letter on New Jersey's new law) The Voice,
May, 1983.
"The Simple Pendulum Experiment," The Physics Teacher, January, 1981.
"High Impedance demo-meter," The Physics Teacher, December, 1979
"Significant Partners," (letter on school administration) American Magazine,
May 26, 1979.
"More on Measuring 'g'," (letter) The Physics Teacher, January, 1979
Contribution (an exam) to CLEP General Examinations, Arco, 1976.
"S.A.T.'s: To Guess or Not to Guess?," The Voice, (October 1975) Vol. 40,
No. 1
"Physics Program at Hackensack High Prepares Students for Future," Town
News South, March 5, 1975.
"Hackensack H. S. Radio Hams Communicate Around World," Town News
South, December 18, 1974.
"Rubber Band Lab," (letter) The Physics Teacher, November, 1974.
One of five photographs on the cover, The Physics Teacher, September,
1972.
"Simon Stock, St.," "Thecla of Iconium, St.," and "Walter Pierson, Bl.,"
Catholic Encyclopedia for School and Home, McGraw-Hill, 1965.
"Hans Kung on Karl Barth," Jubilee, July, 1965.
"Hans Kung, Justification: The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic
Reflection," (a review) The Philosopher (June 1965) Vol. XII.
"Charles Waterton, Esq.," New Measures, 1962.