Kline, Peter 1936-

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KLINE, Peter 1936-

PERSONAL: Born February 7, 1936, in Madison, WI; son of O. L. (in nutritional research) and Susan (White) Kline; married Barbara Knopf (a church organist and choir director), August 30, 1958 (divorced); married Nancy Meadows (a teacher and author), June 27, 1972; children: (first marriage) Stephanie Lynn, Maureen Susan, Wendy Anne. Education: Amherst College, B.A., 1957; Catholic University of America, M.A., 1960.

ADDRESSES: Home—19109 Johnson Rd., South Bend, IN 46614.

CAREER: Maret School, Washington, DC, teacher and head of English department, 1958-65; Dunbarton College, Washington, DC, instructor in speech and drama, 1960-65; Valerie Warde Drama School, Washington, DC, director, 1963-65; Sandy Spring Friends School, Sandy Spring, MD, teacher and head of English department, 1965-70; Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC, English teacher, 1970-72; Maret School, teacher and coordinator, 1972-73; Interlocking Curriculum School, cofounder, codirector, and teacher, 1973-83; public speaker and consultant, 1983-90; Integra Learning Systems, South Bend, IN, founder and board chair, 1990—. Lyric Theater Company, founder and director, 1951-65.

WRITINGS:

The Theatre Student: Scenes to Perform, Richards

Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1969.

The Theatre Student: Playwriting, Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1970.

(With Nancy Meadors) The Theatre Student: PhysicalMovement for the Theatre, Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1971.

The Theatre Student: Gilbert and Sullivan Production, Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1972.

The Theatre Student: The Actor's Voice, Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1972.

Enjoying the Arts: Opera, Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1977.

Diary of a Play Production: An Account of a HighSchool Production of "Romeo and Juliet," Richards Rosen Press (New York, NY), 1980.

The Everyday Genius: Restoring Children's NaturalJoy of Learning, and Yours Too, Great Ocean Publishers (Arlington, VA), 1988.

(With Laurence D. Martel) School Success: The InsideStory, Learning Matters (Arlington, VA), 1992.

(With Bernard Saunders) Ten Steps to a LearningOrganization, Great Ocean Publishers (Arlington, VA), 1993, 2nd edition, 1998.

(With Syril Kline) The Butterfly Dreams, Great Ocean Publishers (Arlington, VA), 1998.

(With Hal Isen) The Genesis Principle: A Journey into the Source of Creativity and Leadership, Great Ocean Publishers (Arlington, VA), 1999.

Why America's Children Can't Think: CreatingIndependent Minds for the 21st Century, Inner Ocean (Makawao, Maui, HI), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS: Peter Kline once told CA: "I feel two basic needs as a writer. One is to educate: to provide new information about how to do something or how to enjoy something. I am deeply involved professionally in developing new teaching methods and approaches to education, and in the future my books will reflect more and more of these. I am also concerned more widely with our society's failure to make effective use of its human resources and its knowledge. For example, my wife's recovery from terminal cancer by unorthodox means will be the subject for a future book.

"The second is to explore: through fiction, drama, and philosophy to probe the nature and depths of the human spirit. . . . Since my early writing was simplistic and lacking in emotional depth I sought self exploration through optometric training, re-evaluation counseling and mind control."