DATE OF BIRTH: 15. 9 .1939 PLACE OF BIRTH: Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. NATIONALITY: Irish/U.S. EDUCATION: 1948-53 St. Gerard's School, Bray, Co. Wicklow 1953-7 Downside School, Nr. Bath, Somerset 1957 Entrance scholarship in Classics to Oriel College, Oxford 1957-61 Oriel College, Oxford, B.A. (Lit. Hum.) 1963 M.A. (Oxon). 1963 -4 Ist. Year Law studies, King's Inns, Dublin 1964-6 Graduate studies at U.C.D. with Prof. John O'Meara. Topic: 'The Commentary of Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus' 1966-9 Graduate studies at University of California, Berkeley, with Prof. Gerson Rabinowitz. 1969 Ph. D. (Univ. of California, Berkeley), 'The Commentary of Iamblichus on Plato's Timaeus: A Collection of the Fragments, with Translation and Commentary.' TEACHING POSITIONS 1961-3 Teaching English and Latin, The English School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1964-6 Teaching Latin and Greek, Glenstal Abbey School, Murroe, Co. Limerick, Ireland 1966-69 Associate in Classics, University of California, Berkeley 1969-72 Assistant Professor of Classics, U.C. Berkeley 1972-77 Associate Professor of Classics, U.C. Berkeley, 1974-76 Chairman, Division of Interdisciplinary and General Studies, U.C. Berkeley 1976-77 Visiting Professor of Classics, Trinity College, Dublin 1977-80 Professor, and Chairman of the Dept. of Classics U.C, Berkeley, 1980- Regius Professor of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin 1982 Visiting Professor of Classics, U.C. Berkeley Spring Quarter 1984 Visiting Professor of Classics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Fall Semester 1993 Visiting Professor of Classics, University of Washington, Winter Term RESEARCH/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 1988 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Jan. - April 1996 Visiting Directeur de Recherche, C.N.R.S., Paris, Winter-Spring 1997-- Director, Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition 2003 -- Director, Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies in Athens 2003 Oct.-Nov. Visiting Research Fellow, Universidad Carlos III - Madrid 2006 March Visiting Professor, Gakushuin University, Tokyo PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS 1976-7 Faculty Research Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 1982 Elected to Fellowship, Trinity College, Dublin 1983 Member, Royal Irish Academy (Council: 1987-8; 1990-4; 1998-2002; Senior Vice-President, 2001/2) 2004-7 President, International Plato Society 2005 Gold Medal in the Humanities of the Royal Irish Academy 2010 Elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens