Employee Profile

Name: Charles Cardwell

Title: Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Major Responsibilities: Provoking/inspiring students to exercise their minds and break out of their self-imposed immaturity.

Length of service at the College: Started as an adjunct in the spring of 1999 and became full time in the fall of 2004.

Place of Birth: Oak Ridge

Family members: Cathy (wife), Amy (daughter), Zuki (dog)

Something no one knows about you: As the author of a logic textbook, my only proper response is, “I do not know.”

Greatest achievement or proudest moment: Rather than look to the past, I prefer to live each day as fully as I can; the best is always yet to come.

Favorite things outside work: Reading, writing, thinking, walking, taking part in family outings.

Most rewarding part of your job: Seeing a student suddenly “get it.”

Most influential person in your life and why: My father. From him I learned the value of doing good work, setting priorities, self-discipline, caring, service and humor.

Favorite quote: I have probably a dozen favorites, but one of them comes from the tutor in “The Last Emperor of China”: “Words are important: If you cannot say what you mean, you will never mean what you say ... and a gentleman always means what he says.”

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