LANGDON, Danny G. 1938-

PERSONAL: Born November 16, 1938, in Twin Falls, ID; son of Lambert (a scrap iron dealer) and Marion (a scrap iron dealer; maiden name, Smith) Langdon; married Patricia O'Hara (marriage ended); married Kathleen Whiteside, December 29, 1991; children: (first marriage) Lisa, Kimberly. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Idaho, B.S. Ed. (chemistry), 1961; University of Missouri, M.Ed. (secondary administration), 1962; attended New York University, 1964-65, University of Pennsylvania, 1972, and Georgetown University, 1976. Politics: Independent. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Biking, basketball.

ADDRESSES: Home and office—1330 Stanford St., Suite D, Santa Monica, CA 90404; fax: 310-829-3457. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Business consultant and author. U.S. Peace Corps, teacher in Harar, Ethiopia, 1962-64; Job Corps Center, Pleasanton, CA, instructor and supervisor, 1965-67; Central Programmed Teaching, Palo Alto, CA, manager, 1967-69; American College of Life Underwriters, Bryn Mawr, PA, director of instructional design, 1969-79; Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Boise, ID, director of corporate training, 1979-90; International Technology Corporation, Torrance, CA, director of quality management, 1990-93; Performance International (consultants in business performance improvement), Santa Monica, CA, president, 1993—. Head of Loaves and Fishes Food Drive for Santa Monica church.

MEMBER: National Society for Performance and Improvement (international president, 1989-90).

AWARDS, HONORS: Awards for Outstanding New Systematic Approach, and Outstanding Performance Aid, National Society for Performance and Instruction.

WRITINGS:

Interactive Instructional Designs for Individualized Learning, Educational Technology Publications (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1973.

The New Language of Work, HRD Press, 1995.

(Editor, with Kathleen Whiteside) Intervention Resource Guide: Fifty Performance Improvement Tools, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1999.

Aligning Performance: Improving Performance in People, Systems, and Organizations, Jossey Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1999.

Series editor and contributor, "Instructional Design Library," 40 volumes, Educational Technology Publications, 1978-80.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Performance International Web site,http://www.performanceinternational.com/ (August 9, 2003).