Meet the DALNET Staff: George Marck

[March 29, 2002]
George Marck has been with DALNET for fifteen years and as a member of the inaugural staff has been an integral part of all of the technological changes implemented by our consortium. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Wayne State University and his MBA from University of Michigan Dearborn.

George's primary responsibilities at DALNET include the Horizon database administration and upgrades, WebPAC, and Remote Patron Authentication (RPA). He has managed DALNET's migration to Horizon Releases 5.3 and 6.0, and he will manage the upgrades to Horizon 7.0.3 and 7.2 during the coming months. Most recently George has worked closely with Scott Muir and Jackie Wrosch to improve the look and operation of RPA, particularly so it will seamlessly integrate with the MiLE project.

During the last two years, George has been taking Suzuki piano training classes and quickly became qualified to teach the training through Book I. Suzuki is both a philosophy that views music learning as a natural extension of the process of language learning (music is simply another foreign language to be learned and the simple process that very young children learn to speak can be applied to music learning) and a method of music teaching that emphasizes auditory input over note reading for teaching early music learners. There are a total of seven books in the training. George plans to complete the training through Book IV and to also take a teacher practicum. He currently has eleven students who all recently performed well in their first recital.

George is also very active with the First United Methodist Church of Royal Oak where he plays the keyboard for their Sunday night service. He serves as one of two lay leaders for the church and is planning a mission trip with other church members to Lithuania this summer. He has also helped to organize a series of folk concerts that are held at the church. The series called "Who's at First" features local and nationally known folk artists.

George enjoys his family of three very talented daughters who have also inherited the Marck musical talents. His oldest daughter Sarah is an accomplished Irish step dancer and will be traveling to the British Isles and Ireland this summer with the People to People program. Daughter Krista participates in jazz dancing and Anna plays the piano.

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