Name: R. David (Paul) Zorc, Ph.D.
  Address: 3410 Glorus Place, Wheaton, MD 20902-2469
  Telephone: 301-933-6815
  Email: dzorc1@comcast.net

Education:
•	Ph.D., Linguistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1975.
•	M.A., Linguistics & Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1971.
•	A.B. cum laude, Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1965.

Professional Training:
•	Workshop in Lexicography, Prof. Ladislav Zgusta, Manila, Philippines 05–06/1979
•	Peace Corps Intensive ESL, Tagalog, & Philippine Culture, San Jose, CA (3 months) 06–08/1965

Awards/Commendations:
•	Phi Beta Kappa (Delta of DC), 1965.
•	The International Biographical Roll of Honor, 1983.
•	Distinguished Leadership Award (in the field of education), 1984.
•	Entry in the International Who's Who of Intellectuals, 1985.
•	Distinguished Professorial Chair in Linguistics and Language Education, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Manila, 02/2005.
•	Presidential Citation "for Outstanding Service to the National Museum of Language, 06/2007.
Summary of Relevant Experience:
Dr. R. David Zorc has been blessed with over 40 years of experience in comparative-historical linguistics, lexicography, language teaching, language analysis, curriculum development, and applied linguistics including translation, interpreting, test development, and pedagogy. He has conducted research in 80 languages of the Philippines, Aboriginal Australia, Armenia, and Africa. His 31 books on 24 languages, 41 journal articles, and 30 presentations at international conferences solidifies his reputation as one of the world's leading authorities on the less-commonly taught languages. He has produced six dictionaries (Aklanon, Eastern Armenian, Somali, Tagalog Slang, Filipino Etymological, and Yolngu-Matha). He serves as a consultant to the New Oxford English Dictionary (Philippine languages) and The American Heritage Dictionary (Austronesian), and is an editor for Oceanic Linguistics. He has been an Associate of the National Museum of Language (NML) since February 2006 and was on the Board of Directors and the Programs Committee in 2007-2008. He was awarded the Brother Andrew Gonzalez, FSC Distinguished Professorial Chair in Linguistics and Language Education by the Philippine Linguistic Society on February 26, 2005. He also received a Presidential Citation "for Outstanding Service to the National Museum of Language" on June 16, 2007.

Activities and History:
In Retirement
•	Presented "The Philippine Language Landscape" at AAS Panel #326 Language Choice and Identity in South and Southeast Asia, Association For Asian Studies Conference, Washington, DC. 2018.
•	Researched Klata (Bagobo-Klata or Giangan) 2018-2019.Published "Klata | Giangan - A "New Southern Philippine Language", in The Archive: Special Publication No. 16:33-51. Dilliman: University of the Philippines. 2019.
•	Wrote "The Languages of the Philippines and the Philippine Subfamily" jointly with Jason W. Lobel and William Hall. In press with Oxford University Press.
Second Language Testing, Consultant, 10/2011-04/2012.
•	Edited Level 1-1+ Cebuano language tests.
McNeil Technologies, Language Research Center, Senior Linguist, 10/1999 – 08/2011 [retired].
•	Served as Senior Technical Supervisor for the Rwanda-Rundi language research project.
•	Developed ILR Level 2 graphic and/or listening tests in Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Bikol, Somali, and Oromo; and Level 3 in Armenian and Tagalog to assess capabilities of employees and students.
•	Published: Rwanda and Rundi Newspaper Reader. With Louise Nibagwire. Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press (DP), 2002.
•	Published: "Hiligaynon," Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Elsevier. 2004.
•	Presented: Adventures of a Field Linguist. Lecture at The National Museum of Language 10th Annual Dinner, 14 June 2008
•	Presented: Language and Culture Lecture at The National Security Agency (NSA), 25 September 2008.
•	Edited: Maguindanao Grammar Supplement by Ruth Stickney, Dunwoody Press, 2009.
•	Published: Maguindanaon Dialogs and Drills with Tenex Racman Dunwoody Press., 2009.
•	Edited: Chavacano Reader by Miravite, Sanchez, Tardo, Viloria, Delos Reyes, Dunwoody Press, 2009.
	Edited: Tausug Reader by Amil, Jupackal, Limpasan, Ledesma, Dunwoody Press. 2011.
McNeil Inc., Language Research Center, Program Manager, 10/2005 – 08/2007
•	Linguistic management and assistance (Dari Grammar, Pashto Verbs, Hassanian-English Dictionary).
•	Presented: 20 part seminar on Linguistics in 20 Hours or Less at the LRC.
•	Edited: Comparative Grammar of Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian by Danko Sipka. DP, 2006.
•	Published: Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Comparative Grammar. With Louise Nibagwire. DP, 2007.
•	Presented: Language and Culture. Lecture at The National Museum of Language, 19 May 2007.

MRM, Inc., Language Research Center, Senior Linguist, 10/1986 – 11/1999.
•	Organized intensive language courses, supervised teachers, and taught the grammatical patterns of: Cebuano, Ilokano, Oromo, Somali, Sotho, Tagalog, and Xhosa.
•	Served as Senior Technical Supervisor for 12 language research projects: Armenian, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Oromo, Somali, Sotho, Tagalog, Xhosa, and Zulu at the LRC.
•	Published: Cebuano Newspaper Reader. DP, 1987.
•	Published: Ilokano Newspaper Reader. With Pamela Johnstone-Moguet. DP, 1988.
•	Published: Somali Textbook. With Abdullahi Issa. DP, 1990.
•	Published: Tagalog Newspaper Reader. With Annabelle M. Sarra. DP, 1990.
•	Published: Tagalog Slang Dictionary. With Rachel San Miguel. DP, 1991.
•	Published: Somali Handbook. With Madina Osman. DP, 1992.
•	Published: Hiligaynon Reader. With Delicia Sunio. DP, 1992.
•	Published: "The Somali Language," in The Somalis Their History and Culture. Refugee Fact Sheet No. 9:24-29. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics, October 1993.
•	Published: Somali-English Dictionary with English Index. 3rd ed. With Madina Osman. DP, 1993.
•	Published: Armenian (Eastern) Newspaper Reader and Grammar. With Louisa Baghdasarian. DP, 1995.
•	Published: Armenian (Eastern)-English Dictionary. With Louisa Baghdasarian. DP, 1995.
•	Published: Oromo Newspaper Reader, Grammar Sketch, and Lexicon. With Yigazu Tucho and Eleanor Barna. DP, 1996.
•	Published: Armenian (Eastern) Programmed Reading Course and Sound Drills. DP, 1996; 
•	Published: Sotho Newspaper Reader, Reference Grammar, and Lexicon. With Paul Mokabe. DP, 1998.

School of Australian Linguistics (SAL), Senior Lecturer, 02/1976 – 08/1986.
•	Developed curricula for the accreditation of post-graduate Bilingual Education at SAL.
•	Taught certificate and college level courses in Linguistics, Language Analysis, Grammar, Lexicography, Orthography Development, Semantics, Programmed Literacy, Translation, Interpreting, and Creative Writing.
•	Served as acting Head-of-School for an aggregate of two years.
•	Created functional literacy proficiency tests and programmed reading courses for Aboriginal languages.
•	Edited 60 language booklets produced by Aboriginal authors.
•	Learned: Yolngu-Matha [ILR 2+], Roper Kriol [ILR 2].
•	Researched and published four fascicles of the Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino, 1979-1985.
•	Researched and Published. Yolngu-Matha Dictionary. School of Australian Linguistics, 1986.

Yale University, Austronesian Genetic Classification Project, 07/1974 – 01/1976 under Isidore Dyen.
•	Published: "On the development of contrastive word accent: Pangasinan, a case in point," Nguyen Dang Liem, ed. Pacific Linguistics C.45:241-258, 1979.
•	Published: "Internal and external relationships of the Mangyan languages of Mindoro," Oceanic Linguistics 13: 561-600, 1974.
•	Published: "Towards a definitive Philippine wordlist--the qualitative use of vocabulary in identifying and classifying languages," Oceanic Linguistics 13:409-455, 1974.
•	Learned: Indonesian/Malay [ILR 2].

Peace Corps, Philippines, Language Coordinator, 09/1965 – 07/1969.
•	Directed an intensive language training program; participated as a teacher in four similar programs.
•	Developed a programmed method for teaching Aklanon literacy throughout the province.
•	Learned: Aklanon (Bisayan) [ILR 4], Tagalog [ILR 3], Hiligaynon (Bisayan) [ILR 2].
•	Researched and published Aklanon Grammar, 1968.
•	Researched and published Aklanon-English Dictionary, 1969.