Daryl Close
holds a joint appointment as Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy at
Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. He has served as the Director of the Division of
Natural and Social Sciences and as Acting Faculty Coordinator for the Honors
Program. His previous appointments include Tiffin
University, where he chaired the Division of Arts and Science as well as the
Department of Philosophy for many years, Ohio Northern University, LaSalle College, and
Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Close graduated in philosophy from
Lafayette College (1971) and earned the M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from
Temple University (1975, 1976). He is co-author with Nicholas Meier of
Morality in Criminal Justice (Wadsworth, 1995) and of various journal
articles in the philosophy of perception, the philosophy of language, and
the philosophy of mind. Dr. Close served on the Board of the American
Association of Philosophy Teachers from 1984 to 2006, co-edited the Association’s
publication, AAPT News, for more than 14 years, and served as President of that organization
from 2002-2004. Dr. Close is a member of the American
Philosophical Association, the Mind Association, the Society for Machines
and Mentality, and the Association for Computing Machinery, as well as other
professional organizations. He is a Public Library Trustee for the State of
Ohio, and serves on the Board of the Mohawk Community Library in Sycamore,
Ohio. Dr. Close has also
served on the Board of the Allen Eiry Senior Center in Tiffin, Ohio, and was a board member, coach, and Safety Director of Region 1040 of the
American Youth Soccer Organization. Dr. Close includes running, gardening,
cooking, wine, and music among his hobbies. He resides on the family farm in rural
Sycamore with his wife Donna, an occupational therapist. They have two daughters,
Meredith and Hilary.
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