About the Author
David Hann retired from the University of Kansas in 2009, where he administered the university’s Institutional Review Board. He is a Marine Corps veteran, Vietnam 1966. His interest in Kansas history prompted him to write two nonfiction books on little-known people, places, and events in Kansas, Sampling Kansas: A Guide to the Curious, and Kansas Past: Pieces of the 34th Star.
Other writings include short story collection River Memoir and Other Stories and some poems, including "The Ballad of Jake Brakes," published in The Great American Poetry Show, Vol. 3, 2015. Based on experiences as a teacher of Tai Chi, he has written two articles for Tai Chi Magazine: “Back to the Stable Syndrome,” Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2010, and “Making Tai Chi Accessible to the Disabled,” Vol. 36, No. 3, Fall 2012. David Hann has been a community volunteer for several years at the Lawrence Public Library and the Social Service League.