Garland was educated at Princeton University (BA) and Cornell Univ. (PhD), in the field of condensed matter physics, and was an N.S.F Postdoctoral Fellow at the :University of Cambridge. He has written more than 100 research papers, and is the author of "Saving Alma Mater: A Rescue Plan for America's Public Universities", in which he advances changes in public university funding. He is now a Miami University President Emeritus. Garland is a lifelong amateur radio operator, with the FCC call letters W8ZR (www.w8zr.net)