Lee Bash has been dean of the Division of Lifelong Learning at Baldwin-Wallace College (B-W) since 1999. Dr. Bash received his PhD at SUNY-Buffalo. His more than 30 years in adult, college, and high school education have taken him from teacher, professor, and administrator to researcher, author, lecturer, and consultant. His busy life included ten years in Kentucky where he served as chair of Fine and Performing Arts at Bellarmine College while concurrently holding the post of director of the Kentucky Governor's School of the Arts.
He has published five books and more than 200 articles ruing his career. In recent years, Dr. Bash has been in great demand as he has presented his research and papers for numerous organizations devoted to the adult learner. His regular column, "Bash on Books," was featured of more than 15 years in Jazz Educators Journal. He continues to write articles occasionally for Jazziz Magazine.
In 2000, Dr. Bash completed the prestigious Management and Leadership in Education program at Harvard University. In 2001, he led a team of faculty from B-W at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) titled "Sustaining Innovative Leadership on the Campus." Dr. Bash has also contributed a chapter to The Administrative Portfolio, edited by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson (Anker, 2002).