Dr. E. Christian Kopff is Associate Professor of Classics, Director of the Center for Western Civilization, and Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he has taught since 1973. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the CU Committee on Research. Dr. Kopff also is a frequent speaker before politically conservative and Roman Catholic groups. His wife, Carmen, teaches French at the University of Colorado.