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Colvin's PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION formed early in life: he edited his elementary school newspaper, hosted a year-long TV segment as a magician at age 14 and played drums in his hometown’s first rock-and-roll band during high school, moving on to jazz during college.
BEGINNING HIS CAREER as a school teacher at The Summit School in his hometown of Winston-Salem, N.C., and at The Choate School in Wallingford, CT., he was soon called to serve as a communications specialist in behalf of Choate, then at the Council for Advancement of Education in Washington, D.C. After seven years of service to non-profit organizations with his free-lance audio-visual consulting/production company SOUNDCEPT, he returned to education as Director of Communications at Occidental College in Los Angeles. During the 1970’s and 1980’s, his work earned numerous awards from his professional peers.
In 1986, he moved on to the Information Office at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines, where he looked after audio-visual affairs, organized VIP briefings for visiting Heads of State, government ministers and legislators. and representatives from the international electronic media. In 1997, COLVIN fulfilled his life-time dream, departing the 9-to-5 world to join full-time the Filipino blues band LAMPANO ALLEY and to become a free-lance writer.
Now splitting his time between Manila and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Colvin continues to pursue his twin passions of writing and music.
Major Awards
Grand Award, Audio Visual Shows, CASE, 1983
Silver Screen Award, U. S. Industrial Film Festival, 1982 and 1984
Top Five College Magazine, CASE, 1984
Direct Mail Award, American Alumni Council, 1974
Best Catalog, Printing Industries of America, 1971
Best Photography in Education, American Alumni Council, 1971
Brakeley Award for Innovation in Fund Raising, American Alumni Council, 1970
CONTACT: colvin@mail.com