foreign language organizations, and the National Council of Languages and International Studies, engaged in government lobbying efforts in support of language acquisition in American secondary and higher education. Also during this period, Means served as a language/linguistics curriculum evaluator for the American Council on Education, and was consulting editor for foreign language textual materials with Norton Publishers, New York, NY. Since 2003, Dr. Means is Professor Emeritus of Temple University and Executive Director Emeritus of the National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP). He is also a member of the University of Illinois President's Council, and is a Diamond Legion member of Pi Kappa Phi. Biographical information is provided in the Directory of American Scholars (American Council of Learned Societies), Contemporary Authors, and Marquis Who's Who References University of Illinois alumni Temple University faculty Pi Kappa Phi 1939 births Living people