ACADEMIC COUNCIL

  • President - Colonel Craig Duncan

  • Provost - Commodore Jerry Cox

  • Registrar - Commodore Papa Joe Rohr

  • Chairman of the Curriculum Committee- Commodore Zachary Smith

  • Chairman of the Research Committee - Lt. Colonel Tracy McLemore

President

Colonel Craig Duncan

Email address:     ColonelCRaig@WhiskeyUniv.com

for Craig’s Bio please see “Founder’s” page

   Appointed "Colonel" by both the Governor of Kentucky and the Governor of Tennessee as an Ambassador to the spread the word about the virtues of Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey.

Colonel Craig Duncan, President and Founder of Whiskey University and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Provost

Commodore Jerry Cox

Email address:    n444vt@whiskeyuniv.com

Whiskey University Recruiter

An older man with white hair and a beard wearing a dark suit jacket and a light-colored shirt, standing in front of framed certificates from Whiskey University on the wall.

Jerry’s Areas of Responsibility:

  • Website Content

  • Faculty Bio’s

  • Master Contact Data

  • Region/Market Coordination and Maintenance

  • Instructor’s By Market Data

  • Attendance Sheet Coordination

  • Course Transcript & Degree Audit(s)

  • Annual Convention Itinerary

  • Whiskey Founders Data Coordinator

  • Whiskey University Mentor

  • Whiskey University Business Cards

Registrar

Commodore Papa Joe Rohr

Email address:        joermem@gmail.com

Whiskey University Partner

Member of the Board of Directors

Papa Joe’s Areas of Responsibility:

  • Chairman Master Scheduling Committee 

  • Develop annual semester course schedule

  • Schedule courses and instructors

  • Train instructors in teaching courses

  • Set-up In-person courses with instructor and venue

  • Instructor resource

  • Maintain the Master Schedule

Chairman of the Curriculum Committee

Commodore Zachary Smith

Email address:        Zack@WhiskeyUniv.com

Zach’s Areas of Responsibility:

  • Dean of the Craft Whiskey Department

  • Midwest/Kentucky Regional Leader

  • Head of Course content updating and creation

  • Coordinating/organizing Midwestern reunions

  • Maintaining currentness and correctness of all courses taught

  • Coordinating with instructors and course creators

  • Creating and reviewing new courses 

Chairman of the Research Committee

Lt. Colonel Tracy McLemore

Email address:        tkm0196@yahoo.com

Tracy’s Areas of Responsibility:

  • Roles:

    • National Whiskey Founder’s Chairman

    • Research Committee Chairman

    • Whiskey Row Section Editor

  • Responsibilities (completed for each story):

    • Thoroughly investigate any American, Canadian or Scotch Whiskey Founder whose biographical information may be considered worthy of posting on the WU website

    • Research facts about the chosen founder to see if enough verifiable information is readily available to make an interesting story though internet articles, books, videos, personal interviews or other means

    • Procure photographs or create plausible images of founders based on known facts

    • Investigate and provide other photographs that enhance the story (such as family, labels, bottles, photos of  distilleries)

    • Carefully note and document any sources that are used in the story

    • Write the story in a pre-defined format (1000 words, authoritative, confident, unmediated, chronological order, no conjecture, include any available personal information, etc.)

    • Create a “thumbnail” of each story that is capable of initially drawing the reader in

    • Highlight the phrases that enhance reader engagement

    • Carefully format the story after posting, strategically applying photographs where they improve the value of the wording

    • Ensure that the consistency of all stories past and present posted is maintained

    • Conduct and document SEO check to determine which stories are being read, and improve the readability of those that are not