Dan Dugan is well-known in audio engineering as the inventor
of the automatic microphone mixer. His patented equipment is used in thousands
of churches, courtrooms, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and television shows,
including the David Letterman Show and Hollywood Squares. In addition to
engineering, Dan has a lively interest in philosophy, particularly skepticism,
the philosophy of science, and current controversies about scientific paradigms
and alternative medicine. He is the Secretary of PLANS (People for Legal and
Nonsectarian Schools, Inc.), a whistle-blowing organization opposing taxpayer
funding of Waldorf education.
