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William Dement (2012)
	Dr William C. Dement is considered to be the father of sleep medicine, and has studied slumbering since the 1950s. This six-decade career came about quite by accident: Bill originally wanted to be a journalist, but, journalism classes being full, he did what any good bass player would do, i.e., improvise, and he headed to the psychology department. In the 1950s at the University of Chicago, Bill was the first to intensify the study of Rapid Eye Movement, wondering whether that might be related to dreaming. Earlier, at the start of his academic career, he had also been a gigging musician, playing bass. While at the University of Washington, and living on a houseboat, he jammed with Quincy Jones, and hung out with Ray Charles. Decades later, he treated, befriended, and even played a little, with Stan Getz. Bill is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. His class "Sleep and Dreams" is so popular that it sometimes has to be moved to Memorial Auditorium, so many students having enrolled (a total of some 20,000 to date). He's still teaching it, and probably still has his squirt gun to keep alert any sleepy students. For years, Bill has been spreading the gospel of the dangers of driving while drowsy, and his phrase "Drowsiness is Red Alert" has saved more than a few lives. Bill is also the author of many books, including "The Sleepwatchers" and "The Promises of Sleep", and even had a cameo role in the film "Sleepwalk with Me".

William Dement (2012)

Dr William C. Dement is considered to be the father of sleep medicine, and has studied slumbering since the 1950s.

This six-decade career came about quite by accident: Bill originally wanted to be a journalist, but, journalism classes being full, he did what any good bass player would do, i.e., improvise, and he headed to the psychology department.

In the 1950s at the University of Chicago, Bill was the first to intensify the study of Rapid Eye Movement, wondering whether that might be related to dreaming. Earlier, at the start of his academic career, he had also been a gigging musician, playing bass. While at the University of Washington, and living on a houseboat, he jammed with Quincy Jones, and hung out with Ray Charles. Decades later, he treated, befriended, and even played a little, with Stan Getz.

Bill is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. His class "Sleep and Dreams" is so popular that it sometimes has to be moved to Memorial Auditorium, so many students having enrolled (a total of some 20,000 to date). He's still teaching it, and probably still has his squirt gun to keep alert any sleepy students.

For years, Bill has been spreading the gospel of the dangers of driving while drowsy, and his phrase "Drowsiness is Red Alert" has saved more than a few lives.

Bill is also the author of many books, including "The Sleepwatchers" and "The Promises of Sleep", and even had a cameo role in the film "Sleepwalk with Me".

Pick	Artist	Album	Song	Label
# 1	Charlie Parker	Yardbird Suite	Ornithology	Rhino
# 2	George Shearing	The Definitive George Shearing	Lullaby of Birdland	Verve/Blue Note
# 3	Dizzy Gillespie	Odyssey 1945-52	Groovin' High	Savoy
# 4	Stan Getz	Voyage	Voyage	Black Hawk
# 5	Woody Herman	The Woody Herman Story	Early Autumn	Proper
# 6	Woody Herman	The Thundering Herds 1945-1947	Four Brothers	Columbia
# 7	Count Basie	Ken Burns Jazz	One O'Clock Jump	Verve
# 8	Ernestine Anderson	My Kinda Swing	My Kinda Love	Mercury
# 9	Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz	Diz and Getz	It Don't Mean a Thing	Verve
# 10	Stan Getz	Pure Getz	Tempus Fugit	Concord

Book	The thickest Nero Wolfe mystery by Rex Stout

Luxury Item	A lawn chair

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