A Potsdam native, David Mathie has served on the SOAR Board since 2019 and is Chair of the Curriculum and Scheduling committees. He was awarded the SOAR SuperSOARer award in 2026. In his pre-retirement life he was a Professor of Music at Boise State University in Idaho for 24 years, where he taught trombone and music education, inservices and classes in basic computer techniques for college students and public school teachers, and is the father of a son who is a software engineer. He was also a former professional trombone player in New York City.

He has had absolutely no formal training whatever in computers but has used them since the 1980s and enjoys being the person who can usually fix my “!#@!!†computer problems.

Classes:
Fall 2026 - Microsoft Excel for Beginners [F-26-34]


Past Classes:
Spring 2026 - Microsoft Word for Beginners Section 1 [S-26-31]
Spring 2026 - Microsoft Word for Beginners Section 2 [S-26-32]
Fall 2025 - Excel for Beginners [F-25-17]
Fall 2025 - Excel for Beginners - repeat of Course 17 [F-25-54]
Spring 2023 - New York, New York: How to get there, How to get around, Where to go, What to do & How to do it [S-23-25]