Don Glass

He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

His professional career was in public radio where he worked full time from l966 to 2004. From 1966 to 1970 he was WFIU’s Music Director, from 1970 to 1990 he was Program Manager for WFIU, Bloomington, and from 1990 to 2004 was the station's Special Projects Director and Senior Producer. He retired from fulltime employment with the university but has continued to produce the radio series A Moment of Science.

He was graduated magna cum laude from Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, and got his master's degree, and did doctoral work at Indiana University.

Among his professional activities he has been a member of the Music Advisory Committee of the National Educational Radio Network, and the Media Advisory Panel of the Indiana Arts Commission. He has also produced and hosted many special programs including: On Stage from Recital Hall; the live broadcast of the Indiana University Philharmonic from Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York; 1982 broadcasts of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis; the nationally syndicated series Music from Indiana; a series on the voyages of Christopher Columbus; hosted and produced live coverage of James “Doc” Councilman’s swim of the English Channel; and A Moment of Science, with which he has been associated since its beginning in 1988.

In addition to producing A Moment of Science he has edited three books which are collections of scripts from the radio series: Why You Can Never Get to the End of the Rainbow, How Can You Tell if a Spider Is Dead?, and How the World Looks to a Bee.

He was responsible for bringing to the WFIU schedule such groundbreaking programs as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, Cartalk, and although not groundbreaking, he originated Ether Game.

He has been involved in several athletic pastimes, such as bicycling, running, hiking, and swimming. He helped form the master’s swimming program at IU and participated in several national championships. In the 1970s he coached the IU Women’s Varsity Swim Team. During his tenure as coach, he awarded the first IU athletic scholarship to a woman and was responsible for the first women’s team to travel to a swim meet on the IU plane. For many years he was a volunteer firefighter, and an Emergency Medical Technician. He is a bluegrass musician, and for many years has served as an interpretive naturalist at Brown County State Park. In March of 2025 he was given a 2024 Volunteer Service Award for volunteering more than 2,500 hours to the park and was honored as the 2024 DNR Volunteer of the Year.

"Working with A Moment of Science is about the most enjoyable experience of my career," says Glass. "I have always enjoyed science, and working with it at this level is great. All the neat stuff I learn is so rewarding, and I hope my excitement for all the fascinating things is reflected in the programs."