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Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech" ("Flo" for short).

an grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, where he graduated from Westchester High School
Westchester High School (Los Angeles)

Westchester High School is a high school located in Westchester, California , USA.The school's mascot name is The Comets. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District....
 in 1965. Over 25 years later in 1992 at age 45 he started his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Church Society of Jesus university in Los Angeles, United States....
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Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech" ("Flo" for short).

Academics

Volman grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, where he graduated from Westchester High School
Westchester High School (Los Angeles)

Westchester High School is a high school located in Westchester, California , USA.The school's mascot name is The Comets. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District....
 in 1965. Over 25 years later in 1992 at age 45 he started his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Church Society of Jesus university in Los Angeles, United States....
. Volman graduated with a bachelor's of arts in 1997 Magna cum Laude and was the class Valedictorian speaker. During the speech he lead the graduates in a chorus of Happy Together
Happy Together

Happy Together may refer to:* Happy Together , a 1967 song by The Turtles, which has been covered several times* Happy Together , a 1967 album by The Turtles...
. CBS Evening News covered Volman's graduation and even interviewed his parents who were perplexed at their son's academic accomplishments. Volman went on to earn a Master's degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Screenwriting in 1999 also from Loyola. Volman has taught Music Business & Industry courses in the Communications and Fine Arts department at Loyola. He has also taught courses at Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles Valley College

Los Angeles Valley College is a community college located in the Valley Glen, California district of Los Angeles, California, California in the east-central San Fernando Valley....
 in the Commercial Music Program. He is current an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Entertainment Industry Studies Program at Belmont University
Belmont University

Belmont University is a private university, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christianity university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University....
 in the Curb School of Entertainment and Music Business and conducts seminars about the music industry for various academic institutions from junior high school to university level. In addition, he offers consulting on music business and entertainment through the website Ask Professor Flo.

Career

Volman and Howard Kaylan
Howard Kaylan

Howard Kaylan is an United States rock and roll musician, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s band , The Turtles, and "Eddie" of 1970's rock band Flo & Eddie....
 founded The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
, a popular band of the late 1960s. After that band folded, they discovered that the terms of their contract forbade them to use not only the name The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
, but also their own names. They were recruited by Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....
; and they also worked together as Flo & Eddie
Flo & Eddie

Flo & Eddie Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman are a Comedy rock musical duo. The two were the original founding members of the Top 40 pop music group The Turtles....
, in music, in film (they provided music and voices for animated films like Down and Dirty Duck), and in radio broadcasting. As of 2005, they still tour on over 60 concerts a year as "The Turtles ... Featuring Flo & Eddie".

Volman runs his businesses with his wife, Emily Volman. They were college sweethearts. They are also active members of Harpeth Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, where they are Youth Advisors.

External links

  • , a business and website run by Volman and his wife to aid up and coming musicians