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                               Resume for Dr. John D. Huddleston

Dr. John D. Huddleston,                                
Professor of History and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts
Schreiner University,
Kerrville, Tx 78028 
(1-830-792-7286)

Education: A.A., Wharton County Junior College, 1969
                 B.A. in government, The University of Texas at Austin, 1971
                 M.A. in history, The University of Texas at Austin, 1976
                 Thesis: "Austin, Texas in 1876:  A Study of the Economic, Social, and
                             Political Developments" (local history)
                 Ph.D. in American History, Texas A & M University at College Station, 1981
                 Dissertation:  "Good Roads for Texas:  A History of the Texas Highway
                                      Department, 1917-1947" (Texas history)

Teaching Fields:  U. S. History                         The Civil War
                           The New South                    Diplomatic History

Work Experience:
  
May 2002-present                Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Schreiner University
1982-present                        Ass't, Assoc., and Professor at Schreiner University
1986-1988 (summers)          Visiting Lecturer, Texas A & M University at Galveston
1981-82                              Visiting Ass't Prof., Texas A & M University at College
                                                                                                                      Station
1981-1982                           Instructor, Blinn Junior College
1980 (spring, summer)          Instructor, University of Texas at Pan American

Publications:  "Highway Development:  A 'Concrete' History of Twentieth-Century Texas,"
                      pp. 253-268, in Whisenhunt, Donald W. ed., Texas:  A
                      Sesquicentennial Celebration. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984.

                      "Dealey, George Bannerman," Encyclopedia USA, vol. 19, 124-126.

                      "Dick Dowling," Encyclopedia USA, vol. 23, 1,2.

                      "Draft Riots (1863)," Encyclopedia USA, vol. 23, 24-28.

                      "Drewry's Bluff, Battle of," Encyclopedia USA, vol. 23, 107-112.

                      "Miriam A. Ferguson," biographical essay,  The New Handbook of Texas,
                       vol. 2, 981, 982.

                       "Texas Department of Transportation," The New Handbook of Texas, vol.
                       6, 322, 323.

                       Review of Prindle, David F. Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad
                       Commission (Austin, Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1981), in the
                       Social Science Quarterly 63 (December 1982), 803-804.

           “Federal Highway Act (1916), Encyclopedia USA, accepted for
                        publication.

           “Ferguson Impeachment (Texas),” Encyclopedia USA, accepted for
                        publication.

Presentations: 9 papers on Texas or local history read before regional Phi Theta Kappa meetings, the Texas State Historical Society, the Southwestern Social Sciences Association, and the East Texas Historical Association in the period, 1976-2001.

Awards and Honors:   Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Theta Kappa

                                   Harriet Garrett Teaching Excellence Award, Schreiner University,
                                   1983

                                   Senior Hall of Fame, teaching award, Schreiner University, 1992

                                   Readers’ Choice Award, Kerrville Daily Times, “Best
                                   Councilperson in Kerr County, 1996”

           Certificate of Recognition, Schreiner University, Nontraditional
           Students Association, 2002

Community Activity:  Graduate, Leadership Kerr County Program, 1991

                                  Member of the Kerrville City Council, 1993-1998

                                  Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Kerrville, 1997, 1998

                                  Guest Columnist, Kerrville Mountain Sun, 1996

                                  Exec. Board Member of the Kerr Economic Development
                                  Foundation, 1994-1998

                                  Vice President of City of Kerrville Economic Incentive Tax Board,
                                  1997-1998

                                  Ex-Officio Member of the EMS Advisory Board, City of Kerrville,
                                  1993-1995

                      Ex-Officio Member of the Home Opportunity Advisory Board,
                                  City of Kerrville, 1997-1998

                                  Ex-Officio Member of the Library Advisory Board, City of
                                  Kerrville, 1996-1998

                      Ex-Officio Member of the Main Street Advisory Board, City
                      of Kerrville, 1994-1998

                                  Exec. Board Secretary of the Friends of Butt-Holdsworth Library,
                                  1999-present

                                  Editor of Il Folio newletter, Friends of the Butt-Holdsworth
                                  Library, 2000-present