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Community Service

• Member, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, 1983-1987, 1996-2001, and 2005-2007. Appointed "Member Emeritus" by proclamation of the Board in 2002 
• Member, Capital Improvements Committees, 1986 and 1998
• Member, Greenways Advisory Board, 1998-2000
• Member, Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, 2006-2007
• Chair, Lick Creek Park Advisory Sub-Committee, 2006
• Member, Parkland Dedication Ordinance Revision Sub-Committee, 1997-1998 and 2006-2007
• Member, Streetscape Review Sub-Committee, 2006
• Centrally involved in efforts to preserve Munson Street neighborhood, 1980-1999
• Board of Directors, Bryan-College Station Sports Foundation, 1982-1984
• President, Aggie Swim Club, 1987-1989, 1992-1993, 1995-1996
• Board of Directors, Brazos Valley Sports Foundation, 1997-1999
• Centrally Involved In:
  • Launching College Station Soccer Club, mid-1970's
  • Launching Kids Klub, mid-1980's
  • Develeopment of Indoor Natatorium at Rock Prairie Junior High School
  • Attracting Arctic Wolf Ice Center to College Station
• Voluntarily developed first strategic plan for Lick Creek Park, 1992
• Texas State Parks Advisory Board, 2001-2005
• Trust for Public Land, Texas Advisory Board, 1997-present
• Houston Park People Advisory Board

Education

• D.L.C., Loughborough College, 1966
• M.S., University of Illinois, 1968
• M.Sc., Loughborough University, 1970
• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1977

Occupation

• Distinguished Professor, Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University

Family

• Wife, Elizabeth
• Children, Christine and Joanne