Curricula Vitae

Education:

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., Ph.D. in Wildlife Science, August, 1973.
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., M.S. in Wildlife Science, August, 1968.
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., B.S. in Wildlife Science, January 1966.
 

Career Related Experience:

Associate Department Head and Extension Program Leader for Rangeland Ecology and Management, Statewide but Headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas Cooperative Extension; October, 1996 to present. Plans, coordinates, and manages statewide Extension programs and provides operational supervision of the Program Unit Specialists. General Manager, La Copita Demonstration Ranch, Jim Wells county, Texas.

Professor and Extension Range Specialist, South and Coastal Bend Extension Districts, Corpus Christi, Texas; Texas Cooperative Extension, June, 1976 to the present. Responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating adult and youth range management programs in 37 South Texas counties. Primary focus is on Total Range Resource Management Systems including range ecology, brush management, grazing management, wildlife-range-livestock relationships, and forage dynamics.

Associate Professor, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas; June, 1972, to June, 1976. Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Wildlife and Range Sciences and conducted research on Mule-Deer-Livestock-Range Interactions.

Instructor, Presidio Independent School District, Presidio, Texas, Sept., 1970, to June 1972. Taught science and math courses at the Junior High and High School.
 

Professional Societies:

Society for Range Management (Parent and Texas Section), 1973 - Present
Holistic Resource Management of Texas, 1988 - Present

Offices:

President, Board of Directors, Holistic Resource Management of Texas, 2002

Chair, Advisory Council, Society for Range Management, 2000

President, Texas Section, Society for Range Management, 2000

Board of Directors, Holistic Resource Management of Texas, 1998-Present

Secretary/Treasurer, Texas Section, Society for Range Management, 1983

Director, Texas Section, Society for Range Management, 1979-1980

Committees:

Society for Range Management

Advisory Council, 1997 to Present

Chair or Member of Eight Committees from 1973 - Present

Texas Section, Society for Range Management

Chair or Member of 40 Committees from 1973 - Present

Awards and Recognition:

Outstanding Achievement Award, Society for Range Management, 2004

Outstanding Team Award, ANREP, 2002

Outstanding Achievement Award-Team, Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, 2002

Board of Directors, Corpus Christi Botanical Society, 1994 - Present (President 1996 - Present)

Fellow Award, Society for Range Management, 1993

Fellow Award, Texas Section, Society for Range Management, 1991

Citation of Excellence, County Extension Agents, Agriculture, South District (D-12), 1989

Plaque of Appreciation, Webb County Extension Beef Cattle and Range Committees, 1988