Background
Buenger, Walter Louis was born on January 19, 1951 in Fort Stockton, Texas, United States. Son of Walter L. and Janice Thompson Buenger.
academic administrator history professor
Buenger, Walter Louis was born on January 19, 1951 in Fort Stockton, Texas, United States. Son of Walter L. and Janice Thompson Buenger.
Bachelor, Rice University, Houston, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, 1979.
Assistant professor to professor department history Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1979—2001, professor, head department history, 2002—2006.
Author: (historical monograph) The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas Between Reconstruction and the Great Depression (Coral H. Tullis award best book Texas history, 2002), Texas Merchant: Marvin Leonard and Fort Worth, But Also Good Business: Texas Commerce Banks and the Financing of Houston and Texas, Secession and the Union in Texas.
Elder First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, Texas, 1996—1999. Fellow: Texas State History Association (honorary. Board member 2005-2006).
Member: Organization American Historians (associate), Southern History Association (life), American History Association.
Married Victorian L. Luquette, October 13, 1984. Children: Carl Davis, Erin Channing.