Albert Leon Hurtado

Background

Hurtado, Albert Leon was born on October 19, 1946 in Sacramento. Son of Victor Alberto and Elsie Pearl (Dickenson) Hurtado.

Education

Bachelor, California State University, Sacramento, l969; Master of Arts, California State University, Sacramento, l974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, l98l.

Career

Park interpretive specialist, California Parks and Recreation Department, Sacramento, l978; consultant historian, TCR, Fair Oaks, California, l978-80; consultant historian, Public History Superior vena cava syndrome Associations, Sacramento, l980-82; instructor, Sierra College, Rocklin, California, l98l-82; instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, l983; assistant professor of history, Indiana U.-Purdue University, Indianapolis, l983-86; assistant professor of history, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1986-1990; associate professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1990. Chairman California Committee for Promotion History, l98l-82.

Achievements

• Albert Leon Hurtado has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant United States Army, l969-7l, Korea. Member National Council on Public History (treasurer 1984-1986), Organisation American Historians (Billington prize 1989), American History Association, Western History Association (Bolton award 1982).

Connections

Married Willa Jean Kerr, May 3l, l980.

Father:

Victor Alberto Hurtado

Mother:

Elsie Pearl (Dickenson) Hurtado

Spouse:

Willa Jean Kerr