Alexander Rudolph Stoesen

Background

Stoesen, Alexander Rudolph was born on April 9, 1932 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Andrew Robert William and Laura Tomine (Thompson) Stoesen.

Education

Bachelor, The Citadel, 1954. Master of Arts, University Rochester, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1965.

Career

Teacher Washington Square Reading Center, New York City, 1958-1959. Assistant professor history Newberry College, South Carolina, 1964-1966. From assistant to professor history Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1966-1999, chairman department history, 1972-1977, 82-84, 90-91.

Lilly fellow Duke University, Durham, 1976-1977. Member, past chair North Carolina Highway History Marker Advisory Commission, Raleigh, 1986-1991, 94-98, since 2001. Vice president Southern Association Pre-Law Advisers, 1989-1991, president, 1991-1993.

Member Pre-Law Advisers National Council, 1991-1993, consultant, since 1993.

Achievements

• Alexander Rudolph Stoesen has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Guilford County: A Brief History

    (Located in the Piedmont, Guilford County is North Carolin...)

  • Guilford College: On the strength of 150 years

Membership

Member Greensboro Sit-Ins Twentieth Anniversary Committee, 1979-1980, 30th Anniversary Committee, 1989-1990, 40th Annual Committee, 1999-2000. Chairman board trustees Unitarian Church of Greensboro, 1979-1981. Trustee Greensboro History Museum, 1997-1999.

Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, various countries, since 2001. Volunteer Quaker workteam in Ramallah, Palestine, 1999, 2001. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1955-1957, captain United States Army Reserve, 1969.

Member American History Association, History Society North Carolina (council 1988-1990, secretary 1990-1996, vice president 1997-1998, president 1998-1999, Hugh T. Lefler undergraduate history award committee 1983, chairman 1984), North Carolina Literature and History Association (Mayflower Cup book prize committee 1987, 91), Southern History Association, Organization American Historians (chairman membership committee, 1991-1996), Association of Citadel Men (life).

Interests

• Bicycling, bicentennial memorabilia collector, gardening, bird watching, whitewater rafting.

Connections

Married Carol Annette Cronk, August 22, 1959 (deceased February 1999). Children: Robert Andrew, William Darden, Carolyn Anne.

Father:

Andrew Robert William Stoesen

Mother:

Laura Tomine (Thompson) Stoesen

Spouse:

Carol Annette Cronk

child:

Robert Andrew Stoesen

child:

William Darden Stoesen

child:

Carolyn Anne Stoesen