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Coombs, Frank Alan was born on September 26, 1938 in Belleville, Kansas, United States. Son of Lewis Madison Coombs and Ruth Virginia Stokes.
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Frank Alan Coombs, American history professor. Recipient Lay Leader of Year, Mountain Desert District, Unitarian Universalist Association, 1986-1987; Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps Regular scholarship, United States Navy, 1956-1960. Active., speaker's bureau Utah Humanities Council, Salt Lake City, 1993—1995, facilitator, choices for 21st century, 1996—1998; Member of Organization American Historians, American History Association.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, Lawrence, 1960. Master of Arts, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1968.
Career
Assistant professor history University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968—1973, associate professor history, 1973—2004, history department acting chair, 1973—1974, associate professor emeritus, since 2004. Visiting associate professor University Hawaii, Hilo, 1977—1978. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1960-1963, Athens, Georgia, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Membership
Active., speaker's bureau Utah Humanities Council, Salt Lake City, 1993—1995, facilitator, choices for 21st century, 1996—1998. Member of Organization American Historians, American History Association.
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Married Marjorie Jean Williamson, July 8, 1961. Children: Carol Lynne Schuster, James Alan.
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Religion
Unitarian Universalist
Education
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1960
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1964
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1968
Awards
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Recipient Lay Leader of Year, Mountain Desert District, Unitarian Universalist Association, 1986-1987. Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps Regular scholarship, United States Navy, 1956-1960.Recipient Lay Leader of Year, Mountain Desert District, Unitarian Universalist Association, 1986-1987. Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps Regular scholarship, United States Navy, 1956-1960.