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Bloom, John Porter was born on December 30, 1924 in Albuquerque. Son of Lansing Bartlett and Maude Elizabeth (McFie) Bloom.
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Bloom, John Porter was born on December 30, 1924 in Albuquerque. Son of Lansing Bartlett and Maude Elizabeth (McFie) Bloom.
Bachelor of Arts New Mexico, 1947. AM, George Washington University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1956.
Certified in pre-meteorology, Reed College, 1944.
Member of faculty, Northern Georgia College, 1950-1951;
member of faculty, Brenau College, 1952-1956;
member of faculty, University Texas, El Paso, 1956-1960;
historian, music planner, editor, National Park Service, Washington, 1960-1964;
editor, Territorial Papers of the United States, 1964-1980;
senior specialist western history, National Archives, Washington, 1964-1980;
director, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center Western Studies, Stockton, California, 1981-1984;
editor, Pacific Historian, U. Pacific, Stockton, 1981-1984. Program committee chairman Conference History American West, Santa Fe, 1961, 71. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities division public programs National History Publs. and Records Commission, Virginia History and Museum Federation, 1976-1979.
Member of advisory board Capitol Studies, United States Capitol History Society, 1971-1973.
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Chairman Fairfax County History Commission, 1972-1973. Active Cultural Heritage Board, Stockton, California, 1982-1985. Board directors Gateway Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, 1971-1975.
Sheriff Potomac Corral of the Westerners International, 1974. Board directors Joseph Priestley Chapel Associates Inc., 1978-1981. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.
Member Western History Association (honorary, life, president 1974, vice president 1973, member Ray Allen Billington award committee 1979-1982, Special Service award), Westerners International (president 1981-1983, board directors 1988-1995), Westerners Society (Golden Spike award 1969), Council American's Military Past (board directors 1982-1996), Organization American Historians, Eastern National Parks and Monuments Association, Southern History Association, Pioneer American Society, Rio Grande History Foundation, Museum New Mexico Association, History Society New Mexico (board directors, 1st vice president 1999-2000, secretary since 2000, member editorial advisory board New Mexico History Review since 1998).
Married Eva Louise Platt, 1954 (divorced). Children: Katherine Elizabeth Bloom Jassen, John Lansing, Susan Marie. Married Nancy Jo Tice, July 30, 1968.