Background

Brumgardt, John Raymond was born on February 3, 1946 in Riverside, California, United States. Son of Reuben R. and Grace (Taylor) Brumgardt.

Education

Bachelor of Arts History, University of California-Riverside, 1967;Master of Arts in History, University of California-Riverside, 1968;Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of California-Riverside, 1974;Management Development Certified, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1981;LettD (honorary), College of Charleston, 1991.

Career

County historian, Riverside Museum, California, 1974-1976;head history division, Riverside County Parks Department, 1976-1978;director, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1978-1984;director, The Charleston Museum, South Carolina., since 1984. Adjunct Professor Chapman College REC, Orange, California, 1973-1978. Instructor historyRiverside City College, California, 1973, University of California-Riverside, 1977.

Teaching assistant history University of California, Riverside, 1969, 72-74. Associate in history College of Charleston, since 1989.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • People of the Magic Waters: The Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs

    (The authors of this book, an archeologist and an historia...)

  • People of the Magic Waters: the Cahuilaa Indians of Palm Springs
  • People of the Magic Waters: The Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs Hardcover - June, 1981

• Other Work

  • Author: People of the Magic Waters, 1981. Editor: Civil War Nurse, 1980. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Chairman Riverside County Bicentennial Commission, California, 1975-1976, Airport Art Committee, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1983-1984. Active Airport Art Committee, Charleston, South Carolina, 1984-1987. Chairman South Carolina Abandoned Cultural Property Board, 1987-1989.

President Mountain-Plains Museum Association, 1983-1984. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1970-1972. Member American Association Museum (accreditation team), Southeast Museum Conference (council member 1987-1992, treasurer 1990-1992), South Carolina Federation Museum (vice president 1985-1987, president 1987-1989), Rotary, Phi Beta Kappa.

Lodges: Rotary.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocations: gardening.

Connections

Married Doris Ann Tarasko, December 20, 1969. Children– Jennifer, Thomas.

father:

Reuben R. Brumgardt

mother:

Grace (Taylor) Brumgardt

spouse:

Doris Ann Tarasko

children:

Jennifer Brumgardt

Thomas Brumgardt