Background

Mark W. Huddleston was born on December 31, 1950 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Charles P. and Joan Elaine (Veldran) Huddleston.

Education

Mark graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo with a B.A. in 1972. Then he received from the University of Wisconsin, Madison his M.A. in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1978.

Career

Huddleston began his career as an assistant professor of political science at State University of New York at Buffalo from 1977 until 1980. He worked at the University of Delaware, Newark as an assistant professor from 1980 until 1983, then as an associate professor in 1983-1994, as a professor of political science since 1994. He was also a consultant to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S. General Accounting Office, and U.S. Agency for International Development. He has published several articles on consensus building in higher education, and several books on the American civil service. Huddleston took up the position at UNH after stepping away from his post as the 15th president of Ohio Wesleyan University.

Achievements

• Huddleston specializes in public administration, a field in which he has published widely, focusing on the senior federal career service and a variety of international issues. Huddleston was the highest paid public employee in the state of New Hampshire in 2016 with a salary of $492,800. Huddleston earned $385,000 in base pay during the 2013-2014 year - plus an additional $94,710 in bonus pay, his total compensation was $479,710.

Works

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  • The Government's Managers: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on the Senior Executive Service
  • Public Administration Workbook
  • The Higher Civil Service in the United States: Quest for Reform (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies) by Mark W. Huddleston (1996-01-15)
  • COMPARATIVE PUBLIC AMDIN (Public affairs and administration)

Membership

Mark is a member of the American Society for Public Administration, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Flying, scuba diving, photography, golf, hunting, fishing

Connections

Mark married Dianna Loesch in 1971, but they divorced in 1982. Thereafter he married his second wife, Melanie K. Sharp, in 1983. But their marriage broke up in 1987. He married his third wife, Emma Elizabeth Bricker, on October 6, 1990. Huddleston has 3 children: Andrew, Katherine, Giles.

Father:

Charles P. Huddleston

Mother:

Joan Elaine (Veldran) Huddleston

child:

Andrew Huddleston

child:

Katherine Huddleston

child:

Giles Huddleston

First wife:

Dianna Loesch

Second wife:

Melanie K. Sharp

Third wife:

Emma Elizabeth Bricker