Background
Hunt, Mark Alan was born on May 21, 1949 in Topeka. Son of Ira B. and Marjorie May (McConnell) Hunt.
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Mark Alan Hunt
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Bachelor magna cum laude, Washburn University, 1971. Master of Arts, Cooperstown Graduate Programs, New York State University College, Oneonta, 1982. Graduate, Museum Management Institute University California, Berkeley, 1983.
Career
Director Plymouth (Michigan) History Museum, 1976. Curator exhibits Kansas History Society, Topeka, 1976, assistant director museum, 1976-1979, director museum, 1979-1988, director museum and history sites, 1988-1990. Director National Scouting Museum, Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1990-1996, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. and Museum, Simi Valley, California, 1996-2000.
Deputy director/curator Franklin D. Roosevelt Library., Hyde Park, New York, since 2000. Consultant Menninger Foundation, 1980, National Endowment Humanities, 1974, 75, 77, 1978, Museum Assessment Program. Instructor museum administration, University Kansas, 1987-1989.
Member advisory council Eastern Illinois University History Administration Program, 1992-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, 1988-1989, Land Between the Lakes Association, 1994-1996. Member master planning committee Ward-Meade History Park, 1986-1989. Member Business Council for Arts, 1990-1996.
Graduate Leadership Murray, 1994, Murray Tourism Commission, 1995-1996. Member Ventura County (California) Cultural Tourism Collaborative, 1998-2000, Moorpark (California) College Foundation Board, 1999. Board directors World Affairs Council Mid-Hudson Valley, 2003-2005.
Member American Association State and Local History (chairman state membership committee 1976-1985, consultant, member program committee annual meeting 1988, 92, member education committee 1981-1984, member local arrangements committee annual meeting 1985, member membership task force 1993-1997, member national governing council 1991-1995, member professional standard and ethics committee 2001-2004, member Chief Executive Officer transition task force since 2004, presidential sites and libraries committee since 2003), Mountain Plains Museum Association (member board 1977, Kansas representative), California Association Museum (district representative on The Communications Advertising and Marketing board 1998-1999), Kansas Museum Association (president 1978-1980, Excellence award 1991), Kentucky Association Museum (board directors 1994-1996), American Association Museum (member accreditation visiting committee, member museum studies task force 1988-1989), Southeastern Museum Association (board directors 1995-1996), Murray-Calloway County Chamber of C., Rotary International, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Cynthia E. Rush, February 21, 1976. Children: Alexander Rush, Alice Claire.
