Background
Alisky, Marvin Howard was born on March 12, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph and Bess June (Capp) Alisky.
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For almost three thousand years Mexico was the site of some of the most advanced Indian civilizations, most notably the Aztec and Mayan. In many ways, these civilizations were more advanced than their European contemporaries, especially in such spheres as astronomy, mathematics, and city organization. Upon seeing the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, for the first time, Spanish explorer Bernal Díaz del Castillo was awed by its beauty and confessed he had never seen a city in Spain that could match it. However, Díaz del Castillo's arrival coincided with that of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico who captured the Aztec capital in 1521. Since then, it has been known as Mexico City. Mexico's struggle―and eventual success―through the subsequent years to become an independent country is chronicled in the second edition of Historical Dictionary of Mexico. It covers the history of Mexico from its great Indian civilizations to the controversial election of Felipe Calderón in 2006. This is done through a detailed chronology, an introduction, a map, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on some of the more significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.
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Alisky, Marvin Howard was born on March 12, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph and Bess June (Capp) Alisky.
Bachelor, University Texas, 1946. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1953.
Certified, Instituto Tecnologico, Monterey, Mexico, 1951.
News correspondent S.W. and Latin American, NBC, 1947-1949;
news correspondent Midwest, NBC, 1954-1956;
news correspondent, NBC and Christian Science Monitor, Latin American, 1957-1972;
assistant professor, Indiana U., 1953-1957;
associate professor journalism and political science, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1957-1960;
professor political science, Arizona State University, since 1960;
founding department chairman mass communication (now School Journalism and Telecommunications), Arizona State University, 1957-1965;
founding director Center Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1965-1972. Visiting fellow Princeton University, 1963-1964, Hoover Institute, Stanford, 1978. Fulbright professor Catholic U., Lima, Peru, 1958, U. Nicaragua, 1960.
Researcher United States-Mexico Interparliamentary Conference, Baja, California, 1965, Latin American Institute, Chinese Academy Social Sciences, Beijing, 1986, European Institute Defense and Strategic Studies, London, 1985, Politics Institute, Copenhagan, Denmark, 1987, University of Southern California, since 1982. United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference, Quito, Ecuador, 1960. Director Governor's Arizona-Mexico Commission, since 1975.
United States State Department lecturer, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Chile, 1983, 88. Board directors GoldwaterInst. Public Policy Research, since 1989.
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Board directors Phoenix Committee on Foreign Reserve, since 1975, Arizona Academy Town Hall, 1981, Tempe Public Library., 1974-1980. Member United States Board Foreign Scholarships Fulbright Commission Board, since 1984, Academy Council Goldwater Institute of Public Policy, since 1989. Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945.
Fellow Hispanic Society of America. Member American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Latin American Studies Association, Pacific Coast Council Latin American Studies (board directors), Inter-American Press Association, Inter-American Broadcasters Association (research associate), Associates Liga de Municipios de Sonora, Friends of Mexico Art, Southwestern Political Science Association (chairman 1976-1977), National Association Scholars, Arizona Association Scholars, Arizonians for National Security, Society Professional Journalists (life), Tempe Republican Men's Club, Knights of Square Roundtable, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Beverly Kay, June 10, 1955. Children: Sander Michael, Joseph.