Background
Rundus, Raymond Joe was born on September 25, 1934 in Blue Rapids, Kansas, United States. Son of Paul and Esther Frances (Traxler) Rundus.
Rundus, Raymond Joe was born on September 25, 1934 in Blue Rapids, Kansas, United States. Son of Paul and Esther Frances (Traxler) Rundus.
Bachelor in English, College of Emporia, Kansas, 1955. Master of Arts in English, Wayne State University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in English, University Nebraska, 1969.
Graduate assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1955-1957;
teacher English and French,, Caney (Kansas) High School, 1960-1961;
teacher English and French,, Neodesha (Kansas) High School, 1962-1964;
teacher English and French,, Hutchinson (Kansas) High School, 1964-1965;
instructor, assistant Professor of English,, College of Emporia, Kansas, 1965-1970;
Professor of English,, Pembroke (North Carolina) State University, since 1970;
professor emeritus
department chairman, Pembroke (North Carolina) State University, 1970-1979. Visiting professor Wicbita (Kansas) State University, summers, 1969-1970. Consultant Johnson County Community College, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 1969, Dillon (South Carolina.) City Schools, 1972, East Bladen High School, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, 1973.
Member accreditation team North Carolina Department Public Instruction, Raleigh, 1975-1977. Adjunct faculty member Doctor of Philosophy program Union Institute, 1993-1997.
Chairman credentials committee Republican Committee Robeson County, Lumberton, North Carolina, 1984-1985. Master of ceremonies, judge public speaking contest Robeson County, 4-H, since 1984. Planner, master of ceremonies Sonnet Performance, Friends of Library., Pembroke, 1991-1992, president, 1992-1993.
Member Robeson County Literacy Council, since 1991, National Trust for Hispanic Preservation. Member American Association of University Professors, Library. of Congress (associate), South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Philological Association Carolinas, Ambassadors Club Givens Performing Art Center, Cypress Men's Golf Association.
Married Constance Jane Orr, August 4, 1955 (divorced January 1959). Married Brigitte Obermeyer, June 4, 1959. Children: Richard Hans, Ronald Paul, Victoria Rae.