Background
Perry, Robert Tad was born on March 11, 1943 in Iowa City. Son of Thomas Amherst and Lora Margaret (Turner) Perry.
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Perry, Robert Tad was born on March 11, 1943 in Iowa City. Son of Thomas Amherst and Lora Margaret (Turner) Perry.
AB, Center Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, 1965; Master of Arts, U. Missouri, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Missouri, 1972.
Program director, Young Men’s Christian Association, Kansas City, Missoury, 1965-1966;
assistant instructor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1966-1970;
assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1971-1976;
associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1976-1981;
department chairman political science, 1973-1977, 79-80;
professor, 1981-1994;
executive assistant for fiscal relations, Ball State University, Muncie, 1981-1987;
assistant provost, Ball State University, Muncie, 1985-1987;
associate vice president, Ball State University, Muncie, 1987-1994;
chief operating officer, Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education, 1992-1994;
executive director, South Dakot Board Regents, since 1994. Treasurer Academy Public Svc., Indiana, 1985-1991. Lecturer Governor's Executive Development Institute, Indiana, 1985-1989, Clerk-Treasurer's Institute.
Consultant City, town and county goverments, Indiana. Director research and economics development planning Indiana Department Commerce, 1979-1980.
Member Fayette City Council, 1969-1971, Indiana State Pers. Board, 1982-1984, Governor's Citizenship Education Task Force, 1983. Chairman Governor's Task Force WelfareReorgn., 1983-1984.
Board directors Rural Development Telecomms. Network, South Dakot, 1994-1995, South Dakot Public Broadcasting, since 1994, South Dakot State Library., since 1994, RuralEcon. Development Commission, since 1995.
Member Western Common for Higher Education, since 1994. Member American Society Public Administration (president Indiana chapter 1981-1982), Council for Advancement and Support of Education (commission on government relations 1991-1994), StateHigher Education Executive Officers, National Association Sys. Heads, Rotary, Exch. Club.
Married Jane Lynn Martin,1965 (divorced 1983). Children: Tod, Jay; married Carolyn Summers Cross, 1989.
