Robert Vaughn Haynes

Background

Haynes, Robert Vaughn was born on November 28, 1929 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Millsaps College, 1952; Master of Arts, Peabody College, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1959.

Career

Member faculty, U. Houston, 1956-1984; professor of history, U. Houston, 1967-1984; acting director Afro-American studies, U. Houston, 1969-1971; interim director libraries, U. Houston, 1976-1978; director libraries, U. Houston central campus, 1978-1980; associate provost, U. Houston central campus, 1980-1981; deputy provost, U. Houston central campus, 1981-1984; vice president academic affairs, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green, 1984-1996. Visiting professor, Black studies consultant U. Alabama, 1970. Director Institute Cultural Understanding, 1971.

Member of advisory planning committee Texas Conference on Library and Information Services, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Robert Vaughn Haynes has been listed as a noteworthy university official, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Houston Review: Winter 1981, Vol. III No. 1: History and Cult of The Gulf Coast
  • A Night of Violence: The Houston Riot of 1917
  • The Houston Review, Fall 1981, Vol. III, No. 3

Membership

Member Houston United Campus Christian Life committee, 1973-1981. Chairman church and society committee Synod of Texas, Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1970-1973. Treasurer Houston Committee on the Humanities, 1978-1979.

Served with United States Air Force, 1950-1951. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Southern History Association, Mississippi History Society, Institute Early American History and Culture, Texas Association College Teachers (past chapter president), Phi Kappa Phi (past president).

Connections

Married Martha Farr, December 25, 1952. Children: Catherine Anne, Carolyn Alice, Charles Allen.

Spouse:

Martha Farr

child:

Carolyn Alice Haynes

child:

Charles Allen Haynes

child:

Catherine Anne Haynes