Roberto Jesus Garza

Background

Garza, Roberto Jesus was born on April 10, 1934 in Hargill, Texas, United States. Son of Andres and Nazaria (De La Fuente) Garza.

Education

Bachelor in Psychology, Texas Agricultural and Industrial College, 1959; Master of Arts in Spanish, Texas Agricultural and Industrial College, 1964; Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Oklahoma State University, 1975.

Career

High school teacher and counselor, Texas, Illinois, Wyoming, 1959-1964; instructor, department chairman, St. Joseph (Missouri) Junior College, 1964-1965; teaching assistant, U. Washington, Seattle, 1965-1966; instructor, department chairman, S.W. Texas Junior College, Uvalde, 1966-1968; professor Spanish, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 1968-1970; administrator, Office of Equal Opportunity, Edinburg, Texas, 1970-1971; National Endowment for Humanities research fellow, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1972-1973; professor, department chairman higher education, University Texas, Brownsville, 1973-1996; retired, 1996. Consultant migrant education S.W. Laboratory, Austin, 1966-1967. Psychometrist Peace Corps, San Marcos, Texas, 1965.

Counselor Job Corps, San Marcos, 1966. Higher education teacher education evaluator Texas Education Agency, Austin, 1980-1985. Mem.Tex. Education Agency Accreditation Team, since 1979.

Member journalism scholarship committee TGBT-television and KRGV-television, since 1979. Member Southern Association Schools and Colls. Accreditation Team, since 1990.

Consultant unites states department Education, since 1993.

Achievements

• Roberto Jesus Garza has been listed as a noteworthy education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, vice president, president Brownsville Indiana School District, 1985-1987. Member Cameron County Appraisal District, Brownsville, 1985-1987, Texas House Representatives Resolution #521, 1987. Associate director Reynaldo Garza Law School, Edinburg, 1985-1987.

With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Association of University Professors, Southern Association of Colleges Schools, Texas Association College Teachers, American Association for Higher Education, Smithsonian Associations, Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Idolina Alaniz, August 24, 1957. Children: Roberto Jesus, Sylvia Lynn.

Father:

Andres Garza

Mother:

Nazaria (De La Fuente) Garza

Spouse:

Idolina Alaniz

child:

Roberto Jesus Garza

child:

Sylvia Lynn Garza