Background

Specht-Jarvis, Roland Hubert was born on October 31, 1954 in Dortmund, Germany. Came to the United States, 1982. Son of Otto and Waltraud Specht.

Education

Staatsexamen in German and pedagogy, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 1982. Staatsexamen in Law and German, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 1988.

Career

Instructor German St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University, 1982-1987, assistant professor German, 1987-1989, associate professor German, 1989-1992, professor German, since 1992, director Ingolstadt program department foreign languages and literature, 1984-1997, chairman and director department foreign languages, 1988-1994, director quality enhancement programs State Minnesota, 1994-1997, dean College Fine Arts & Humanities, since 1997.

Membership

Vice president, founder Förderverein Ingolstadt-St. Cloud, 1985. Board directors Alexandria-St. Cloud Performing Arts Foundation, since 1997, St. Cloud State University Alumni Association, 1995, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, since 1997, St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, 1998-2002, Herberger College Business, since 2000. Member council College of Arts and Sciences, 1995.

Member St. Cloud Rotary (secretary 1998-1999, vice president 2001-2002, president 2002-2003), Amnesty International.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Outdoors, chess, racquetball, motorcycles.

Connections

Married Shawn Cecilia Jarvis, June 15, 1982. Children: Alex Jarvis, Elly Jarvis.

father:

Otto Specht

mother:

Waltraud Specht

spouse:

Shawn Cecilia Jarvis

child:

Elly Jarvis Specht-Jarvis

child:

Alex Jarvis Specht-Jarvis