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Thomas J. Heston, American historian, educator. Grantee Bernadette E. Schmitt fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, 1973. Member of Society of Military History, United States Naval Institute, Society of Historians of America Foreign Relations, Organization of America Historians.

Background

Heston, Thomas J. was born on November 2, 1945 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Son of Walter Enoch and Vivian Janney Heston.

Education

AB, Gettysburg College, 1967. Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve, 1975.

Career

Graduate fellow Case Western Reserve, 1970—1974. Veterans benefits counselor VA, 1974—1975. Assistant professor West Chester State College, Pennsylvania, 1975—1981.

Associate professor West Chester University, 1981—1986, professor, since 1986. Acting assistant dean College of Arts and Sciences, West Chester University, 1986—1987, department chair, 1990—1992. Consultant Station WPHL-television, 1995, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania Veterans Museum, 2003—2004.

With United States Army, 1968-1970.

Achievements

  • Thomas J. Heston has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Society of Military History, United States Naval Institute, Society of Historians of America Foreign Relations, Organization of America Historians.

Connections

Married Susan Luella De Vore, October 1969. 1 child Timothy Michael.