William Robert West

Background

West, William Robert was born on February 4, 1947 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Robert Senior and Genevieve Jane (Cooper) W.

Education

Bachelor, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1970; Master of Arts, Western Kentucky U., 1973; postgraduate, U. Louisville, U. Shanghai postgraduate, U. Denver, U. Washington, others.

Career

Teacher, Daviess County Public Schools, Owensboro, 1971-1986; associate professor of history, U. Kentucky, Owensboro (Kentucky) Community College, since 1984. Kentucky Community College faculty senate county representative university studies. U. Kentucky C.C.S. coun.mem., 1994-1997.

Parent representative local school based county.

Achievements

• William Robert West has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Leadership Owensboro Class of 1988, Leadership Kentucky Class of 1997. Executive director Owensboro Sister Cities Program, since 1990. Member state mgmt.team Kentucky Sister Cities, since 1991.

Member American Association Individual Investors, National Geographic Society, Southern Regional Honors Count., National Trust Historic Preservation, Honorary Order Kentucky Colonels, National Collegiate Honors Council, Community College Humanities Association, United States-China Peoples Friendships Association (national board directors since 1997), National Association Humanities in Education, United Nations Association United States of America, North America Congress on Latin American, Kentucky Community College Humanities Association, The Southern History Association (European history section), others.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling, fostering international perspective through education.

Connections

Married Rhonda Gaye Foster, April 4, 1981. Children: Shaun Cooper Foster West, Ryan William Foster West.

Father:

William Robert Senior West

Mother:

Genevieve Jane (Cooper) West

Spouse:

Rhonda Gaye Foster

child:

Shaun Cooper Foster West

child:

Ryan William Foster West