Henderson, Peter V. N. 1947-

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HENDERSON, Peter V. N. 1947-


PERSONAL: Born September 30, 1947, in Boston, MA; son of Elyot (an artist) and Sydney Elliot; married Kathryn Pool, 1981 (divorced, 1985); children: Courtney Elisabeth. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A. 1969, J.D. 1981; University of Nebraska, M.A., Ph.D., 1973. Politics: Republican. Religion: Congregationalist.


ADDRESSES: Home—120 Wildwood Dr., Winona, MN 55987. Offıce—Winona State University, 206 Minne Hall, Winona, MN 55987; fax 507-457-5086. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Educator, attorney, and author. Nasson College, Springvale, ME, assistant professor of history, 1975-78; Yarosh, Feldman, Matusan, Boston, MA, attorney, 1984-89; Winona State University, Winona, MN, professor of history, 1989-95, 2001—, dean of College of Liberal Arts, 1995-2001.


MEMBER: Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin America Studies, Conference of Latin American Historians.


WRITINGS:


Mexican Rebels in the Borderlands, Texas Western Press (El Paso, TX), 1979.

Felix Diaz, the Porfilios, and the Mexican Revolution, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1981.

In the Absence of Don Porfirio, Scholarly Resources (Wilmington, DE), 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on Gabriel García Moreno and conservatism in Ecuador, with a book expected c. 2012.

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