La FORTE, Robert S(herman) 1933-

PERSONAL:

Born September 8, 1933, in Frontenac, KS; son of Modesto Nathaniel (a laborer) and Josephine Ann (a homemaker; maiden name, Slapschach) La Forte; married Frances Ann Crain (a librarian); children: Mark Francis, Geoffrey Louis, Russell Andre. Education: Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University), B.S.E., 1954, M.S., 1959; University of Texas—Austin, M.L.S., 1968; University of Kansas, Ph.D., 1966. Politics: Republican. Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—2917 Croydon Lane, Denton, TX 76209.

CAREER:

East Texas State University, Commerce, professor of history, 1964-67; University of North Texas, Denton, professor of history, 1968-2000. Also worked as university archivist. Emily Fowler Public Library, vice chair, late 1970s; City of Denton, chair of Public Utility Board and Planning and Zoning Commission, 1980s. Military service: U.S. Army.

MEMBER:

National Association of Scholars.

AWARDS, HONORS:

President's Council Teacher Award, 1992, Student Association's Honor Professor Award, 1992, 1995, Fessor Graham Award, 1994, and Faculty Senate J. H. Shelton Award, 1995, all from University of North Texas; Alumni Meritorious Achievement Award, Pittsburg State University, 2001.

WRITINGS:

Leaders of Reform: Progressive Republicans in Kansas, University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), 1973.

Down the Corridor of Years, University of North Texas Press (Denton, TX), 1989.

Our National Heritage, Kendall-Hunt (Dubuque, IA), 1989.

(Editor, with Ronald E. Marcello) Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women, Scholarly Resources (Wilmington, DE), 1991.

(Editor, with Ronald E. Marcello) Building the Death Railway: The Ordeal of American POWs in Burma, 1942-1945, Scholarly Resources (Wilmington, DE), 1993.

Our National Heritage, American Heritage (New York, NY), 1996.

(Editor, with Ronald E. Marcello and Richard L. Himmel) With Only the Will to Live: Accounts of Americans in Japanese Prison Camps, 1941-1945, Scholarly Resources (Wilmington, DE), 1994.