Chester C. Travelstead
Selected Biographical Information and PublicationsTo August of 1984
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONEducation
Bowling Green (Kentucky) High School - Graduated 1928
Kentucky Military Institute - One year of post high school work 1928-29
Western Kentucky State College - Bachelor of Arts Degree 1933
Major: French; Minors: English, Music, and EducationUniversity of Kentucky - Graduate work (Graduate courses in English not toward a degree) 1935-37
Northwestern University - Master of Music Degree 1947
University of Kentucky - Doctor of Philosophy Degree 1950:
Major: Educational Administration
Minors: Supervision and Curriculum Development
Honorary Degrees: Doctor of Humane Letters, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters, John F. Kennedy University, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975
Honorary Professor, Universidad de Morón, Argentina 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters, University of New Mexico 1980
Professional Experience Teaching Principal of two-room rural school. grades 4-7, Mecklenburg County, Virginia 1931-32
Teacher in a consolidated school - Mecklenburg County, in combined 5th and 6th grade 1933-34
Teacher and Coach of athletics - Mecklenburg County. Taught English and Mathematics in South Hill High School. Also coached all athletics 1934-35
Teacher in combined junior-senior high school - Picadome High School. Taught Mathematics and General Science, directed orchestra. Lexington, Kentucky 1935-37
Teacher in a city high school -Lexington, Kentucky. Directed bands, orchestras and choruses -Henry Clay High School 1937-42
Supervisor of Pre-Service Personnel - Lexington, Kentucky. Personnel supervisor for radio trainees at Lexington Signal Depot (War Department) 1942-43
Service in United States Navy 1943-46 Communications Officer aboard an attack transport in the Pacific area. Participated in initial invasions of: Saipan and Guam in the Mariannas Islands; and Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines. 1943-46
Supervisor of Music, Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky. 1946-47
Graduate Assistant -Northwestern University. Part-time teaching and graduate work. Summers only 1946-47
Sales Representative of Investors Diversified Service of Minneapolis, Minnesota 1947-48
Graduate Assistant - University of Kentucky. Part-time teaching and graduate work 1948-50
State Coordinator of In-Service Education, Kentucky State Department of Education, Frankfort, Kentucky 1950-51
Assistant Prof. of Education, College of Education, University of Georgia 1951-53
Assistant Dean, College of Education. University of Georgia 1952-53
Dean, School of Education. University of South Carolina 1953-56
Dean, College of Education, University of New Mexico 1956-68
Academic Vice President, University of New Mexico 1968-76
Provost, University of New Mexico 1976-77
Provost Emeritus, University of New Mexico 1977 - present
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Member of editorial boards for: Music Educators Journal (official organ of the Music Educators National Conference), Journal of Teacher Education (official organ of the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards) (1957-64)>
Chairman, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 1963-65; member 1960-66.
Member, Board of Directors, Albuquerque Symphony Orchestra, 1965-71 and 1972- present; President 1977-78 and 1984-85.
Director, Internships in Latin American Education Programs (funded by the Ford Foundation) administered through the University of New Mexico, 1966-68.
Director, Annual Seminar on Higher Education in the Americas for Rectors of Latin American Universities, held on the University of New Mexico campus in cooperation with the University of Kansas and funded by the U.S. Department of State. (1966-69).
Co-Director, Fulbright Scholars' Orientation Conference at Columbia University, New York City, at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State (1967).
Chairman, Program Committee, School for Executives, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education held at Medford, Oregon (August 1968).
Member, Executive Committee, Academic Council, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1974-76).
Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary fraternity.
Member, Phi Delta Kappa honorary fraternity in Education orginally for men only, for both women and men since 1975.
Member, Kappa Delta Pi, honorary fraternity in Education for men and women.
Member, Executive Committee, People's Forum on Higher Education (Created by Governor Jerry Apodaca) (1975-76).
Member, Governor's Special Committee in Special Education (1975) (Advisory to Governor Jerry Apodaca and New Mexico Legislature).
Member, Executive Committee, Kit Carson Council, Boy Scouts of America (1974-76).
Chairman, Search and Screening Committee which aided the Regents in their search and appointment of a PresidentUniversity of New Mexico. (Performed this service twice: in 1976, leading to the appointment of Ferrel Heady as President; and in 1982, leading to the appointment of John Perovich as interim president.)
Treasurer, Monte Vista Christian Church in Albuquerque (1984-85).
Vice President, Maxwell Museum Association, U.N.M. (1983-85).
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