DONALD D. HOUSLEY

                                                    

Degenstein Professor of History                                                                                                26 Burgess Ave.

Susquehanna University                                                                                                            Selinsgrove, PA.

Selinsgrove, PA 17870                                                                                                             570-374-4734

570-372-4065    housley@susqu.edu                                                                                dhousley@guidescape.net

 

 

Education.

 

            Pennsylvania State University              Ph.D.  1971

            University of Connecticut                     M.A.  1964

            Houghton College                                 B.A.   1962

 

            Dissertation:  "The Independent:  A Study in Religious and Social Opinion, 1848-1870."  (Advisor:  Ira V. Brown)

 

Employment.

 

            Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

                        Professor of History                                                      1983-              

                        Associate Professor of History                                      1974-1983

                        Assistant Professor of History                                       1970-1974

                        Instructor in History                                                      1967-1970

 

                        Acting Department Head, History                                 1998-2000

                        Dean, School of Arts and Sciences                               1985-1993

                        Assistant Dean of Faculty                                             1979-1983

                        Director, Faculty & Curriculum Development                1978-1979

                        Chairman, Department of History                                 1976-1978

                        Director of Summer Session                                         1972-1976

                       

            Roberts Wesleyan College, North Chili, New York

                        Instructor in History                                                      1964-1965

 

Research Program.

 

          Writing a history of Susquehanna University, tentatively titled, A Goodly Heritage: Mission and Market at Susquehanna

University, 1858-1985. A second research area pursued in cooperation with students regarding the use of space and structures

as an avenue to understand community histories. Studied the modernization process in and the demography of Snyder County,

Pennsylvania. Other research has been completed about Roger Blough, CEO at United States Steel Corporation,1955-1969,

and the origins of the Business Roundtable, 1969-1974.

 

Publications.

 

            "Henry Ziegler: Missionary Preacher and Teacher," Newsletter Lutheran Historical Society, Gettysburg (Winter, 1996)

 

            "Rural Bust and Boom: Snyder County, 1880-1920,"Pennsylvania Heritage Volume V, Number 1 (December, 1978).

 

            Editor, Principal Author, Snyder County, Pennsylvania:  From Pioneer Days to the Present (East Stroudsburg, PA:

            Sun-Litho Print, 1976).

 

            "Population Parameters of Snyder County 1800-1970:  Demography of a Rural Community."  Snyder County Historical

            Society Bulletin (1975)

 

            "The Development of Welfare and Relief in Snyder County, Pennsylvania During the 1930's: A Case Study of the

            Modernization Process," Susquehanna University Studies (June, 1974).

 

            "The Response of Conservative Presbyterians to the Great Awakening in the Middle Colonies," Susquehanna University

            Studies  (June, 1970).

 

Presentations.

 

             "Five Looks at the Susquehanna Story," series of lectures presented in Spring of 2001.

 

            "The Birth of an American and Lutheran College": Susquehanna University and Snyder

            County in the 19th Century, Snyder County Historical Society, March 1999

 

            "Men as Metaphor: Hnery Ziegler, John Woodruff and Susquehanna University, 1858-1905,"

            1996 Horn Memorial Lecture, Susquehanna University.

         

            "Toward Orthodoxy" The Missionary Institute Becomes Susquehanna University," 1996

            Lutheran Historical Society, Gettysburg, 1996 Fall Meeting         

         

Professional Affiliations.

 

            Board of Directors, Secretary of the Lutheran Historical Society, 1997-

            Lutheran Historical Conference

            Organization of American Historian

            Snyder County Historical Society

            Governing Council, Pennsylvania Historical Association 1991-1995

 

Honors.

          

            Dedicatee of Lanthorn (College Yearbook)                   1976

            Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching                  1972

            Professor of the Year                                                    1971

            Phi Alpha Theta Membership