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Biography of Ross Lence

Ross Lence Ph.D. is Associate Professor of
Political Science at the University of Houston. He was born and educated in
Whitefish, Montana, earned a B.A. degree from the University of Chicago, did
graduate work at Georgetown University, received a Ph.D. from Indiana
University, and received an Earhart fellowship for a year-long study in the
British Museum.  Since joining the faculty at U of H., Dr. Lence has been
the chairman of innumerable theses and dissertations and has received
recognition for teaching on four separate occasions: the University of Houston
Teaching Excellence Award in 1974 and in 1977; the College of Social Science in
1984; and the state-wide Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award in 1987.  Dr.
Lence also served as a Presidential speech writer on the Bicentennial during
President Gerald Ford’s administration.

Write-up from the University of Houston:
Ross Lence, associate professor of political
science, is known by his supporters as a "teacher of teachers."
"While we have been fortunate to have some outstanding teachers at the
University of Houston over the past 25 years, Dr. Lence has been, even among
these, the most outstanding teacher at this university," wrote Ted L.
Estess, dean of the Honors College.

In letters of support, Lence was cited for
his unflagging participation — from university committees to speaking
engagements across the country.

"In a time when faculty members often
separate their work from the activities of teaching and university citizenship
on campus, Dr. Ross Lence is the exception. His work is on this campus,"
Estess wrote.

Lence has won numerous teaching awards, most
notably in 1987 when he was named the outstanding university teacher in Texas by
the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.

He received his bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Chicago, pursued graduate studies at Georgetown University and
received his doctorate from Indiana University.

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