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Dec. 12, 2012
Robert L. Munkres, Ph.D.
Biography
Robert L. Munkres is a native of Nebraska’s North
Platte Valley. He spent his high school and college summers working in the hay fields for his father, who was both a banker and a rancher.
Professor Munkres received his B.A. with highest distinction from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1952, then earned an M.A. (1954) and Ph.D. (1956) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A well-published author, he taught courses in political science and history for more than forty years.
During the summers of 1956, 1957, and 1958, he was a seasonal Ranger-Historian with the National Park Service at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. He retired from full-time teaching in 1999, but continues to research and write from his home in Colorado.
Platte Valley. He spent his high school and college summers working in the hay fields for his father, who was both a banker and a rancher.
Professor Munkres received his B.A. with highest distinction from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1952, then earned an M.A. (1954) and Ph.D. (1956) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A well-published author, he taught courses in political science and history for more than forty years.
During the summers of 1956, 1957, and 1958, he was a seasonal Ranger-Historian with the National Park Service at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. He retired from full-time teaching in 1999, but continues to research and write from his home in Colorado.