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ROBERT M. UTLEY
**** *. ******** **** ****, Unit 420, Scottsdale AZ 85255.
E-mail: abpjfi@r.postjobfree.com. May 2010
PERSONAL
Born Bauxite, Arkansas, October 31, 1929. Father Don Williams Utley; mother Valeria
Haney Utley (both deceased). Sister Nancy Jane Utley O Connell, born February 14, 1934.
Married to Lucille Dorsey of Youngwood, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1956. Two sons: Donald
W., born June 12, 1957, Washington, D.C.; Philip L., born March 4, 1959, Santa Fe, New
Mexico. Divorced December 31, 1977. Married to Melody Webb of Fairbanks, Alaska,
November 12, 1980.
EDUCATION
DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL, DAYTON, INDIANA
1947
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
B.S., History, 1951
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
M.A., History, 1952
MILITARY (U.S. ARMY)
1952-53 Infantry basic and leadership training, Camp Roberts, California.
1953 Division Faculty, Seventh Armored Division, Camp Roberts, California. Taught
general subjects and intelligence.
1953-54 Infantry Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia (Distinguished Graduate).
1954 Tactical Officer, Infantry OCS, Fort Benning, Georgia.
1954-56 Historian, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
1956-59 U.S. Army Reserves, Santa Fe, New Mexico (captain).
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1947-52 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Historical Aide
(summers only), Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
1954-56 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Historian, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington,
D.C. Military: second lieutenant, first lieutenant.
1956-57 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Historian, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington,
D.C. Civilian: GS-11.
1957-62 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Historian (GS-12),
National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, Southwest Region, Santa Fe, New
Mexico. (Southwest Region included states of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, and Utah.)
1962-64 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Regional Historian (GS-
13), Southwest Region, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1964-70 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Chief Historian (GS-14,
GS-15), Washington, D.C. (Chief Historian also Chief, Division of History, which
included the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings and the Branch of Park
History Studies, the latter a cadre of research historians providing research services
to the parks.)
1970-73 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Director, Office of
Archeology and Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C. (GS-15). (OAHP
consisted of the National Register of Historic Places and the Divisions of History,
Archeology, Historic Architecture, and Grants Administration. Included within this
organization were the following programs: National Survey of Historic Sites and
Buildings and National Historic Landmarks, Historic American Buildings Survey
and Historic American Engineering Record, and Interagency Archeological
Investigations and Salvage.)
1973-77 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Assistant Director of the
Service for Park Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C. (GS-15). Concerned with
historic preservation within the units of the National Park System. Organization
included the Divisions of History, Archeology, and Historic Architecture.
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1977-80 PRESIDENT S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Deputy Executive
Director (GS-15, GS-16, Senior Executive Service-4). Executive staff to full
Council, responsible for advising President and Congress on all matters relating to
the national historic preservation policy and program and formulating and overseeing
the protective system for historic properties authorized by Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended.
1980 Retired. Freelance writing, teaching, consulting.
ADVISORY POSITIONS
Quarterly (1968-73), Arizona and the West (1970-73), Pacific Historian (1964-80),
Yale University Press Western Americana Series (1966-present); Montana the
Magazine of Western History (1985-2001), New Mexico Historical Review (1987-
present), Journal of Arizona History (1989-present), North Dakota History (1991-
2001).
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