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Page 1 of 2 <br />Robert Ireland <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone (Day): <br />Phone (Evening) <br />Phone (Cell): <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment <br />Job Title: <br />Dr. Robert Ireland <br />721 Mary E. Cook Rd. <br />Hillsborough NC 27278 <br />732 -7538 <br />732 -7538 <br />ireland.bob @gmail.com <br />Retired <br />Year of OC Residence: 1986 <br />Township of Residence: Eno <br />Zone of Residence: Does not apply <br />Sex: Male <br />Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br />Boards /Commissions applied for: <br />Durham Technical Community College Board of Directors <br />Community Activities /Organizational Memberships: <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />Work Experience: In 2007, 1 retired from Wake Technical Community College as Vice - <br />president for student services; prior to that I taught at Elon College and N.C. A &T State <br />University. I hold a Ph.D. in Social and Intellectual History and have been a teacher, <br />author (two books) and editor of history. Most recently, I have edited 6 volumes of the <br />Hillsborough Historical Society Journal, and I have been involved in numerous Orange <br />County historical activities. I believe that my background as a grants writer, author, and <br />teacher of local and North Carolina history will be of assistance to a cause that is very <br />important to me. <br />Volunteer Experience: I have been active as a volunteer at my church (Archives <br />Committee at St. Matthews Episcopal Church), as a member of Friends of the Orange <br />County Library, and I have served as former President of the Hillsborough Historical <br />Society and the North Carolina Association of Historians. I have also been a volunteer <br />for Habitat for Humanity and the Heart Walk of Wake County. I was also a candidate for <br />the Orange County School Board. <br />Education: I received my master's degree at the University of Wyoming as a William <br />Robertson Coe Fellow in American Studies, and my doctorate in 1972 from the <br />University of Maine. I have attended numerous conferences and presentations regarding <br />local, state and national historic topics. I have also had extensive experience in <br />