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6 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Robert Ireland <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr. Robert Ireland <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 721 Mary E. Cook Rd. <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone (Day): 732-7538 <br /> Phone (Evening): 732-7538 <br /> Phone (Cell): <br /> Email: ireland.bob @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Retired <br /> Job Title: <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 /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Durham Technical Community College Board of Directors <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Supplemental Questions: <br /> Work Experience: In 2007, I 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 for <br /> Habitat for Humanity and the Heart Walk of Wake County. I was also a candidate for the <br />