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  December 5, 2006

José A. "Andy" Chacón, DBA
College Professor, Management Consultant, Author/Publisher and Web Page Designer

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111


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EXPERTISE
Facilitator in Organization Change Theory, Interpersonal Dynamics, Team Building, and TQM.
Conversant with HTML, JAVA, Java Script, Light Wave 5.5, Maya 5.0, Flash MX 2004 and PhotoShop 7.0
WORK EXPERIENCE (In reverse order, begining with Academia.)
Adjunct Professor of Management, Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico. (1994 -96)
Professor of Management and Economics, Webster University; (1986-92 at KAFB, Iceland & Bermuda sites.)
Taught Economics, Computer Science, Accounting, Marketing, Mathematics and Management at UNM. (1983-86)
Associate Professor, College of Santa Fe. Taught Statistics, Business and Economics. (1982-83)
Associate Professor, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md . Taught Economics. (1981-82)
Government Contractor
Science and Technology Advisor - Agency for International Development for its regionally funded projects in energy production, energy conservation and energy alternatives in Central America. (1979-81)
Government Executive
Manager, Dayton Area Office (DOE) - a 1200 employee R & D Laboratory devoted to nuclear weapons production and energy development activities. 1976-79
Management Analyst, Weapons Development Division, US Atomic Energy Commission, KAFB, 1970-76
Executive Director, President's Committee on Mexican American Affairs, Washington, D. C., 1968-69
Private Industry
Staff Member Technical, Sandia Laboratories, KAFB, 1954-68, except for two year leave of absence assignment as Director of Cooperative Projects for the Peace Corps in Peru in 1964-65
Military Service
First Lieutenant, United States Air Force - 46 Combat Missions in Korean War, 1951-1954.
Cadet Sergeant, United States Corps of Cadets, USMA, 1947-51.
Aviation Ordnanceman 2/c, US Navy, 1943-45. Survivor USS Ommaney Bay
Assistant Leader, Civilian Conservation Corps, 1941 to 1942.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Doctor of Business Administration with concentrations in Administrative Theory & Practice, Economics, Transportation Planning and Information Technology, George Washington University; Washington, D. C. (1974)
Graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D. C. (1973).
Masters in Public Administration, UNM; Albuquerque, NM. (1960)
BS in General Engineering, USMA, West Point, NY . (1951)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Member and State Chairman, NM Public Welfare Board, 1962-7.
Member Bernalillo County Mental Health Board, 1965-8.
Southwest Regional Representative, American Public Wwlfare Association, 1965-7.
Member New Mexico State Vocational Rehabilitation Board, 1965-7.
NATIONAL HEALTH RELATED COMMITTEES
Planning Committee, National Health Forum, 1969 & 1970.
Consumer Concerns Committees, American Dental Association, and American Hospitals Association, 1969 & 1970.
Chairman, Founding Committee, National Association of Spanish-Speaking Health Organizations, 1969.
PUBLICATIONS
Purchasing Magazine, Automated Bid Analysis Spins Off Savings, June 1965
Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory. The Power Structure, July 1968
Brookings Institution, Consumer Conceived Attributes Of An Ideal Transportation System, 1970
Perspectives in Defense Management, Computer Security, Oct. 1973, National Defense University
The Minority No One Knows - a newspaper column, 1970 to 1973, Houston Post, San Antonio News Express
HISPANIC NOTABLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, Saguaro Publications, 1978
Instructor's Manual With Lecture Outliner, to accompany the 5th, 6th, & 7th editions of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, by Stephen P. Robbins, Prentice Hall ; 1991, 1993 & 1996
Free lance writer for Hispanic Link News Service distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate
USMA '51, YOUR LIFE 1951 to 2001, Saguaro Publications, 2001
MY NINE LIVES , 7 COME 11, and The Browning of America ( In Progress)
HONORS
Selected for TumbleWords Writers Roster: 1997 New Mexico Edition.
Cited by the Department of Energy on 9/30/77 for contribution to the Nation's program of scientific outer-planetary studies, i.e. the Multi-Hundred Watt Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators aboard Voyager I and II.
Graduate Transportation Fellowship at the Urban Center, Brookings Institution in 1970.
For service during the Korean War with the 5th. AF, 3rd. Bb. Wg., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross , two Air Medals and eight other decorations.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion since 1956, American GI Forum since 1956, Veterans of Foreign Wars since 1958, Disabled American Veterans - Life Member.
Democratic National Committee, (DNC) Contributor since 1954
Society of American Military Engineers, (SAME) since 1954
American Political Science Association, (APSA) since 1959
SPECIAL CAPABILITIES
Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese
Private Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land, No Longer Current, Sorry

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