at Arlington, where he also served as professor of communication and professor of public affairs. In 2013, he retired from University of Texas at Arlington and became Higher Education Advisor to the Governor of the State of Michigan. Awards and activities The Arlington Chamber of Commerce STAR Award, annual recognition of a community leader (2012), Sally Kallam Award for support of Leadership Arlington and growth of leaders in the community (2010), Silver Eagle Award from the Boy Scouts of America for service to the Arlington community (2009), Scoffes Award to the MSU faculty member who demonstrated a sustained commitment to the academic success of the MSU Football program (2001), board of directors, Miami Donors Forum, vice chairman, Legal Affairs Committee, ANPA and member of join task force on press/bar relations with the American Bar Association, lecturer, Annual Communications Law Seminar, The Practicing Law Institute, New York, Commencement speaker, College of Communications, University of Miami, Member, Michigan Governor's Commission on Higher Education, chairperson, advisory board, Detroit Public Education Fund, James D. Spaniolo First Generation Scholarship References Further reading Michigan State University alumni Michigan State University faculty University of Texas at Arlington faculty Presidents of the University of Texas at Arlington People from Greenville, Michigan 1946 births Living people University of Michigan Law School alumni Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy alumni