Dedication

Authors

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

Honors in Practice, Volume 8.

Comments

Copyright © 2012 National Collegiate Honors Council

Abstract

Gary Bell has been a stalwart supporter of honors locally, regionally, and nationally for almost twenty-five years. His commitment to honors started even earlier when he was an undergraduate honors student at Brigham Young University, where he got both his BA and MA. He then earned his PhD from UCLA, and, after teaching at Illinois State and Western Illinois University, he joined the faculty of Sam Houston University, where in 1988 he became the founding honors director until 1993. He then moved to Texas Tech University and became Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program, along with other administrative positions, until becoming Dean of the Honors College from 1998 to 2010.