(The photo of the medieval port city of Dubrovnik is featured on most pages here. I visited this city during June and July of 1971 with my uncle and his family.
My maternal grandparents left this part of Europe for the United States in the late 1890s. At that time, this region of Dalmatia was part of the Habsburg/Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Travel is an essential part of education, so be sure to visit my page on that part of my life.
As far as the institutions I have attended:
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 1990. Department of History.
- Dissertation: “The Political Use of History in Argentina: 19th Century Historians and the Ideology of National Unity”
- Fields of Study: Major field in Modern Spanish America and Brazil. Minor field of study in Colonial Spanish and Portuguese America and the Social and Ethnic History of the United States.
M.A. San Diego State University, 1975. Center for Latin American Studies.
- Latin American Studies, with an emphasis on the Spanish Borderlands and frontier, and the Andean nations of Peru and Bolivia.
B.A. St. Mary’s College of California. Moraga, California. 1969.
- Major in History, with studies in Philosophy and the Great Books.
- Lettered four years in Crew.
St. Augustine High School, San Diego, California, 1965.
Blessed Sacrament Parish Primary and Middle School, San Diego, California, 1961.
Some of my San Diego historical memories.
Balboa Stadium
Charger and SDSU Aztec games before Qualcomm
San Diego’s gift to the nation!
Lane Field
First home of the San Diego Padres
January 5, 1964
1963 AFL Championship
San Diego Chargers 51
Boston Patriots 10
Believe it or not!
1985 Time for a new house!
Our family home was destroyed in this brush fire. All of my books and notes! AND my dissertation notes and work.