DE VARONA, Frank J.

DE VARONA, Frank J. Cuban, b. 1943. Genres: Area studies, History. Career: Miami Senior High Adult Education Center, Miami, FL, assistant principal, 1973-75; Miami Coral Park Senior High Adult Education Center, Miami, principal, 1975-77; West Miami Junior High School, Miami, principal, 1977-79; Miami Edison Senior High School, Miami, principal, 1979-82; Dade County Public Schools, Miami, South Central Area director, 1982-85, area superintendent, 1985-87, associate superintendent of Bureau of Education, 1987-91, region I superintendent, 1991-. Taught social studies in three junior high schools, 1967-70, and a senior high school, 1970-72; served as a consultant for elementary, junior/middle, and senior high school textbooks on subjects relating to social studies; producer, director, and host of weekly television program in Miami, 1990-92. Publications: (Coauthor) Hispanics in United States History: Through 1865, Vol I, 1989; (Coauthor) Hispanics in United States History: 1865 to the Present, Vol II, 1989; (And series editor) Bernardo de Galvez, 1990; (ed.) Hispanic Presence in the United States: Historical Beginnings, 1993; Florida Government Activities, 1993; Simon Bolivar: Latin American Liberator, 1993; Benito Juarez, President of Mexico, 1993; Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: Father of Mexican Independence, 1993; (Coauthor) The Cuban Educational System: Past, Present and Future, 1993. Contributor to newspapers, magazines, and books in the US and in Spain. Address: Region I, Dade County Public Schools, 733 East 57 St., Hialeah, FL 33013, U.S.A.