BEDNAREK, Janet R. Daly 1959-

PERSONAL:

Born October 14, 1959, in Omaha, NE; daughter of John L. and Corinne J. Daly; married Michael H. Bednarek (an acquisitions manager), March 23, 1991. Ethnicity: "Irish." Education: Creighton University, B.A., 1981, M.A., 1983; University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., 1987. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Aviation.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of History, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1540. E-mail—janet.bednarek@notes.udayton.edu.

CAREER:

Air Force History and Museums Program, Washington, DC, historian, 1989-92; University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, assistant professor, 1992-98, associate professor of history, 1998—, department chair, 1999—. National Aviation Hall of Fame, member of board of trustees, 1995—.

MEMBER:

American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Urban History Association, Society for the History of Technology, Society of City and Regional Planning History.

WRITINGS:

The Changing Image of the City: Planning for Downtown Omaha, 1945-1973, University of Nebraska (Omaha, NE), 1992.

The Enlisted Experience: Conversations with the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, Air Force History and Museums Program (Washington, DC), 1995.

America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947, Texas A & M University Press (College Station, TX), 2001.

Newsletter editor, Urban History Association.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Aerospace Power Journal, summer, 2002, review of America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947, p. 123.