Kellar, William Henry 1952–

PERSONAL: Born February 11, 1952, in Cleveland, OH; son of William Leo and Mary Jane Kellar. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Attended Cuyahoga Community College, 1971–73, and Kent State University, 1973–74; University of Houston, B.A., 1983, M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1994. Hobbies and other interests: Theater, the symphony, sports, travel.

ADDRESSES: Office—Center for Public History, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77004. E-mail—wkellar@houston.rr.com.

CAREER: History teacher at public schools in Houston, TX, 1984–93, curriculum writer, 1990–92; Kingwood College, Kingwood, TX, adjunct instructor in history, 1995–97; University of Houston, Houston, adjunct instructor, 1997, visiting assistant professor of history, 1997–, director of Scholars' Community, 1997–2003, executive director, 2003–06, Center for Public History, director of the Houston History Project, 2005–. Houston Community College, adjunct instructor, 1992–98. Houston Council for the Social Studies, member of board of directors, 1985–94; Business History Group, public historian, 1995–97; WHK Historical Researchers and Consultants, public historian, 1996–; consultant to Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

MEMBER: American Historical Association (life member), Organization of American Historians (life member), American Association for the History of Medicine, American Association for Higher Education, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (life member), National Council on Public History, Southern Historical Association (life member), Texas State Historical Association (life member).

AWARDS, HONORS: Fellow of National Endowment for the Humanities, 1985, and Petroleum Institute for Education, 1986; commendation, Texas State Historical Association, 1989.

WRITINGS:

Piping Technology and Products, Inc.: The First Twenty Years, privately printed (Houston, TX), 1998.

Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston, Texas A&M University Press (College Station, TX), 1999.

(With Vaishali J. Patel) Kelsey-Seybold Clinic: A Legacy of Excellence in Health Care, KS Management Services (Houston, TX), 1999.

(With Elisabeth O'Kane) Service Corporation International: The Creation of the Modern Death Care Industry, Heritage Press (Dallas, TX), 1999.

(Editor) J.S. Bracewell: Lawyer, Hart Publications (Houston, TX), 2001.

(Editor and author of introduction) The Birth of the Texas Medical Center: A Personal Account by Frederick C. Elliott, Texas A&M University Press (College Station, TX), 2004.

(With Kimberly A. Youngblood) The Legacy of Robert Alonzo Welch, Welch Foundation (Houston, TX), 2005.

Contributor to periodicals, including Houston Review and Houston Review of History and Culture.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on the history of the Texas Medical Center Thermal Energy Corporation; Anderson, Clayton and Company and the Global Cotton Trade, 1904–87; and Ernst William Bertner, M.D.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Choice, November, 1999, J. Watras, review of Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston, p. 593.

Reference and Research Book News, May, 1999, review of Make Haste Slowly, p. 149.

ONLINE

Texas A&M University Press Catalog, http://www.tamu.edu/upress/books/ (August 2, 2006).

University of Houston: Scholars' Community, http://www.scholars.uh.edu/ (August 2, 2006).

W.H. Kellar Consulting Web site, http://www.historyconsultants.net/ (August 2, 2006).