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Heart and Stroke Foundation

Facilitator Training Opportunity

***Cancelled by the HSF effective February 12th***

Professional Development

26 April 2010 in Regina

“Community Benefits and Repositioning”

The 19 benefits of recreation for a community

Dr. John Crompton Biography

¨ Resident of College Station since 1974.

¨ Married for 37 years to Elizabeth.

¨ Two children, Christine (CHS '92) and Joanne (CHS '96)

¨ Member of A&M United Methodist Church since 1980.

¨ Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University.

Professional Résumé:

John L. Crompton holds the rank of Distinguished Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University. He received his basic training in England. His undergraduate work was in physical education and geography at Loughborough College. After teaching high school for a year, he attended the University of Illinois where he completed a M.S. degree in Recreation and Park Administration in 1968. In 1970, he was awarded another M.S. degree from Loughborough University of Technology majoring in Business Administration.

In 1970, he joined Loughborough Recreation Planning Consultants as their first full-time employee. When he left as managing director in 1974, LRPC had developed into the largest consulting firm in the United Kingdom specializing in recreation and tourism, with a full-time staff of twenty-five which was supplemented by a number of part-time associate consultants.

In 1974, Dr. Crompton came to Texas A&M University. He received his doctorate in Recreation Resources Development in 1977. For some years he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in both the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department of Marketing at Texas A&M University, but he now teaches exclusively in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences.

Dr. Crompton's primary interests are in the areas of marketing and financing public leisure and tourism services. He is author or co-author of 14 books and a substantial number of articles which have been published in the recreation, tourism, sport and marketing fields.

He has lectured or conducted workshops in a number of foreign countries and has delivered keynote addresses at the World Leisure Congress and at Annual National Park and Recreation Conferences in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Japan.

He is a past recipient of the National Park Foundation’s Cornelius Amory Pugsley award for outstanding national contributions to parks and conservation; the National Recreation and Park Association's (NRPA) Distinguished Professional Award; the NRPA National Literary Award; the NRPA Roosevelt Award for outstanding research; the Distinguished Colleague and the Distinguished Teaching Awards of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators; and the Travel and Tourism Research Association's Travel Research Award.

At Texas A&M he has received the Bush Excellence Award for Public Service (presented by President H. W. Bush), the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Faculty Fellow and Senior Faculty Fellow Awards for exceptional research contributions, the University Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, and the University Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching.

In 2006, the city named a new 16 acre neighborhood park, John Crompton Park.

Membership renewal is still ongoing. Sean Bateson, a student from the University of Regina, will be assisting in the membership renewal process. Members have received renewals by mail. If you need a hard copy please contact the Provincial Office.

Online renewal is the best option, but not the only option.