Albar Peña Papers 1952-1997

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Albar Peña Papers 1952-1997

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Albar Peña served as a professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at UTSA beginning in 1973 until his death in 1993. He was the first president of the National Association for Bilingual Education, twice served as the president of the Texas Association for Bilingual Education, he was selected as U.S. representative at the International Colloquium in Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Paris, France, and he was also selected as chairman of the National Advisory Panel to the National Clearinghouse on Bilingual Education. The Albar Peña Papers consist of 16.2 feet of archival materials spanning the years 1952-1997 and includes correspondence, teaching materials, research files, awards, publications, and conference materials that document the professional activities of Albar Peña.

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University of Texas at San Antonio

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The University of Texas at San Antonio was established in 1969. As of 2009, the University comprises three campuses: UTSA's Main Campus in northwest San Antonio, its Downtown Campus, and the HemisFair Park Campus, which includes the Institute of Texan Cultures museum. The Yearbook Organization, a student organization responsible for the production of UTSA's first yearbook, Horizons, originated in 1989 as the Yearbook Commitee of the Student Representative Assembly. The final yearbook, produced i...

Peña, Albar

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Born in Ciudad Mier in 1931 to Esther Molina Peña and Antonio Peña, Albar Peña was raised in Falfurrias, Texas where he graduated from Falfurrias High School in 1950. After high school, Peña served four years in the United States Air Force before enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin on the G.I. Bill. Peña graduated from UT Austin in 1957 with a B.A. in French and Spanish, and shortly thereafter moved to Brownsville, Texas where he became a teacher of French and Spanish at ...