Frank
Longoria,
At large member of the RGHF Board
www.historyboard.org Frank Longoria joined the Rotary Noon Club in
Denton, Texas in the 1980´s and dropped out for a few years. He
rejoined the same club in 1996. Upon his retirement in 1998, he
joined the Rotary Noon Club of Marble Falls, Texas. He served as
Director of International Service while a member of the Marble Falls
Rotary Noon Club. During this time he worked on several matching
grants with sister clubs in Monterrey, Mexico and Ciudad Madero,
Mexico. The last matching grant allowed the purchase of an
ambulance for a hospital in Ciudad Madero.. The ambulance was
imported successfully. He is presently serving as the Sergeant at
Arms for the Rotary eClub of the Southwest. Frank and his wife,
Lucila, were host and hostess for a Rotary Graduate Exchange Student
from the Cotswold area in England in 2003. They later traveled to
England to visit with the student and her family. They have also
participated in several Rotary Friendship Exchanges with families
from Mexico.
Frank is Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages,
Texas Woman's University, where he taught Spanish and
Spanish-American Literature and Linguistics as well as English as a
Second Language. He served as the Chairman of the Department of
English, Speech, and Foreign Languages and Director of International
Programs from 1978 to 1998. He initiated an English Program for
students from Japan, and he and his wife visited Japan several
times. Prior to his tenure at TWU, he was a tenured Professor at
the University of Texas at Arlington and at The State University of
New York in Potsdam, NY: He was named Director of International
Programs for the State University of N.Y., and he and his family
spent 3 years in Madrid, Spain.. He holds a PhD in Romance
Languages and Linguistics with a second specialty in Comparative
Literature from the University of Washington
Frank is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow and a
Sustaining Member. His wife, Lucila, is also a Paul Harris Fellow.
Frank thinks that the world will be a better place when all wars are
considered history.
