Kearney, Milo 1938-

PERSONAL:

Born January 10, 1938, in Kansas City, MO; son of Milo, Sr. (a professor) and LaNelle (a teacher) Kearney; married Vivian Zgodzinski Kundorf, June 11, 1970; children: Kathleen Kearney Anzak, Sean. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.S., 1962; University of California, Berkeley, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1970. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Piano, art.

ADDRESSES:

Home—San Antonio, TX.

CAREER:

University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, professor of history, 1970-2006, professor emeritus, 2006—. Military service: U.S. Army Reserve, 1963-69.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1965-66; Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, 1982; Chancellor's Teaching Award, University of Texas, 1992; Fulbright scholar in Mexico, 1992-93.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Studies in Brownsville History, Pan American University at Brownsville (Brownsville, TX), 1986.

(With Alfonso Gómez Arguelles and Yolanda Z. Gonzalez) A Brief History of Education in Brownsville and Maramoros, University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, TX), 1989.

(Editor) Still More Studies in Brownsville History, University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, TX), 1991.

(With Anthony Knopp) Boom and Bust: The Historical Cycles of Matamoros and Brownsville, illustrated by Peter Gawenda, Eakin Press (Austin, TX), 1991.

The Role of Swine Symbolism in Medieval Culture: Blanc Sanglier, Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY), 1991.

(With Ken Hogan) The Historical Roots of Medieval Literature: Battle and Ballad, Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY), 1992.

(With Anthony Knopp) Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities, illustrated by Peter Gawenda, Eakin Press (Austin, TX), 1995.

(Editor, with Anthony Knopp and Antonio Zavaleta) Studies in Matamoros and Cameron County History, illustrated by Carlos Gomez, University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, TX), 1995.

(With Manuel Medrano) Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands, Texas A&M University Press (College Station, TX), 2001.

Stories Brownsville Told Its Children: A Child's History of Brownsville (in English and Spanish), Eakin Press (Austin, TX), 2001.

The Indian Ocean in World History, Routledge (New York, NY), 2004.

"Redbeard of the Rio Grande" (musical play), first performed by Bravo Opera Company, in Brownsville, TX, at University of Texas at Brownsville, 2004.

(Editor, with Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta) Studies in Rio Grande Valley History, illustrated by Jessica Cisneros and Salomón Colmenero, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, TX), 2005.

(Editor, with Anthony Knopp and Antonio Zavaleta) Further Studies in Rio Grande Valley History, illustrated by Eduardo Ybarra, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, TX), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

Milo Kearney told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is a love of creativity and of new patterns of thought and expression. It is a search for God that influences my work. I am inspired by a love of world cultures and their interactions."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Historian, spring, 2004, Juan Javier Pescador, review of Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands, p. 149; spring, 2006, Patricia Risso, review of The Indian Ocean in World History, p. 177.

History Today, May, 2004, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, review of The Indian Ocean in World History, p. 83.