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Dr.  ALF J. MAPP, JR.

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TEACHER

      Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

  • 1992 - Eminent Scholar Emeritus and Louis I. Jaffe Professor Emeritus
  • 1990 - 1992 Louis I. Jaffe Professor (endowed chair)
  • 1989 - 1992 Eminent Scholar (endowed rank)
  • 1982 - 1989 Eminent Professor (endowed rank)
  • 1961 - 1992 Teaching English, journalism, creative writing, history, and interdisciplinary course in western civilization.

NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTIONS

  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Virginian-Pilot
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch

ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Reference source for the Encyclopedia Britannica and the World Book.
  • Contributor to the Worldmark Encyclopedia.

LECTURER

  • 1985 - 1990 Lecturer in public affairs symposiums for high-ranking officials, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • 1975 - 1976 Host and narrator for the television series Jamestown to Yorktown.
  • 1977 -  Included in 1997 Who's Who in Entertainment in recognition of record as lecturer to state, regional, national, and international meetings, and regional, national, and international appearances on radio and television.
  • Keynote speaker at state, national and international conventions and conferences.

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 1951 - Freedoms Foundation Honor Medal
  • 1963 - Ten Best List, American History Publications Society
  • 1972 - Outstanding American Educator Award, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1974 - Outstanding American Educator Award, Washington, D.C.
  • Included in American Bicentennial Institute file of "Molders of American Culture, 1775-1995."
  • 1976 - National Bicentennial Medal of the National Bicentennial Administration for "planning and execution of programs of a quality unexcelled anywhere in the United States,".
  • 1976 - Comite Francais du Bicentenaire de l'Independence des Etats-Unis from the Republic of France.
  • 1980 - National Family Service Award (with Ramona H. Mapp), Family Foundation of America.
  • 1981 - Commonwealth of Virginia cultural laureate, awarded in the State Capitol, October 1st.
  • 1982 - Distinguished Alumni Award, Old Dominion University.
  • 1985 - Liberty Bell Award
  • 1986 & 1991 - Triennial Phi Kappa Phi National Scholar Award for Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
  • 1987 - Old Dominion University Distinguished Research Award
  • 1987 - Notable Citizen Award, Portsmouth, VA.
  • 1987 - Great Citizen Award, Hampton Roads, VA. (8 cities)
  • 1995 - Hill Friends of the Arts Award (with Ramona H. Mapp)
  • 1996 - Richard Hakluyt Award for historical writing.
  • 1996 - Shadowbox Award for distinguished history by an American.
  • Listed in 28 biographical references published in four nations, including, Who's Who in America, International Scholars Directory, Contemporary Authors, the National Cyclopedia of American Biography and Who's Who in the World.

MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES

  • Publications Committee, 350th Anniversary of Representative Government in the Western World.
  • Editorial Board, Jamestown Foundation.
  • Editorial Board, Virginia Independence Bicentennial Committee.
  • Coordinating Board, Historical Societies of Eastern Virginia.
  • Chairman, Portsmouth, Virginia, Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee, 1968-1981.
  • President, Poetry Society of Virginia, 1974-1975.
  • President, Order of Cape Henry, 1607, (1975-1976).
  • Official Historian and Secretary General, Jamestown Society.
  • Chairman, Portsmouth, Virginia, Fine Arts Commission, 1983-1985.
  • Municipal Committee on Taxes and Mandates, Portsmouth, Virginia, , 1982-1992.
  • Advisor on American Revolutionary publications to Virginia University Press.
  • Chairman of the Board, World Premier of Mary Rose Marine Archeology Exhibit (Commendation from the Prince of Wales), 1985.
  • Virginia Symphony Board of Directors, 1986-1987; Trustee, 1987-present
  • Advisory Committee to the City Manager of Norfolk, 1989 - 1994.
  • Advisory Committee, Center for the Study of Interactive Learning, Pasadena, California, 1993.
  • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1993 - Present 
  • Director, Council for America's First Freedom, 1994-1998.

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

  • Original Manuscripts are Preserved in the Norfolk, Virginia, Public Library; the Library of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; and in Great Britain the Manchester Central Library and the Melrose Collection, Cambridge University.

LISTED IN:

  • Who's Who in America
  • Who's Who in the World

 

NOTE: A Conversation with Alf Mapp about Thomas Jefferson, a cassette produced by the State Department of Education, was released for use in Virginia public schools.  It is one of the first three such taped interviews with "Virginians whose thoughts should be of interest to our own and succeeding generations."