ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

2005

      

       T. R. Fehrenback Award, Texas Historical Commission, for Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande

2005

        Kate Broocks Bates Award, Texas State Historical Association, for Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande

2004

Scholar of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M International University

2002

Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award, Historical Society of New Mexico, for Civil War in the Southwest (Outstanding publication by an individual)

2001

Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System Board of Regents

2000

Barry Goldwater Award, Arizona Historical Society.

2000

General Editor, Canseco-Keck Series ( Texas and Civil War), Texas A&M University Press.

1999

Finalist, Spur Award ( short notification), Western Writers of America.

1999

Second Vice President, Texas State Historical Association .

1999

Citation, A Wild and Vivid Land: An Illustrated History of South Texas Border, San Antonio Conservation Society.

1999

Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History, Webb County Heritage Foundation.

1997

Finalist,Spur Award (Biography), Western Writers of America.

1996

Editorial Advisory Board, Southwestern Historical Quarterly
1995 -99
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Arizona History
1995-1999
Executive Committee, Texas State Historical Association
1992
Fellow, Texas State Historical Association
1992
Historical Marker Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation
1991
Documentation and Publication Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation
1991
Meritorious Service Award, Laredo Chamber of Commerce
1990
Historical Marker Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation
1990
Distinguished Publication Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation
1989
Piper Professor
1988
Earl Davis Award, Hill College, Contributions to Civil War Literature
1986
Sesquicentennial Award for Series of Articles on Nineteenth Century Border Politics, Laredo News
1985
Distinguished Service Award for Contributions to Regional Literature, Webb County Heritage Foundation
1984
Distinguished Publication Award, Zapata County Historical Commission
1981-82
President, Faculty Senate, Laredo Junior College
1981
Valley Forge Honor Medal
1975-87
Associate Editor, Military History of Texas and the Southwest
1977-78
President, Faculty Senate, Laredo Junior College
1975
Minnie Stevens Piper Nominee, Laredo Junior College
1975
La Bahia Award, Second Place, Sabers on the Rio Grande
1971-73
Director, South Texas Oral History Program, (Texas A&I University, Pan American University, Texas Southmost College, Southwest Texas Junior College, and Laredo Junior College)
1970-71
President, Faculty Senate, Laredo Junior College
1969-70
Vice President, Faculty Senate, Laredo Junior College