Millikin professor appointed Chair
of Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council
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[January 30, 2017]
DECATUR
– Dr. Dan Monroe, associate professor and chair of the Department of
History and Political Science at Millikin University, has been
appointed chair of the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council for
the 2017-2019 term. Dr. Monroe previously served on the Illinois
Historic Sites Advisory Board for a three-year term, including one
year as chair.
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"I'm delighted to join the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory
Council and look forward to working with council members and with
the staff of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency,” Dr. Monroe
said. “Illinois has a rich history that merits our continued
preservation efforts.”
The Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council is the body that votes
on new National Register Properties in Illinois. The Council meets
three times a year and is comprised of 15 members. There are at a
minimum, three historians, three architectural historians, or
architects with a preservation background, and three archeologists.
The remaining six members have to have a preservation interest and
are drawn from supporting fields, such as, but not limited to
planning, law, local government, and historical geography. All
members are appointed by the Director of the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency (IHPA) and approved by IHPA's Board of Trustees.
Dr. Monroe received a Ph.D. in History from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998, where he worked with Robert W.
Johannsen. Dr. Monroe was the John C. Griswold Distinguished
Professor of History at Millikin from 2008-2010. He served as the
chair of the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council, and he
currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Illinois
History. He is the author of three books and a number of articles
and reviews. Dr. Monroe is currently completing Robert W.
Johannsen's biography of James K. Polk.
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