User:BHorton2

A native of Oklahoma City and a third generation Sooner, Bob earned his BBA in Marketing from Southern Methodist University in 1966, and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of North Texas in 1998, at the age of 55. His professional and academic work has focused on organizational behavior, community health promotion, urban sociology, educational technology and large-scale mobilization of community volunteers. A perennial student, he has also studied playwriting, short-story writing and the production of training presentations at Northlake College in Irving, Texas.

http://www.rshorton.com/bh04a.htm

Bob has been a lifelong innovator. He led the computerization of the Braniff International periodic aircraft maintenance management systems and restructuring of its international advertising contracts and controls in the late '60's. In the '70's, he led the establishment of Southwest Airlines' counter-to-counter airfreight division. And, in the '80's, he helped Houston become one of the cleanest big cities in America, was awarded the coveted National Leadership Award by Keep America Beautiful and served on KAB's National Training Team for several years. His marketing and program design strategies were implemented by American Humanics, Inc, the Association for Volunteer Administrators International, Keep Denton Beautiful, Inc., and United Way of America among others.

Now retired from the City of Irving where he coordinated the Keep Irving Beautiful program from 2000 to 2009, he served on the Keep Texas Beautiful Board of Directors and on the KAB National Conference Advisory Committee. He continues his work in the the environmental field as the pro-bono CEO of TREES-the Trinity River Environmental Education Society. He is also working to deploy "The R.S.V.P. Project", a telephonic system geared to help recovering alcoholics, drug addicts and other lifestyle changers stay on course in their journey toward better lives.

Favorite quotes of Bob's include:

"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Dr. Margaret Mead

"Things should be as simple as possible...but no simpler." (E=MC is meaningless.) Dr. Albert Einstein

"There is nothing quite so practical as a theory that works." Dr. Karl Lewin

--BHorton2 (talk) 04:31, 28 September 2009 (UTC)