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Friend
and mentor of the Air Force ROTC Detachment at UH
and each and everyone of the cadets involved at
the University of Houston is the best way to describe
Dean Antel. He is a leader, motivator, teacher and
caregiver to the young cadets who are preparing
themselves to serve our country as future leaders
of the Air Force.
He
is a man that makes it happen. Listed among his
many credits are the initial establishment of the
unit in 2003, the allocation of facilities to house
the unit along with Army ROTC that are second to
none in universities around the country, the teaching
of Air Force and military leadership principles
to other non-military students at the university,
and the outreach of UH ROTC programs to a myriad
of universities and colleges in the Houston area
so that they can have the benefits of applied leadership
that these units bring to their campuses. Thanks
in great measure to Dean Antel’s support, Detachment
003 at UH has been the fastest growing AFROTC unit
in the nation for the past two years.
As
a true educator, Dean Antel leads by example and
is a man of vision who understands the needs of
all students. He has long been a resource person
who has looked after the needs of young students
and has done everything in his power to help them.
These
are just a few of the reasons of why we are awarding
Dean Antel the highest aerospace education honor
we can bestow, that of Educator of the Year.
Dean
Antel grew up in San Francisco, married a lovely
Speech Pathologist, Susan, who is the Director of
Special Education at Klein ISD.
He
worked as a bartender while obtaining his degrees
at the University of California’s Berkeley and Los
Angeles campuses. His wife explains why he is so
robust and healthy and what greater experience can
you have dealing with people than as a bartender.
He earned his undergraduate degree in Political
Science at the Berkeley campus in 1972 and received
his PhD in Economics in 1983 from the Los Angeles
campus in 1983. He was no stranger to the military
even in those days. He left bartending to work for
RAND Corporation co-authoring studies in military
retention and attrition and was a forefather of
the all volunteer force.
Dr.
Antel joined the University of Houston Economics
Department in 1981 and served as Economics Department
Chair prior to assuming his present duties as Dean
of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Studies.
Dean
Antel loves to talk about his son, Matthew, who
is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy and a F-18F
Navy pilot on active duty as well as his son Joseph,
baseball player extraordinaire.
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