Dr. Barry Miller Buxton

Office of the President
The Historic Rock House
Lees-McRae College
PO Box 128
Banner Elk, NC 28604
828.898.8785

Overview

Experienced administrator with stellar record of accomplishment in higher education and nationally prominent museums.

Award-winning fundraiser and director of successful capital and endowment campaigns.

Author, teacher, and community leader with outstanding public speaking skills and international expertise.

Administrative Experience

Vice President for Special Projects, Savannah College of Art and Design – August 2006 – present

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta, 2005 – August 2006

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2000-2005

President and Chief Executive Officer, Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum, Savannah, GA, 1998-2000

Executive Director, Museum of Health and Medical Sciences, Houston, TX, 1995-1998

President, The Health Adventure Museum, Asheville, NC, 1991-1995

Executive Director and Director of the Press, Appalachian Consortium of Higher Education, Boone, NC, 1982-1990

Dean of Instruction, Corrections Division, Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE, 1977-1982

Director of Adult Correctional Education, State of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1975-1977

Teaching Experience

Western Carolina University/University of North Carolina-Asheville Visiting Lecturers (History), 1999

Appalachian State University (Adjunct Professor) Department of Political Science, 1986-1990

University of Nebraska (Instructor) Department of Educational Foundations, 1973-1974

Millers Creek High School History teacher and coach, 1971-1972

Scholarly Research and Publications

Author, Davey Farm Historic Study, National Park Service, 1990

Author, A Village Tapestry: The History of Blowing Rock, Appalachian Consortium Press, 1989

Author, Mabry Mill Historic Study, National Park Service, 1989

Editor, Parkways: Past, Present, Future, American Society of Landscape Architects, 1989

Author, Brinegar Cabin Historic Study, National Park Service, 1988

Author, Moses H. Cone Memorial Historic Study, National Park Service, 1987

Co-Editor, The Many Faces of Teaching, University Press of America, 1986

Editor, Emerging Patterns in the Southern Highlands Appalachian Consortium Press, 1986

Co-Editor, The Blue Ridge Parkway: Agent of Transition, Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985

Editor, The Great Forest, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1985

Scholarly Project Leadership

Principal Investigator, Health Education and Disease Prevention Assessment, Women’s Fund for Health Education & Research, 1996-1998

Review Panelist, Pre-college Science Education Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1993-1994

Project Director, Science Education for Pre-college Students, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1993-1995

Project Director and Principal Researcher, Davey Farm Historic Resource Study and Historic Structures Report, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1988-1990

Project Director and Principal Researcher, Mabry Hill Historic Resource Study and Historic Structures Report, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1987-1989

Centers for Excellence Evaluation Study, Tennessee State Board of Regents, The State University and Community College System of Tennessee, 1997-1998

Project Director and Principal Researcher, Brinegar Cabin Historic Resource Study and Historic Structures Report, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1987-1988

Consultant, Division of Education Programs—Collaborative Projects in Elementary and Secondary School, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987

Project Director and Principal Researcher, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Historic Resource Study and Historic Structures Report, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1987-1987

Awards and Activities

• Board of Directors/Trustees
• • Historic Savannah Foundation
  • The Lucas Theatre
  • Savannah Convention and Visitors Bureau (Chairman)
  • Bethesda Home for Boys
  • Savannah Chamber of Commerce
  • YMCA – Coastal Georgia
  • Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
  • United Way of Buncombe County
  • Texas A&M University-Institute of Biosciences
  • Houston Museum District Association (Chairman)
  • North Carolina Project ASSIST (Chairman)
  • North Carolina Grassroots Science Museums (President)
  • Centennial Celebration Committee, Blowing Rock, NC (Chairman)
• Distinguished Service Award, Blue Ridge Parkway (National Park Service)
• Community History Award, North Carolina Society of Historians
• Nebraska Humanities Council
• North Carolina Humanities Council
• E.F. Lovill Fellow, Appalachian State University

Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1976
Area of Focus: Education Administration
Dissertation Title: “Job Satisfaction of College and University Presidents”

M.A., Appalachian State University, 1973
Major: Social Studies
Minor: Adult Education

B.S., Appalachian State University, 1971
Major: History with Teacher Certification

Avocational Interests

Tennis, bicycling, gardening, and landscape architecture