Better late than never...Here's a short BIO of me

My name is George Balogh. I have been an adjunct history professor at various colleges since 1984. I earned my bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois Chicago in 1968, my master's from the University of Central Arkansas in 1982, and my Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1992, all in history. It goes without saying that I like school. I did all my graduate work while employed full time at Acxiom Corporation where I have worked for 39 years and am presently an information security team leader.

My PhD dissertation is about the history of communities, companies, and entrepreneurs in south Arkansas, with a focus on the forest products industry, railroads, and the towns of Crossett, Warren, Fordyce, and Camden.

My wife and I have been married 46 years. We live in Arkansas and have 7 grown children, 11 grandsons, and a granddaughter.

Work, teaching, family, and church keep me pretty busy, but in my spare time I do assorted history projects, paint, read (I like Sci-Fi and mysteries), watch videos, and take road trips. In Arkansas, Petit Jean State Park, Queen Wilhelmena State Park, and Lake Hamilton are some of my favorite places to visit. We also like to visit Sedona, Arizona, Santa Fe, New Mexico, St. Augustine, Florida, Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

I teach because I love history, enjoy meeting new people, and learn a lot from my students. I have discovered that online classes can put me in closer contact with my students than face-to-face lectures.