April 5, 1935
Personal Data
Married: Marie Ward
Children: 3, Huey B., Pamela Anne, and Mark Stafford
Education
B.S. Florida State University, 1957
M.S. Florida State University, 1958
Ph.D. Florida State University, 1966
Employment
1958 -63 – District Information & Education Forester, Florida Forest Service.
1960 -61 – Geography Instructor, Florida Southern College.
1963 -64 – Assistant Chief, Information & Education Branch, Florida Forest Service
1964 -66 – Director of Public Relations and Special Assistant to the Mayor, City of Tallahassee, FL.
1966 -69 - Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Research Associate, Institute for Social Research, Florida State University.
1966 -67 – Associate Director, Urban Research Center, Florida State University.
1967 -69 - Director, Urban Research Center, Florida State University.
1969 -73 – Associate Professor of Adult Education and Member of Institute of Community & Area Development, University of Georgia.
1973 -82 – Director of Graduate Studies, College of Education, University of Georgia.
1975 -82 - Associate Dean for Research & Grad Studies, College of Education, University of Georgia.
1974 -87 – Professor of Adult Education, University of Georgia.
1988 -89 - University of Oklahoma Associates, Distinguished Professor.
1988 -Present – Faculty of College of Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma.
1987 -91 – Director, Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education.
1987 -Present – Professor of Continuing Professional and Higher Education, University of Oklahoma.
Awards and Honors
1992 Outstanding Adult Educator, Oklahoma Learning Association.
1991 Outstanding Alumni Award, Collegiate Category, Florida State University
1984-85 Armand Hammer Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Andrew Norman Institute for Advanced Study in Gerontology and Geriatrics. Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center, University of Southern California
1983 Recognition for service to international adult education, International Council for Adult Education
1980 Recognition for research and publication in adult education by the Bureau of Worker-Peasant Education, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of
China
1983-84 Nominated by Adult Education Dept. of College of Education for University Research Award
1980 Selected to brief first official group of educators from the People’s Republic of China on adult education in the USA
1979 Recognition for contributions to the field of adult / continuing education, Georgia Adult Education
1978 Recognition for outstanding contributions to the Coalition of Affiliated Organizations
1974 Special Recognition, Certificate of Recognition, National University Extension Association
1968-69 Boss of the Year, Titusville, FL, Chapter of the National Secretaries Association
1966 Conservation Award – Appalachee Audubon Society
1957-58 Academic Fellowship, The Florida State University
1963 Award for weekly feature by the Florida Press Association, for the column “Exploring the Buccaneer Coast” published by the Port Charlotte News
Membership-Professional Organizations
Professor of Continuing Professional and Higher Education
Director – Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and higher Education
American Association of Adult & Continuing Education
National university Continuing Education Association
Community Development Society
Georgia Adult Education Association
Commission of Professors of Adult Education
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Delta Kappa
Kappa Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Honorary Member – Golden Key National Honor Society
Oklahoma Lifelong Learning Association
Publications
1991 Early Innovators in Adult Education. London: Routledge.
1983 Adult Learning Research and Practice. New York: Cambridge Book.
1971 Are They Too Old to Learn? Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Piagetian Theory and Adult Learning.
1982 Career Brief: College Teacher. Careers, Inc.: Largo, FL.
1993 The Inquiring Mind. Third Edition. Norman, OK: Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education.
1974 Lifelong Learning. Guest Editor, Journal of Research and Development in Education, 7, 4.
1990 Educational Gerontology: Trends and Developments in 2000-2011. Educational Gerontology. 15, 317-327
1985 Benjamin Franklin in J. Thomas and E. Elsey. International Biography of Adult Education. Department of Adult Education,
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
1968 American County Government. Education for Public Officials: What’s the Best Method? 33, pp. 52-58.
1980 Changing Approaches to Studying Adult Education. With Roger Hiemstra and Associates, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Professional Interest Areas
Boy Scouts of America
PTA
Kingswood Community Association
Kiwanis Club
Florida Audubon Society
Florida Nature Conservancy
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Service to youth and community groups in adult education
International work in continuing adult education throughout the world
Extensive teaching, advising, consulting, and publishing
Led adult education efforts towards Florida’s forest and wildlife preservation
Practitioner in adult education for many years
Additional Resources
Articles
Photo Gallery
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
References
International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. (1996). Huey Long.
Retrieved July 1, 2011, from
http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/1996/Long.html
Long, H.B. (1982). Theoretical foundations of adult education: borrowings from other disciplines, theory, innovation, and practice in andragogy.
Retrieved July 5, 2011 from http://www.lindenwood.edu/education/andragogy/2011/Long_1982.pdf
Long, H.B., & Hiemstra, R. (1980). Changing Approaches to Studying Adult Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
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