H. Paul Castleberry Papers, 1940-1983

Professor H. Paul Castleberry was born on June 8, 1921, in Duncan, Oklahoma. He graduated with honors from Texas Tech University in 1941 and received his Masters of Arts Degree the following year, also at Texas Tech. In 1949 he was awarded the Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. In 1945-1946 and 1946-1947 he was a Hillman Fellow. Upon graduation he became an Assistant Professor at Washington State University, in which position he served until 1954. He was an associate professor from 1954 until 1960, and became a full professor in 1960. He served as acting chairman of the Political Science Department in 1957 and from 1961-1962, and as full chairman from 1964 until 1968. Professor Castleberry taught courses in American Government, International Law, International Organization and Administration American Diplomacy, and a seminar in U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East. He was Fulbright lecturer at the American University in Cairo in 1953-1954 and from 1954-1955 and Fulbright lecturer at Ankara University in 1962. He is the co-author of American National Government and of American State and Local Government, and the author of numerous articles on the Middle East. Professor Castleberry is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the American Society of Public Administration, Pi Sigma Kappa and also served on the Washington Constitutional Advisory Commission for several years in the 1970's and 1980's he acted as chairman of the Whitman County Democratic Party. In 1983 he retired, but continued active in local and state Democratic politics and campus activities.