PROFESSOR MITCHELL F. BUNKIN
Professional
1968 to present-Bucks
County Community College, Newtown, PA
American National Government, Comparative Governments,Political
Internship Program, Comparative Religion, International Relations,
Introduction to Political Science,History of Colonial America,2Oth
Century America,U.S.History l and 2, History of Western Civilization
1 and 2, State and Local Government, Humanities 1,2,3, and 4.
1966-68-Upper
Moreland High, Willow Grove, PA
9th grade Civics, 10th grade World Cultures 1965-68 Bucks County
Community College, Newtown, PA History of Western Civilization
(Evening Division)
1965-66
Furness Jr.High,Phila.
7th grade World Geography, 8th grade U.S.History,8th grade Remedial
Reading,9th grade World History
1964---Central
High(Phila. Academic H.S. for boys)
9th grade World Cultures.
Education
1964---M.A. (Political Science) University of Pennsylvania.
1963---B.A. (Political Science) University of Pennsylvania.
1959---Central High School, Philadelphia
Personal
2008-Member-Bucks County Historical Society Collections Committee.
2005-Biographical research of 139 artists for author James Alterman, New Hope for Amereican Art, Lambertville,NJ:Alterman, 2005. A 612 page comprehensive showing of important 20th century painting from a 50 mile radius around the New Hope, PA art colony.
2004-Advisor to authors of Stone Houses, New York:Rizzoli, 2005.
2002-Contributor to Brian Peterson(Ed.), Pennsylvania Impressionism, Philadelphia:University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
2002-Lender to exhibition of paintings by Bucks County artist, Roy C. Nuse held at James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
1995-1999--Member of Board of Trustees of Point Pleasant Rescue Squad.
1992-2003--President of the Board of Trustees of the Tinicum Township Conservancy; a land preservation group. 3000 acres now protected by easements.
1986-1993--Volunteer campaign strategist in four different critical municipal elections. Victorious each time!
1985-1987--President and Chairman of the Board of the Bux-Mont Republican Mainstream Committee; a group dedicated to moving local Republican politics toward a more moderate agenda.
1985-------Volunteer adviser to Committee for a Better Bucks County;a group promoting creation of a Home Rule Charter for the county.
1985-------Volunteer adviser to the Bucks County Tourist Industry Political Action Committee.
1984-------Volunteer adviser to United Slates of America; a group dedicated to putting the issues of clean air/water legislation and implementing serious US/USSR disarmament negotiations before the Platform Committees of both major parties' nominating conventions.
1983-1985--Partner in Krauss,Gilmore and Bunkin, a political consulting firm.
1981-1983--Vice President and Board Member of Del-AWARE, a group fighting to preserve the quality and environmental integrity of the Delaware River.
1977-1982--Republican Committeeman for Tinicum Tohickon District.
1976-1990--Member American Host Foundation which hosted foreign teachers.
1974-------Adviser and lender to Pennsylvania Folk Art Exhibition at the Allentown Museum of Art.
1970-1982--Dealer in 18th century Pennsylvania antiques and folk art.Most important customers: Phila.Museum of Art. H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE. Recognized expert and lecturer on early Pennsylvania pottery.
197O-1971--Founder and first president of Bucks County Community College Federation of Teachers. Negotiated a precedent-setting contract in which all aspects of academic life are deliberated by several Faculty/Administration committees.
1968 to present--Member of various college committees.