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Quentin
Gessner
Quentin Gessner served as Associate Director of the
University Extension Service at The University of Michigan from 1962 to
1974 and as Dean of Continuing Studies and Professor of Adult Education
at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1974 to 1989. He was responsible
for conceptualizing the development of a State-wide Coordinating Council
for Higher Education in Nebraska and for independent study via television
at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As an accreditation reviewer at
five institutions, he was responsible for the Dean of Continuing Education's
position being elevated to a staff position in Academic Affairs. He was
also responsible for bringing continuing education into a more visible
role with the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities as
a member of the Accreditation Task Force of the Council on Postsecondary
Accreditation.
His professional
activities also included membership on the Educational Telecommunications
Committees of the National Association of State Universities and Land
Grant Colleges, and the American Council on Education. Many of his honors--the
Julius M. Nolte Award, the Stanley
R. Robinson Award, and the Innovative Award in Continuing Education--stem
from his highly active involvement in the National University Continuing
Education Association of which he was President.
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