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Eugene H. Denton
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| Vice
Chairman of the Executive Committee, PAS |
| Local Government
Consultant |
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ehdenton@netscape.net |
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public service in three cities and three states located along U.S.
Interstate Highway 35, Eugene "Gene" Denton is a Consultant to Local
Governments in the United States and abroad. He was County Administrator in
Johnson County, Kansas, from 1985 until 1998, and previously served as City
Manager for nine years in Wichita, Kansas, and as Assistant to City Managers
in Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, for sixteen years. Consulting assignments
include cities in Kansas, the City of Colorado Springs in Colorado, as well
as the City of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Denton graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of Missouri and a Master's in Public
Administration from the University of Kansas. He was also a Fulbright
Scholar at the University of Cologne in Germany. He is married to a
professional schoolteacher and has two children, a daughter who is an
attorney and a son who is an assistant city manager. |
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Education:
Master of Public Administration (MPA), University of Kansas;
Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Missouri;
Fulbright Scholar in Germany at the University of Cologne
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Experience:
- Johnson County, Kansas Administrator, May
1985 - Nov 1998
- Wichita, Kansas City Manager, July 1976 -
May 1985
- Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas Assistant to
City Managers, 1960 - 1976
- St. Joseph (Missouri) Gazette and KFEQ-TV
news writer
- United States Army Artillery Officer,
Korea
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Activities:
- Public Administration Service; Vice
Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1996 - present
- University of Virginia; Chairman of the
Advisory Board, Senior Executive Institute, 1996
- University of Texas; Performance
Management Seminar at the LBJ School, 1995
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville;
Senior Executive Institute, July 1992
- Harvard University, Boston; Program for
Senior Executives in State and Local Government, June 1987
- International City Management Association
(ICMA); Committee on Strategic Planning for the Profession, 1984
- Buenos Aires, Argentina; Seminar on Urban
problems sponsored by American Association of State Colleges and
Universities, May 1981
- Paris, Lyon, Munich; Seminar on Public
Private partnerships in Economic Development, sponsored by the Kettering
Foundation, 1979
- ICMA; Task Force on the Future of the City
in the Year 2000, 1978
- Topeka, Kansas; Seminar on Management in a
Changing Society at the Menninger Foundation, 1974
- Boston, Massachusetts; Sloan School of
Management at MIT, 1969
- University of Chicago; Completed advanced
Urban Management Training course sponsored by ICMA, 1967
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Consultancies and Public Service:
- Advisor to the City of Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates, 2000
- City of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
Recodification and Modernization of the Municipal Code, 1999-2000
- City of Hutchinson, Kansas; Comprehensive
and Strategic Planning Workshop, May 1999
- University of Vermont, Division of
Continuing Education; Advisory Panel on Professional Programs, March 1999
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Memberships:
- American Society for Public Administration
- Fellow, National Academy of Public
Administration
- Life Member, International City/County
Management Association
- Phi Beta Kappa
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