BRIEF RESUME OF GENE RAINEY
Education: BA George Washington University; BS Harding University; MA; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; Ph.D. American University
Academic Positions: Harding University, Assistant Professor of Political Science
American University: Assistant Dean, School of International Service; Associate Dean, Graduate School
Ohio State University: Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of North Carolina-Asheville: Chairman of Political Science Department, Associate Professor, Professor; Professor Emeritus (retired 2002)
Political Science publications:Textbooks: Contemporary American Foreign Policy: The Official Voice (1969) and Patterns of American Foreign Policy (1975);
Elected political positions: Asheville City Council (two terms); Chairman, Buncombe County Board of Commissioners (two terms)
Civic positions: Founder, Meals on Wheels Program.
Founder and President, Our Next Generation, a nonprofit corporation for at-risk youth,
who were school dropouts or on probation or parole because of crime
convictions.
Chairman of following civic organizations;
Model Cities Commission
Land of the Sky Regional Council
Buncombe County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
North Carolina Political Science Association
Forum of Concerned Democrats
Governor’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
World Affairs Forum
United Nations Association
Civic Awards:
Order of the Long Leaf Pine (highest award given to NC citizen by the Governor)
Awards for improving race relations: Martin Luther King, Jr., Award
Hadassah Award (a tree planted in Israel in Rainey’s honor)
Harding University Distinguished Alumni Award (1983)
Who’s Who in South and Southeast (Marquis, 1984-85)
Awards Given in Gene Rainey’s name:
Gene Rainey Scholarship Award (income from endowed $100,000 scholarship given each year to a UNCA student)
Rainey-Troutman Award given to the best undergraduate paper by the North Carolina Political Science Association
Gene Rainey Political Science Award (given to UNCA student excelling in service to the Asheville community)