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The Team

The Catholic Textbook Project team includes top, seasoned and dedicated writers, researchers, educators, and advisors who share a profound love of History, the Faith, and the Truth.

ADVISORY BOARD

Dieter Huckestein

Former Senior VP, Hilton Corporation

  

Mark Montgomery

Board of Directors, Montgomery Management Company

  

Scott Turicchi

President and CFO, j2 Global, Inc.

 

Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.

Founder and Chairman, Catholic Textbook Project and Institute for Catholic Liberal Education; Headmaster, Saint Augustine Academy

WRITERS AND STAFF

Ana Braga-Henebry, M.A.

Prolific. published author; a reviewer for Parent Council, LTD for nine years, and a writer for other organizations, magazines, and websites, studied in Brazil and the U.S.

  

Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.

Principal Founder and President of the Catholic Textbook Project and The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education; Headmaster of St. Augustine Academy (Ventura, CA); previously headmaster of Catholic schools in Texas and Arizona

  

Kenneth J. Kaiser, Ph.D.

Catholic writer and teacher who advises the Project in areas of political philosophy and American history

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Ellen and Carl Rossini

Catholic writers who contributed to the volume All Ye Lands: Origins of World Cultures in the CTP history series

 

Christopher Zehnder, M.A.

General Editor of the Catholic Textbook Project history series, senior editor of two news publications for 15 years, also a high school teacher (history, theology, Latin, English grammar, literature, classical literature), former headmaster of a middle and senior high school

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Rollin Lasseter, Ph.D. (1939 – 2008)

Co-Founder and first General Editor of the Catholic Textbook Project history series, award-winning and highly acclaimed, highly respected Catholic university professor

SPONSORS
 

The Catholic Textbook Project would not be possible without the generous contributions and support of those listed below, and of many others:

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Ave Maria Foundation
Douglas L. Alexander
Mary Almassey
Patricia Bozell
Mr. & Mrs. William Burleigh
Catholic Business Journal
Peter DeLuca III
Paula Galligan
Rev. Joseph Gillespie
Gary Hespenheide, Hespenheide Design
Holden Color Printing
John M. Holiman III
James Holman
Ignatius Press
Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Peg Luksik
Bridget Neumayr
Peter Poppleton
William P. and Patrice M. Quan
Saint Augustine Academy
Andrew Seeley, Ph.D.
Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church
Sophia Institute Press
Scott & Lynette Turicchi
The Moran Foundation
Ville de Marie Academy
Karen Walker, Walker & Associates

Strategic Communications

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OTHER ADVISORS

Alexandra Wilhelmsen, Ph.D.

University of Dallas

  

John Sommerfeldt, Ph.D.

University of Dallas

  

John Evans, Ph.D.

Arizona State University

 

Kenneth Whitehead, Ph.D.

Former U.S. Asst. Secretary of Education

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Rev. Marvin O’Connell, Prof. Emeritus

University of Notre Dame

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James Hitchcock, Ph.D.

St. Louis University

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Sr. John Dominic Rasmussen, O.P.

Spiritus Sanctus Academy

DESIGN TEAM

Hespenheide Designs

They hold their design work to the same standards of excellence to which we hold our research and writing. They have a wealth of experience designing books for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Reader’s Digest, Sunset Books, The Entertainment Industry Foundation, and more.

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