Honoree-
Regis A. Courtemanche

Dr. Regis A. Courtemanche has been a member of the C.W. Post faculty for 34 years. He began teaching in the history department as an adjunct professor in 1963, and served as the chairman of the department from 1978-1981. He is presently a full-time faculty member and happily admits to “growing old in the service of the University.” He is thankful for “having the opportunity to be free to teach what he wanted — from English constitutional & legal history to the history of sea power.”

Dr. Courtemanche, a scholar of British history, earned his B.A. and M.A. from St. John’s University and his Ph.D. in international history from the London School of Economics. He saw active duty in the United States Navy from 1952-1956 and is the author of two books, “No Need of Glory, The British Navy in American Waters, 1860-1864,” published in 1977 by the Naval Institute and “Forty Years Against the Tide, Congress and the Welfare State,” co-authored with Senator Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska and published by Regnery in 1986.

Dr. Courtemanche is currently researching the papers of Dr. George Bright, a physician who served in the Union Navy from 1861-1865. He is the author of numerous articles and has lectured extensively on a wide variety of subjects. As a consultant, he has prepared educational materials for The Smithsonian Aviation and Space Museum, NATO and the Tenneco Corporation. A recipient of the David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence in 1989, and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the College as a Teacher and Scholar in 1985, he proudly declares that he has “no immediate plans to retire and in fact may teach until the chalk drops from my hands.”

He and his wife, Patricia, live in Huntington and have seven children.

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