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Dr. Robert Roessel, Jr. is recognized as a legendary leader in the field of American Indian education. In 1959, Dr. Roessel founded the Indian Education Research Center (now known as the Center for Indian Education) at ASU, still the only center of its type nationwide.
May 15, 2006 · The “father” of Diné College, Dr. Robert A. Roessel, died Feb. 16, 2006 of complications of cancer. He was 79. In 1966, Roessel founded the first school in modern times with a foundation of Native language, history and culture — the Rough Rock Demonstration School (now the Rough Rock Community School ).
Recently, Roessel was the acting film commissioner for Puerto Vallarta and co-produced two films in Mexico with Roger Corman for the Syfy channel. He was the director of a film festival in Puerto Vallarta (2004-2011). Roessel is co-writing the personal memoirs of casting icon Marion Dougherty.
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Feb 22, 2006 · Dr. Robert Alfred Roessel, Jr., of Round Rock, Ariz., died Thursday evening at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colo., of complications of cancer. He was 79.
During his undergraduate work at the Univ of Minnesota, Roessel was a directing intern under Liviu Ciulei at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre. Throughout his graduate work in England, he studied under Trevor Nunn at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Robert Roessel was born on 9 August, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is an Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous. Discover Robert Roessel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
Founded by Robert Roessel Sr. and Ruth Roessel , the school opened in 1966 as the Rough Rock Demonstration School (RRDS). [2] [3] In response to Native American activists' efforts to take control of their children's educations, that was the first school for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contracted with a tribal nation to operate it ...
