DR. JOHN CROMPTON

Distinguished Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Texas A&M University

"The Economic Benefits of Parks"
Friday April 16, 2010
The Murano Hotel, Tacoma WA

Dr. Crompton's primary interests are in the areas of marketing and financing public leisure and tourism services. He is author or co-author of 14 books and a substantial number of articles which have been published in the recreation, tourism, sport and marketing fields.

Dr. Crompton has conducted numerous work­shops on Marketing and/or Financing Leisure Services. He has lectured or conducted workshops in a number of foreign countries and has delivered keynote addresses at the World Leisure Congress and at Annual National Park and Recreation Conferences in Great Britain, Canada , Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Japan .

He is a past recipient of the National Park Foundation’s Cornelius Amory Pugsley award for outstanding national contributions to parks and conservation; the National Recreation and Park Association's (NRPA) Distinguished Professional Award; the NRPA National Literary Award; the NRPA Roosevelt Award for outstanding research; the Distinguished Colleague and the Distinguished Teaching Awards of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators; and the Travel and Tourism Research Association's Travel Research Award.

At Texas A&M he has received the Bush Excellence Award for Public Service (presented by President H. W. Bush), the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Faculty Fellow and Senior Faculty Fellow Awards for exceptional research contributions, the University Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, and the University Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching.

He was a member of the NRPA’s Board of Trustees for nine years; and is a past president of four professional bodies: the Texas Recreation and Parks Society; the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration; the Society of Park and Recreation Educators and the Academy of Leisure Sciences.

In 2006, the city named a new 16 acre neighborhood park, John Crompton Park.   Dr. Crompton was re-elected in 2008 to the College Station, TX, City Council.