Hugh Franks

Education / 1971 - 1974Newton High SchoolNewton, TX
1974- 1977University of HoustonHouston, TX
BS/Political Science, minor in Economics
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude, December, 1977
1983 - 1984UTPBOdessa, TX
Teacher Certification
  • Certified in secondary US government, history, and economics, summer, 1984
1993 - 1996Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX
MA/Economics
  • Graduated Cum Laude December, 1996

Professional experience / 1974 - 1979 IBM Credit UnionDallas, TX
Branch Office Supervisor
  • Responsible for operation of branch offices in Dallas, Houston, and Clear Lake, TX
  • Part-time- employment 1974-1978, full-time 1978-1979
1979- 1983 Wolfe NurseryFt. Worth, TX
Manager Trainee, Assistant Manager, Manager
  • Manager trainee in Dallas store, 12-1979 through 6-1980
  • Assistant manager in Dallas store, 6-80 through 5-1981
  • Store manager in Midland, 5-1981 through 2-1983
1984- 2011 MISDMidland, TX
Secondary Teacher
  • Primary teaching assignment: honors AP economics (both micro and macro), philosophy
  • Also taught US government, world geography
  • Student Council sponsor, 8-1985 through 5-1993
  • Sponsored Academic Decathlon team, 8-1986 through 5-1998
  • Sponsored Fed Challenge monetary policy team, 1-1997 to 5-2004, winning the national championship, 5-2000
  • Department Chairman, Social Studies, 8-2000 to 5-2010
  • Retired May 2010
1990- 2011 Midland CollegeMidland, TX
Adjunct Instructor
  • Taught full-semester microeconomic and macroeconomic courses as a part of the dual credit (concurrent enrollment) arrangement between Midland College and MISD
  • Taught online economic courses (both microeconomics and macroeconomics) for four semesters in the mid 1990s
1998- present UTPBOdessa, TX
Adjunct Instructor
  • Taught two semesters of microeconomics and macroeconomics in night school
  • Taught online economics course, spring semesters, 2012-2014

Other Qualifications / Professional Organizations: National Council for the Social Studies; Texas Council for the Social Studies; West Texas Regional Council for the Social Studies; Phi Beta Kappa
Publications: “Females in Law Enforcement: A West Texas Perspective”. The Permian Historical Annual, Permian Historical Society, Vol. 33, December, 1993.
Community activities / Secretary of the Education Committee of the Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Honors and Awards / Outstanding Student Teacher, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 1984; Teacher of the Month, Midland Chamber of Commerce, September 1989; C.A.R.E Award, Midland PTA, 1992, 1996, 2003, and 2011; Freedom Foundation Curriculum Development Award, 1994; Life Member, Midland PTA; 1995; Listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers, 1999 and 2002; profiled in Top Texas Teachers (by Dorothy McConachie, 2002); Fed Challenge Monetary Policy Competition National Championship, Washington, D.C., 2000; University of Texas Ex-Students Association’s Texas Excellence Award for Outstanding High School Teachers, 2001; Midland High School Outstanding Teacher Award, 2001 and 2009; Phi Beta Kappa, Midland Chapter, Outstanding Teacher, 2001; National Standards in Economics committee member, St. Louis, December 2006