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�� Dr. Jim Adamitis

Motto: "All knowledge will serve you."

Education
Ph.D.                    Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Major:                  Educational Administration (General Administration)
Minors:                Higher Education/Foundations of Education
Cognate Area:     Political Science (Public Administration)
Dissertation:        "The Self-Perceived Leadership Styles of
                            � Baccalaureate Crime-Study Administrators in
                              the United States"

M.A.                 � Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Major:                � Political Science (concentrating in Public Administration)
Thesis:               "The Organizational Structure and the Administrative
                          �� Functions of Local Selective Service Boards"

B.A.                   �� Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Majors:              Sociology/Political Science
Minor:               �� Criminal Justice

Member of the following academic/professional organizations

    Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
    Alpha Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Political Science Honor Society)
    Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma (The National Criminal Justice Honor Society)

Retired member
American Association of Higher Education
    American Association of University Administrators
    American Society of Criminology
    Midwestern Criminal Justice Association
    Ohio Council of Criminal Justice Education
    Western Society of Criminology

Currently, I serve the College of Liberal Arts with Wright State University in Dayton, OH,
as a senior lecturer with the multi- disciplinary Crime and Justice Studies Program and the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, while also coordinating the internship program for undergraduate
CJS majors.

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Prior to my affiliation with Wright State University, I spent 37 years being associated with the
University of Dayton; 35 of those years were involved in serving as director of their College of
Arts and Sciences' multi-disciplinary program in Criminal Justice Studies. During my
administrative tenure, the program consisted of faculty who were criminal justicians,
criminologists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, social workers and a legalist.
We were favored with the staff support services of a secretary, an undergraduate research assistant, a
student technical assistant and the officers of our two student associations, viz., the
Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma (the National Criminal Justice Honor Society) and
Omega Phi Delta (the Criminal Justice Student/Professional
Association).

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Later, I was given a sabbatical, that enabled me to develop five WebCT based
courses for UD and assist the former College of Mount Saint Joseph's Department of
Behavioral Sciences in Cincinnati, OH (now Mount Saint Joseph University), as
a non-tenured professor and criminology consultant where, with two other colleagues,
we obtained a Fulbright International Scholar in Residence Grant to host a female
criminologist from the Middle East.

My professional areas of interest are in research methods, contemporary issues,
computer instructional development, victimology, comparative criminal justice systems,
police and society, criminology and leadership theory. It was in June, 2007, I retired from UD.

But my life did not always involve academicians, administrators, students
and professionals within the field of criminal justice. It began many years ago in Cleveland, Ohio,
where I was born and raised. My parents were of Lithuanian heritage, first generation Americans,
and so I was blessed in having experienced the food, culture, family outings and religious affiliation
of both the so-called "old" world and the "new."

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������������� Age 1: Western or English?������
�������������������������������(Photographer's Pony - Cleveland, OH)

I was baptized in St. George's Lithuanian Church and
attended St. Peter's parochial grade and junior high school, where I
received my First Holy Communion and was later Confirmed.

Age 8: First Holy Communion

Devil or Angel?

In those days we had no rights as students. You either listend to those dear
Notre Dame nuns or experienced the "mighty ruler." (tee hee)

Click here to read about my "favorite"     Click here to read about my                       Click here to read about my
ball team as a kid from Cleveland.     �� "favorite" ball team in California.       �� "favorite" hometown team.

Ahhhhh, the "boys of summer."

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                                                               ��       Circa 1952: My parents whose sacrifices
                                                                                                     �� enabled me to attend college.
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Click here to read about my            Click here to read about my                     Click here to read about my
"favorite" team as a kid.                  �� "favorite" California team.          �� "favorite" hometown team.

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                               ��       "Oldies but Goodies" anyone? Click here to
                                               ��       hear my "favorite" Cleveland radio station.

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My love for horseback riding grew at an early age.
Since I was raised in the inner city of Cleveland, the only
horses I ever saw were in western movies, being ridden by
the Cleveland Police Department's Mounted Patrol or
were pulling wagons in our neighborhood by "ragmen."
("Ragmen" were elderly males of dubious character who
collected old rags and had them recycled with other
paper products.)
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�� Age 10: Riding "Goldie"
�� (family friend's farm in PA)

Age 14: Riding "Rex"
(family friend's farm in PA)

Every year I would spend my summers vacationing and working on a large
Holstein dairy farm (over 350 head) in the beautiful mountains of northeast PA.
The farm was owned by very close friends of our family whose grandparents came
from Lithuania, with my family, in the early 1900s. It was there I learned to ride
western-style (walk, jog, lope), do the traditional quarter turns, backups, etc., while
attending and participating in horse shows. My summer pals, viz., Tom, Andy and
Alex, were the grandchildren (third generation) of our family's Lithuanian ties. They
lived on the 500 acre farm and shared with me my love for horses, the land and the
"Endless Mountains" of northeast Pennsylvania.

                                                 Age 14: (l to r) Tom with a colt, Andy - riding
                                                        "Rita", me - riding "Rex," and Alex - riding "Trigger"

    Download RealAudio                                                                     Click the notes to hear why
to hear ra, rd and rm files.                                                         I am fond of the west and "My Pony."
                                                                                                                              (a rm file)

Question: Can you identify the artists?

Hint:     The performers starred in
                 Howard Hawk's1959 classic
                 western film RIO BRAVO.

IMPORTANT: Turn off "Born-n-Saddle" midi file at the bottom
of this site BEFORE playing "My Pony" rm file.

Please note: For some computers, it may take 3 to 5 minutes to load this
.rm audio file. Be patient.

After graduating from St. Peter's Junior High, I continued my parochial
education with the Sisters of Notre Dame at Our Lady of Lourdes High
School in Cleveland. Ahhhh, high school...if there ever were any "Happy
Days," it was then!

Perhaps, my closest buddy was Jack. We knew each other since
grade school and always "hung out" together. In high school we
belonged to the school newspaper and choir. Jack was with me when I
appeared on a local variety show. Today Jack is professionally
associated with the Juvenile Court in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, OH.

Of course, I could not let my love for horseback
riding just exist during the summer. For it was also in high school that I
discovered the joy of riding Morgans in Hinckley, OH.

                                                              Age 16: Appearing on the "Rising Generation"
                                                               tv show on WEWS in Cleveland. ****

****A little unknown fact about your old prof. I studied the
piano and classical music for approximately 10 years
(ages 7 thru 17). There are pianists, piano players and
then me... a piano hacker!

Hinckley, OH is located approximately 30 miles south from downtown Cleveland and
hosts Hinckley Lake Park (which today is part of the greater Cleveland Metro Parks System).
It was there my other high school buddies and I would spend
our weekends riding horses. In fact, it became a ritual
that we would spend our weekends at the
Circle M Horse Farm. We were the "Three Amigos,"
viz., Rich, Don and me. Of course,
dating Carole (the owner's daughter) had nothing to do with it.
Yeah, right!
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�� Age 19: Hinckley, OH Riding "Dan"
�� (l to r: Rich, Carole, me and Don)

                        The batteries are working fine.
                                  Enjoy a true cavalry tune we
                                 would mimic when riding the
                                   Hinckley trails.   (a ra file)

Please note: For some computers, it may take 3 to 5 minutes to load this
.ra audio file. Be patient.

                                    Age 20: In Hinckley, OH, taking a weekend
                                                   break from my undergraduate studies at
                                                                 Kent State University.

"Next time watch the trail and not the buzzards flying into Hinckley!"

You have to remember this was the "turbulent 60s." Our country was divided over the
Asian War in Vietnam. A college deferment meant one more year of not being inducted,
demonstrations were running rampant all over the country, close friends were being
drafted and going off to war, ROTC meant not becoming a "grunt" (if you
graduated) and political activism was alive and well.

And so, the "Three Amigos" along with Carole separated. Marriage, war, college and/or
a deferred job entered our lives.

                                                        Go ahead! Play this record and
                                                                       listen to a tune made popular during
                                                                     part of the Vietnam War era. (a wav file)

Please note: For some computers, it may take 3 to 5 minutes to load this
.wav audio file. Be patient.

was a wonderful experience. It was there I earned both my
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, obtained an assistantship with the Dean
of Students Office as a graduate counselor and later an Ombudsman, made life long friends,
and undertook a field practicum with the Parma Police Department in Parma, OH.

After graduating and working for the police department, I left to take a teaching
position with the State University of New York on Long Island. For several years I
worked as a young assistant professor and department information representative for
the criminal justice curriculum while supplementing my income with the Ocean Beach
Police Department. To this very day, I still keep in touch with very close and
cherished friends I made while living near New York City and working on Long Island.

As the department information representative for the criminal justice curriculum at
, I was responsible for representing our
chairperson and the department in relation to those events the chair deemed were necessary.
One of those situations involved hosting a Marianist Brother from the University
of Dayton in Dayton, OH. While showing the good brother around Long Island,
we exchanged information concerning mutual interests. It was through that exchange
I was extended an invitation to fly to Dayton and interview for a new position they were
creating in Political Science to head up their criminal justice curriculum. I grabbed at
the opportunity!

               Age 27: A very young assistant professor
                    with my friend, colleague and mentor Prof.
                           Philip Lynch, Chairman (SUNY)

I realized from the start, I could not advance my career unless I
pursued a course of study for the terminal degree, i.e., the Ph.D.

Enter !

It was at Miami University that I learned to appreciate the rigors of a true
graduate education. Both my candidacy committee and the dissertation committee
were demanding. Anyone who has ever pursued a doctorate knows what I mean
when I say: "Re-write!"

The dear Lord has blessed me with a wonderful family, fond college memories and
friends, great students, dedicated colleagues, super terrific staffs and a meaningful purpose
for living...being in higher education with reputable universities, a dad and a husband.

�� Still able to "ride tall in the saddle" with my
�� lovely wife, Peggy, in Grand Lake, CO.

                   My wife, Peggy, won't mind if you
                  play her 45 (rpm) record player to
                  listen to one of her favorite "rock"
                 melodies by Pete Seeger. (a mid file)

Please note: For some computers, it may take 2 to 3 minutes to load this
.mid audio file. Be patient.

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Say, what does one do with horsey by-products?

This web page is dedicated to the memory of the following "folks"
who helped me ride the straight and narrow trail throughout
the many phases of my life.

They were:

My terrific Aunt Millie
Rev. Fr. Jerome J. Schneider, former Pastor (St. Peter's Church)
Grandfather Anthony Novack (loved pipes and fishing on Lake Erie)
Aunt Julia Kessler (favorite saying when visiting for dinner: "Eat Dolly")
Cousin Alex Adomaitis (sharing the herring at the annual family Christmas Eve dinners)
Dr. Marv Koller, former adviser, Kent State University (loved gooseliver sandwiches)
Dr. Eric N. Rackham, former dean, Kent State University (a dean's dean!)
Prof. Philip Lynch, former chairperson, State University of NY (famous quote:"Who's buying?")
Br. Leonard Mann, S.M., former dean, University of Dayton (a kind and gentle soul)
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Wiezavich (Lithuanian ties - grandparents' dearest friends)
Mrs. Helen Phillips (Lithuanian ties - taught me to love the land, animals and kinship)
Mr. Joe Wiezavich (Lithuanian ties - my dad's oldest friend; a loving family person)
Dr. & Mrs. Jack R. Mayer (warm hearted in-laws who introduced me to boating)
Br. Ralph Mravintz, S.M. (former Director of Admissions, UD)
Cousin Laura Cirino (my e-mail parder and computer whiz)
Gloria Adomaitis (a little fireball of a cuz with lots of luv)
Sister Mary Rita Marie, S.N.D. (former 7th & 8th grade teacher)
Prof. Larry Selka, emeritus (former theatre professor and dearest buddy)
Br. Frank Deibel, S.M. (retired and President of our famed "Lunch Bunch")
Mr. Jack Doolin (grade school and high school chum)

Special "thanks" also to my current trail blazers:

Sister Madeline Columbro, S.N.D. (former high school teacher)
Rev. Fr. John Putka, S.M. (retired Political Scientist, tremendous priest, UD)
Dr. Judy Singleton (Sociologist, my "pardner" and creative source, MSJ)
Prof. Tim Apolito (colleague, friend and confidant)
Dr. Tony "TC" Cuvo (Kent State pal and son's godfather)
Cousin George (annual Christmas Eve family fish dinners and e-mail cuz)
Cousin Lin Maloney (my feisty compact cuz)
My patient wife, Peggy

                                                         "Reach pardner! Unholster your
                                                                             mouse and take aim at Dr. "A's"
                                                                        courses, favorite links, vitae, getaway
                                                                                                 site and
                                                                                         riding instructor."

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