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Ruben V. Austin

Birth	:	28 Jul 1915
Death	:	Apr 1996
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Dickson, Dickson County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.0827900, -87.3842900
Description	:	Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Friday, April 12, 1996 Dr. Ruben Vargas Austin, 80, 2355 Coventry Park, died at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 1996, at Luther Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, with burial in Highview Cemetery, Epworth, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Egelhof-Casper-Streueber Funeral Home, 1145 Locust St. He was born on July 28, 1915, in San Antonio, Texas, son of Joseph Jonathan Austin and Aurelia Vargas Vidal. He married Mabel Edwards, of Epworth, in 1938. He spent his childhood in Mexico, returning to El Paso, Texas, for... Read More	Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Friday, April 12, 1996 Dr. Ruben Vargas Austin, 80, 2355 Coventry Park, died at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 1996, at Luther Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, with burial in Highview Cemetery, Epworth, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Egelhof-Casper-Streueber Funeral Home, 1145 Locust St. He was born on July 28, 1915, in San Antonio, Texas, son of Joseph Jonathan Austin and Aurelia Vargas Vidal. He married Mabel Edwards, of Epworth, in 1938. He spent his childhood in Mexico, returning to El Paso, Texas, for high school and to Los Angeles City College for his first year of college. During the depression era, he rode the freight trains for eight days to Dubuque, where he worked his way through the University of Dubuque, earning his bachelor's degree. Dr. Austin began his career as a teacher in 1936 at Coggan, Iowa, and at Le Mars, Iowa. He came to the Dubuque Public School System in 1939, teaching at both Jefferson Junior High School and Senior High School. During World War II from 1942-45, he served in the Navy and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. From 1946-53, he served as chairman and professor of the department of economics and business at the University of Dubuque. He was elected to the Dubuque City Council in 1949-55, and he served as mayor from 1953-54. During this period, he laid the groundwork for bringing natural gas to Dubuque and established the initial plans for the floodwall through meetings in Washington. While mayor, he was nominated for Congress but lost by less than a five percent margin. While teaching at the University of Iowa, he earned his doctorate in economics. From 1955-61, he served as assistant dean and associate professor in the College of Business and Public Service at Michigan State University, and with the U.S. Department of State as coordinator of MSU projects in Brazil and Vietnam. In 1961, he was appointed dean and H. Rodney Sharp professor of economics at the University of Delaware. From 1970-76, he served as dean and professor of economics at Governors State University, Chicago. From 1976-77, Dr. Austin was distinguished visiting professor of business and economics at the University of South Carolina. He returned to Governors State University from 1977-79 as university professor of business and economics. Dr. Austin returned to the University of Dubuque in 1979 as distinguished professor of business and economics until 1983, when he was appointed associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and developed the masters in business administration program. In 1986, he was named professor of administration and business, emeritus. Dr. Austin was recognized in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American College and University Administrators, American Men of Science, and Leaders in Education. He received the Hazen Foundation Award, University of Dubuque Alumnus of Distinction, and Dubuque Chamber of Commerce Citizen's Award. He was a member of the board of trustees of Brandywine College, Delaware; faculty consultant for Harvard University to Brazil; consultant for the U.S. Department of State to Chile, South America; director of the First Bank of Park Forest South, Park Forest, Ill.; and panelist for NBC-TV on political economy. He was author of a host of publications on economic development, dealing especially with Latin America. Dr. Austin will receive, posthumously, the Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising on Saturday evening, April 13, and will be listed in the University of Dubuque Faculty Hall of Fame. Surviving are his wife, Mabel Edwards Austin, three daughters: Ann (Patrick) Coffey, of Austin Texas; Sara Ellen (Coen) Winters, of Arnheim, The Netherlands; and Sharon Jean Austin, of Redding, Conn.; and six grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be given to the Ruben V. Austin Scholarship Fund at the University of Dubuque. Mug - Dr. Ruben Vargas AustinEdition: WISCONSIN Page: C6 Copyright (c) 1996 Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)

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Mabel Rhetta Edwards Austin

(1913 - 2004)

Children

Sara Ellen “Sally” Austin Winters

(1947 - 1998)

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Coordinate: 36.0827900, -87.3842900

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Dickson County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0958655, -87.4663157

23. Richardson Cemetery
Burns, Dickson County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0433310, -87.3115050

24. Edwards Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.1099100, -87.4677500