Allen K. Settle, Ph.D.

Professor, Political Science

Curriculum Vita

SUMMARY OF ELECTIONS

• Mayor - City of San Luis Obispo, California: 8 years

Terms in office: December 1994 - December 1996

December 1996 - December 1998

December 1998 - December 2000

December 2000 – December 2002

• Council Member - Terms in Office: 18 years

Terms in office: October 1977 - April 1979

April 1981 - December 1985

December 1985 - December 1989

December 1992 - December 1994

December 2002- December 2006

Elected Dec. 2006 to term ending in 2010.

• Professor, California Polytechnic University, Dept. of Political Science since 1970

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

Local Area Formation Commission, Performing Arts Commission, Whale Rock Commission, Mayor’s Youth Task Force, and many other City commissions and committees.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Chamber of Commerce, San Luis Obispo Rotary del Tolosa Club, Elks Club, San Luis Coastal Unified School District Advisory Committee. Member of Residents for Quality Neighborhood, Cal Poly Associated Student Body (faculty representative), Director of Phi Kappa Alpha Housing Corporation.

HISTORY AT CAL POLY

• California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo: 1970 to present

Professor of Constitutional Law, Public Administration and Finance

• University of California, Santa Barbara

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

• M.A., B.S., Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

PUBLICATIONS

• Published author in fields of emergency management, public administration, municipal finance, intergovernmental relations, and American Constitutional law.

• Research papers presented to League of California Cities, International City Management Association, Western Regional Science Association, American Society for Public Administration and the American Political Science Association

HONORS AND AWARDS

• National Emergency Training Center, Senior Executive Policy Center, Washington, D.C. on issues such as water rights, flood control & financial cost recovery

• Grant recipient, Financial Cost Recovery for Urban Governments Suffering

from Major Disasters

• Fellowship, American Political Science Association

• Academic Honors, Pi Sigma Alpha

HOBBIES: Flying my TR182RG aircraft throughout the Western United States and particularly to Sacramento to cover what the Legislature is doing to us rather than for us. I also enjoy, scuba diving mainly on ship wrecks especially in the Bahamas with a focus on U.S, warships and German U Boats.