James P. Fadely - Director of College Counseling

Joined University Staff

• 2000

Education

• B.A., history, Hanover College
• M. A. and Ph.D., history, Indiana University

Past Experience

• Indiana University, Indianapolis, lecturer
• Butler University, lecturer
• University of Indianapolis, lecturer
• The Brookstone School, Columbus, GA
• Savannah Country Day School, Savannah, GA
• St. Richard's School, Indianapolis, IN, Director of Admission and Financial Aid and History Teacher

Courses

• AP U.S. History
• Nonwestern History
• US Presidential Inaugural Addresses (Jan Term)
• Colonial America (Jan Term)
• American Revolution (Jan Term)
• Washington, D.C. (Jan Term)
• Politics and Current Events (Jan Term)

Extracurricular Activities

• Academic Affairs Committee
• Cum Laude Society Faculty Committee

Civic Involvement

• Board of Governors of the Society of Indiana Pioneers (2002-2008)
• The English-Speaking Union (ESU), President of Indianapolis Branch (2002-2007), National Board of Directors (1997-2003), Executive Committee of the National Board (1998-2001), Indianapolis Branch Board of Directors (2007-present)
• Governor's appointee to the Indiana Library and Historical Board (1998-2005)
• Marion County-Indianapolis Historical Society, Board of Directors (1985-1998)
• Hanover College Alumni Association, Board of Directors (1985-1988)
• St. Richard's School Foundation, Board of Directors (2006-present)
• Woodstock Historical Foundation, Board of Directors (2006-present)
• Indianapolis Literary Club
• Indianapolis Dramatic Club
• Nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1990

Professional Memberships

• American Historical Association (AHA)
• Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences (Board of Directors, 1991-1994)
• Indiana Association of Historians
• Indiana Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC)
• National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
• National Council for History Education

Honors

• Named a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Evan Bayh
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in the Midwest
• Who's Who in American Education
• Who's Who in American High Schools
• Nicholas E. Rutsis Alumni Admission Award, Hanover College

Presentations

• The Presidential Election of 1936 in Indiana, Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences (1988), Indianapolis Literary Club (1989), Daughters of the American Revolution (1990), and the Middletown-Fall Creek Township Historical Society (1990).
• The Taggarts and the Building of French Lick, Indiana University Cornelius O'Brien Conference on Historic Preservation (1992) and Spring History Conference of the Indiana Historical Society (1993)
• Thomas Taggart: Public Servant, Political Boss, 1856-1929, Annual History Conference of the Indiana Historical Society (1996), Annual Meeting of the Society of Indiana Pioneers (1997), West Baden Springs Hotel volunteers, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana (1998), Indiana State Museum Society (2001), and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana (2002)
• Subtle Grace, Radiant Color: The Life of Hoosier Artist Lucy Taggart, Indianapolis Literary Club (1996) and Indiana Historical Society (1997)
• The French Colonial History of Indiana, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana (2001)
• Under Thomas Taggart: Public Servant, Political Boss, 1856-1929 Middletown-Fall Creek Township Historical Society (2006)
• A Great General in a Great Cause: George J. Langsdale and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis Literary Club (2005)
• A Reflection on Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation, Indiana Society of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2007)
  

Publications

• Thomas Taggart: Public Servant, Political Boss, 1856-1929 (1997)
• "Editors, Whistle Stops, and Elephants: The Presidential Election of 1936 in Indiana," Indiana Magazine of History (June 1989)
• "Desperate Hope: The Story of Florence Taggart," Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Fall 1994)
• "Subtle Grace, Radiant Color: The Life of Hoosier Artist Lucy Taggart," Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Summer 1997)
• "Thomas Taggart" and "St. Richard's School" entries in The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
• A Brief History of Saint Richard's School, 1960-1995 (booklet)
• The Origins of Woodstock Club (1997 booklet)
• "The Veteran and the Memorial: George J. Langsdale and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument," Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Winter 2006)

Personal Information

• Married to Sally Fehsenfeld Fadely
• Two children