Ricardo Romo, Ph.D.
Ricardo Romo, Ph.D.
Ricardo Romo earned his Ph.D. in history from UCLA (1975). A nationally respected urban historian, Romo is the author of East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio, now in its ninth printing (one in Spanish). Romo served as the fifth president of the University of Texas at San Antonio from 1999 to 2017. He has taught and published in the field of civil rights, Mexican American history, and urban history. Ricardo and his wife Harriett have been recognized for their philanthropy in the arts. Over the past 20 years, they have donated nearly 2,000 Latino art prints and paintings to a dozen museums.
Positions
- Board Member (2020–2023)
- Treasurer (2022–2024)
- Board Member (2023–2026)
TSHA Committees
Publications Committee
Audit Committee
- Ricardo Romo, Ph.D. (Chair)
- Stephen C. Cook
- R. Lance Lolley
Governance Committee
- Dolph Briscoe IV, Ph.D. (Chair)
- Ken Wise
- Kent R. Hance
- John W. Crain
- R. Lance Lolley
- Ricardo Romo, Ph.D.
- Max Grossman, Ph.D.
- William F. Strong, Ph.D.