Meet Dan Roberts

After receiving his B.A. in history from Presbyterian college (1969), Dan Roberts' service as a U.S. Army officer included a tour in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Bronze Star in 1971.

While in college he began ministry as a Presbyterian minister. Professional training at Princeton Theological Seminary (master of Divinity, 1974) was followed by pastorates in West Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. His work as a Minister was recognized in August 1986 when he was invited to serve as Guest Chaplain of the United States Senate.

Several years ago Roberts began to prepare for a career as a university educator. He obtained his Master's degree from the University of Richmond (1990) and the Ph.D in British and American Colonial History from the University of Virginia (1997). His dissertation is entitled: The Puritan Political Organization of Civil War London: The Legacy of Lord High Mayor Isaac Penington. He is now assistant Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Richmond with teaching and administrative responsibilities in the History Department and the School of Continuing Studies.

He is president of Educational Broadcast, Inc. in which capacity he produces and hosts A Moment In Time and Climbing Jacob's Ladder: Milestones in African American History, two historical radio programs originating at 88.9 FM, WCVE, Richmond. These programs, heard by over two million listeners per day are broadcast over 100 public radio stations in the United States plus the 400 stations of the Armed Forces Radio Network. He is heard regularly on the English language broadcasts of the Voice of America.

He is most proud of his three children, Heather Elizabeth Roberts, an entrepreneur in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kathleen Taylor Roberts, a student at the University of Richmond, and Daniel III, a seaman on active duty in the United States Navy.