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APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD
William Hopper
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
527 NE 56th Street, Miami, FL 33137-2622
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP .CODE
Professor and Administrator casadeco@comcast.net -
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CITY OF MIAMI EMPLOYEES, SHALL SERVE, OR BE APPOINTED TO ANY BOARD OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
ARE YOU AN EMPLOYEE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OR ANY MUNICIPALITYTHEREIN OTHER THAN THE CITY OF MIAMI? ❑YE5 X NO
Note: This restriction can be waived by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote of the members of the City Commission if the employee is a resident of the City.
CITY CODE SECTION 2-612(A) STATES, NO BOARD MEMBER SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT OR TRANSACT ANY BUSINESS WITH THE CITY
OR ANY PERSON OR AGENCY ACTING FOR THE CITY, OR SHALL APPEAR IN REPRESENTATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY BEFORE ANY BOARD,
COMMISSION OR AGENCY OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A MEMBER.
HAVE YOU ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OR ARE YOU CURRENTLY TRANSACTING ANY BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OR ANY PERSON OR
AGENCY ACTING FOR THE CITY? - OYES El NO
Note: This restriction con be waived for a particular transaction or transactions only by o four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote of the members of the City Commission.
THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD MUST BE COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS BELOW.
PLEASE CHECK ALL CATEGORIES THAT PERTAIN TO YOU:
- Nominees for the professional positions who meet the demonstrated knowledge and requirement should also check ''citizen."
- Nominees who meet any of the categories listed should also check "alternate member."
[] ARCHITECT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA E EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSED IN FLORIDA
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA PERSON EXPERIENCED IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS AND
0 FINANCE OR LAW
HISTORIAN OR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN QUALIFIED BY
MEANS OF EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE, AND HAVING
x DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST iN DADE COUNTY
HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY,
ARCHITECT OR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN HAVING
❑X DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN
ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
ATURE
CITIZEN WITH DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE AND
INTEREST IN THE HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
OF THE CITY AND/OR CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT,
ALTERNATE MEMBER WHO QUALIFIES UNDER ONE OF THE
ABOVE CATEGORIES
DATE
REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS
El RESUME WHICH INCLUDES EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
OPTIONAL ATTACHMENTS
LIST OF ANY PUBLISHED WORK OR PROJECTS RELATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY.
E (IF NOT INCLUDED IN RESUME/CV)
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
CITY OF MIAMI
3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE
MIAMI, FL 33133
ATTN: NICOLE N. EWAN
Planning/HPIHEP Board Application
William E. Hopper, PhD
527 NE 561h Street
Miami, FL 33137-2622
(305) 877-1479 - casadeco@comcast.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Florida Memorial University
Miami Gardens, Florida.
Assistant Professor of Cheristry
January 4, 1984 to August 14, 1988
Reporting to: Chair, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Duties: Teach courses in General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry,
Biological Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis,
Physical Science; redesign Chemistry major; organize chemistry stock room
Chair, Division of NaturalSciences and Mathematics
August 15, 1984 to August 14, 1988
August 15, 1994 to August 14, 1996
Reporting to: Dean of the Faculty
Duties: Administer majors in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, and
Medical Technology and dual -degree program in Engineering; prepare schedule
of classes; evaluate faculty; supervise advising; teach half-time, and additionally
as needed; administer divisional budget; supervise divisional secretary; represent
the division on the academic council; chair divisional meetings; prepare
divisional reports; participate on campus -wide search committee for new faculty
Professor of Chemistry
August 15, 1988 to July 1, 2002
Dean of the Faculty
August 15, 1988 to August 14, 1991
Reporting to: Vice President of Academic Affairs (1988-1989); President (1989-1991)
Duties: Oversee all faculty and academic prograrns; represent academic affairs on the
president's cabinet; administer budget for academic affairs; recommend to the
president the hiring of new faculty; evaluate division chairs; chair general faculty
meetings; hear and resolve student academic complaints and problems; revise
Faculty Handbook
Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Research, Planning, Assessment, and Self -Study
August 15, 1991 to August 14, 1994
Reporting to; President
Duties: Gather, analyze, and report all institutional statistics, including WEDS, UNCF,
1CUF, SACS, and other surveys; organize planning retreats for administrative
council; develop institutional strategic plan; develop institutional effectiveness
plans for all academic and administrative units; train personnel in developing
their institutional effectiveness plans and reports; oversee institutional self -study
process
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Director of Institutional Research
August 14, 1994 to August 14, 2002
Reporting to: Executive Vice President and Provost f
Duties: Gather, analyze, and report all institutional statistics, including IPEDS, UNtF,
ICUF, SACS, and other surveys; develop and publish institutional•:fact-book;
compile institutional effectiveness reports;
Director, Center fbr Urban Environmental Studies
August 15, 1999 to present
Reporting to: Executive Vice President and Provost
Duties: Administer contract with South Florida Water Management District; develop
major in Environmental Studies; conduct public outreach for Everglades
Restoration; establish research and faculty development agendas; teach courses in
Introduction to Environmental Studies, Introduction to Earth Science, and Insight
I and II (Honors Science)
Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies
July 1, 2002 to present
Reporting to: Chair, ❑eparhnent of Health and Natural Sciences
Duties: Advise Environmental Studies majors; develop course schedule in Environmental
Studies; teach courses in Introduction to Environmental Studies, Introduction to
Earth Science, Air Resources, Energy Resources, Water Resources, Urban
Ecology and Lab, Ecology of South Florida and Lab, US Environmental Policy,
Field Studies, Senior Seminar, Insight I and 11 (Honors Science), Physical
Science
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012
Reporting to:
Duties:
Accreditation Liaison
July 1, 2009 to present
Reporting to:
Duties:
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Oversee all academic programs and personnel in the Departments of Aviation
and Safety, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology, Health and
Natural Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts;
address all student complaints and problems; approve all course offerings,
requisitions, changes -of -grade, faculty overloads, adjunct hiring, transient
permits, course substitutions, course and new major proposals, and faculty
evaluations in the School of Arts and Sciences
President
Transmit all official communications and reports from the university to the
Southern. Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; make
an-angernents for decennial accreditation on -site visiting team; inform the
university community of the requirements of the Coininission; oversee the
writing and submission of the Compliance Certificate and Focused Report;
administer the web -based accreditation database and reporting system
Associate lice President for Institutional Effectiveness
July I, 2012 to present
Reporting to: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
3IHopper
Duties:
Supervise all planning, assessment, institutional research, Quality Improvemnent
Plan, and institutional and specialized accreditation efforts; serve on the
Academic Affairs Executive Committee
Relevant offices held:
Faculty Senate: President (three terms); Vice President (two terms)
Chair, Tenure and Promotions Committee (1997-2007)
Internal Review Board (2004-2007)
Chair, Academic Affairs Reorganization Task Force (2005)
Chair, Academic Program Prioritization Committee (20I3)
Co -Chair, Strategic Planning Task Committee (2014)
University of Miami
School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Department of Oncology, Division of Cell Kinetics
Research Associate
May 16, 1982 -December 31, 1983
Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine
Research Assistant Professor
August 15, 1980 - May 15, 1982
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry
Columbia, SC
Teaching Associate
July 1980 - August 1980
Graduate Assistant (teaching and research)
September 1974- July 1990
EDUCATION
Florida International University, Miami, FI.
MS in Environmental Sciences, 2001
University of the South, School of Theology, Sewanee, TN,
Education for Ministry Theological Education by Extension, 1988
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
PhD in Chemistry, with emphasis in Biochemistry, 1980
MS in Chemistry, with emphasis in Biochemistry, I977
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
BS with Honors in Chemistry, 1974
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FUNDED GRANT PROJECTS:
United Negro College Fund, 2005 ($40,000) - Grant to increase minority participation/In/ecology
United Negro College Fund/The Ecological Society of America, 2004 ($3500) 7.Faculty Development
grant to develop course materials for Ecology of South Florida ' .
South Florida Water Management District, 2000 ($300,000) - Contract for establishing,. Center for Urban
Environmental Studies, community outreach, and environmental research
NIOSH - Deep South Center ($16,500) - Subcontract for establishing program for estimating exposure of
farm workers in southern Miami -Dade County to pesticides
United Negro College Fund/The Ecological Society of America,
1997/1998/1999/2000/2001/2002/2003/2008
($11,0001$12,5001$12,500/$12,500/$14,0001$11,000/$3,0001$500) - Development of an Ecology
curriculum and formation/support of an Ecology Club
US Environmental Protection Agency ($4400) - Subcontract from the University of South Florida -
Deve]opment of community education programs dealing with household toxic wastes
US Army Corps of Engineers, 1996 ($35,000) - Subcontract from the University of Miami - Geographic
Information System (GIS) model of toxic threats to sea grass communities in Biscayne Bay
United Negro College Fund, 1995 ($96,000) - Establishment of an Institute for Environmental Justice
Education and Research and Environmental Studies Curriculum (PEJER)
US Department of Energy, 1995 ($4000) Subcontract from the University of South Florida - Planning
grant to determine possible exposure of minority communities to electromagnetic radiation
United Negro College Fund, 1992 ($65,000) - Establishment of an Institutional Effectiveness Center at
Florida Memorial College (LOD)
US Department of Education, 1985 ($243,000) - Improvements to the Science Program at Florida
Memorial College (MISIP)
American Cancer Society, 1983 ($4000) - Studies on the Anti -tumor Properties of Auromomycin
SELECTED REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Historic Homes ofMorningside by Keith Edward Soto; digitization and publication, 201 6
Florida Memorial University Focused Report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges, 2012
Florida Memorial University Compliance Certification Report to the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools Commission on Colleges, 2011
"Species Richness in Three Miami -Dade County, Florida Neighborhoods"; poster presented at the
meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savannah, Georgia, August 5-12, 2003
"Changes in Historical Tree Cover in Three Miami -Dade County, Florida Neighborhoods"; presentation
at the meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, Orlando, Florida, March 22, 2003
"Changes in Historical Tree Cover in Two Miami -Dade County, Florida Neighborhoods'; poster
presented at the meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona, August 3-10,
2002
"Morningside and Bay Point" in Miami's Historic Neighborhoods: A History of Community; Meadows,
Gail and [-topper, William E.; San Antonio: Historical Publications Network, 2001
51110pPer
"Environmental Justice Considerations ofTRI Sites in Miami -Dade, Hillsborough, and Duval Counties,
Florida", Proceedings of the First Florida Conference on Community Health, 1997
"Florida Memorial College Institutional Effectiveness Report", 1993, 1995, 1997
".First Follow -Up Report to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools", October 13, 1993
"Experimental Pharmacology of Ain•omomycin," Samy, T.S-A., Siegal, P., hopper, W.E., Jr., and
Krishan, A., Cancer Research 44, 3202(1984)
"Light Spectroscopic Studies of the Binary Complex of Lactobacillus casei Thymidylate Synthetase and
5-Fluoro-2'-Deoxyuridylate," Lewis, C.A., .Hopper, W.E., Jr., Wheeler, M.R., and Dunlap, R.B.,
Journal of Biological Chemistry 256, 7347(1981)
Studies on the Nature of the Binary and the Ternary Complexes gfThymidylate Synthetase with
Nucleotides and Folate Derivatives,
Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Carolina, 1980
"UV Difference, Circular Dichroism, and [``'F]-NMR Studies of the Interaction of Folates with the
FdUMP-Thymidylate Synthetase Binary Cornplex," Hopper, W.E., Jr., Lewis, C.A., Jr., and
Dunlap, R.B., paper delivered at the meeting of the American Association for Cancer
Researchers, San Diego, CA, 1980 and at the meeting of the American Society of Biological
Chemists and the Biophysical Society, New Orleans, LA, June 1980
"The Inhibition of Thymidylate Synthetase by PO-UMP," paper delivered at the meeting of the South-
East Regional American Chemical Society, Savannah, GA, November 1978
The Interaction of Thy+midulate Synthetase with Periodate-Oxidized Uriclvlic Acid,
Master's Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1977
SERVICE
Miami -Dade County Environmental Quality Control Board member, 1997 to present; Co-chair 2012 to
present
City of Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board member, 2007 to present; Chairman,
January 2008 to present
Morningside Civic Association, Board member 1997-201 1, President, 2004-2008; Secretary, 2001-2003,
2010, 2011; 25th Anniversary Home Tour Chair, 2009; Historian and Archivist, 1998 to present
City of Opa-locka Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force, Chairman, 1996 - 2000
City of Miami Police Department survey analyst - 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 20141 ~'
City of Miami Historic Preservation Office volunteer - 2004 to present; recognized by Dade Heritage --
Trust for "Outstanding Individual Service", April 26, 2007 = .