Dr. George Weinberger

Dr. George M. Weinberger retired in May 2010 after 37 years of teaching, scholarship, and service in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. A specialist in public sector information systems and public administration research methodology, Dr. Weinberger received his doctorate and master degrees in public administration from the University of Georgia and an undergraduate degree in political science from Temple University. He joined the faculty at Texas State to teach in the developing MPA program in 1973. Along with his many scholarly articles and consulting reports, Dr. Weinberger authored a two-volume reference work entitled Soviet Cybernetics Technology. This scholarly work presented a detailed account of the Soviet Union's computer history and, in the larger sense, cybernetic history. At the 2010 CENTEX ASPA Awards Banquet, a plaque was presented to him by Dr. Vicki Brittain, chair of the Department of Political Science, in behalf of the department recognizing his “significant contributions to the education of students pursuing careers in the public sector." At Dr. Weinberger's retirement reception, Dr. Brittain noted that "his generosity of spirit will not end with his retirement as he has set up a permanently endowed fund named the Weinberger Endowment in Public Administration," for Texas State undergraduate public administration majors who will be pursuing a graduate degree in public administration at Texas State.