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Unlike most of his numerous publications and presentations about court reform, "Who Brings an Accordion to Vietnam?" is a personal memoir of the Gene Flango’s tour of duty in Vietnam and the events that led up to it. It is a real rear view in the sense that it looks back on his year of service in a rear area of the war zone. Rather than going right to Vietnam after his commissioning as an officer after graduation, the author took a detour to study comparative politics as a grantee of the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, which also involved a study tour of seven Asian countries. Consequently, when he did enter active duty and receive his orders to Vietnam, he was older than most officers, was familiar with Asian people and had a more global perspective on the War.
During his tour, he was promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain, and when he left Vietnam he was awarded a Bronze Star for exemplary service, not for valor. After the war, he served in the Army Reserves with both the 300th and 308th Civil Affairs Group. He graduated from Command and General Staff College and was discharged with the rank of Major.
In civilian life, he has retired from the National Center for State Courts, where he served as Vice President for Research and Technology, and spent 37 years doing applied research, education, and consulting with the state courts of all 50 states. He has delivered over one hundred presentations to professional and academic audiences, on topics related to court performance, court organization, child abuse and neglect, adoption, and court innovations. He is the author of over a hundred publications on court-related issues, including 7 monographs, 17 articles, and one web-based video short. His capstone book, "Reimagining Courts" with co-author Thomas Clarke, was published by Temple University Press in 2015.
Before joining the National Center for State courts in 1977, Dr. Flango was a professor of political science at Northern Illinois University and director of the Master of Arts in Public Affairs' degree program in judicial administration. His Ph.D. degree is from the University of Hawaii (1970).
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