District 4 (2008-2012)
Serving Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, and portions of Anaheim.
Biographical Information
John W. Bedell, Ph.D.
Ph.D.: Case Western Reserve University, 1971
Married: Susan K. Bedell, Ed.D.; Principal, SAUSD, 2 children; 2 grandchildren
Relevant Academic Positions:
Department Chair (Electrical Engineering, Child Development, and Sociology).
Acting Associate Vice Chancellor of the CSUF (responsible for financial aid, admissions, extended education, international programs, education equity programs, articulation with schools and community colleges, etc.).
Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs of CSUF (responsible for collective bargaining issues with faculty; records, admissions; analytical studies, and internships, etc.).
Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and member of the Academic Senate/Faculty Council at CSUF
Member of the all-University Faculty Personnel Committee
Chair and member, The Statewide Academic Senate of the California Sate University System
Relevant Community Service:
President and member of Fullerton School District Board of Education
President and member of the Board of Directors of the Fullerton Civic Light Opera
President and member of Church Council of St. Paul Lutheran Church
Secretary and Treasurer of the California County Board of Education
Vice President and member of the Orange County Board of Education
Chair and member of Board of Lutheran Campus Ministry for Southern California
Chair and member of the Board of the Orange County Area Agency on Aging
Vice Chair and member of the Orange County School Boards Association
Member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee
DRPA trained certified mediator.