Watson selected for international committee, receives honor
Dr. George Watson, professor of justice studies at Chadron State College, has been appointed to serve on the development committee for the criminal justice test that is administered by the Educational Testing Service based at Princeton, N.J.
Six professors were selected to serve on the committee, which will revise the test that is used by colleges and universities to assess how their students have progressed and how they rank with other criminal justice students nationally.
Watson said he believes the invitation to serve on the committee is a tribute to the quality of Chadron State's criminal justice program.
The other committee members are David Bowers Jr., University of South Alabama; Ronald Burns, Texas Christian University; Tammy Castle, James Madison University; George Higgins, University of Louisville; and Barbard Peat, Indiana University Northwest.
Each of the members is asked to submit 20 multiple choice questions to be used on the test. The committee will meet at least twice in Princeton. The first meeting will be early this summer and the second in the fall.
In late March, Watson was the recipient of the Founder's Award presented by the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. In particular, he was cited for his contribution to international education and to the London Studies Program that has been a partnership between Chadron State and UNO since 1986.
Each May, students from the two institutions spend three weeks in London studying the law enforcement, judicial and corrections programs in that city.
Watson is the second person to receive the Founder's Award. The first was Anthony Moore, a longtime official with Scotland Yard and the London Metropolitan Police. Moore assisted with the London Studies Program for 30 years before retiring.
About 125 people attended the luncheon where Watson was honored. They included Mike Fahey, the mayor of Omaha; Robert Houston, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; and Colo. Bryan Tuma, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.
Watson, who has a law degree and is a practicing attorney, was one of 25 attorneys designated Nebraska State Bar Associaton fellows in 2008.
A native of Bridgeport, Watson earned his bachelor's degree from Hastings College and his law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been on the Chadron State faculty since 1976.
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