Expertise:  I am a specialist in the field of international education with emphasis on regional and national evaluation. I am able to answer questions relating to the background, research fields, teaching areas, subjects and faculty of various universities throughout the world. I am particularly interested in European, Asian and South African universities.

Experience in the area
I attended Northwest Mississippi Community College from 1968-70. I then attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1970-72 earning a B.A.E. The University of Mississippi is ranked 8th nationally for its production of Rhodes Scholars and has produced numerous Truman and Goldwater scholars since 1998. While an undergraduate and graduate student, I received the Academic Achievement Scholarship Award and membership in the honor societies (history & education) of Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Alpha Theta (University of Florida). Courses included: 36 semester hours, history; 36 semester hours, psychology and political science; and 54 semester hours, math, science and others.

I continued my studies at the University and earned my M.Ed. in 1977 in history and education (27 graduate hours in history and 15 hours in education and methodology). During this time I was an E.D.P.A. Fellow (United States government fellowship) and became an Honors Fellow of the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government (Queens College). Later I received my S.Ed. degree (Advanced Masters) from Ole Miss which consisted of 30 graduate semester hours in research methodology and field study.

In 1989 I entered the College of Preceptors in London, England. The postgraduate teaching Fellowship (FCP - presently known as FCoT) of the Royal Chartered College of Preceptors was awarded in 1993 based on a thesis of 30,000 words which embodied the "results of original and experimental work in education". I was also asked to attend an oral examination. "Candidates must have had at least 5 years' experience in educational work or teaching, be graduates or Licentiates of the College and hold a diploma or certificate in education or have other qualifications acceptable to the College."   This research thesis was supervised by Dr Kenneth Bender, EdD of the University of Mississippi (Oxford) and examined externally in London. ?Under the terms of its Royal Charter of 1849 granted by Queen Victoria [and again in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II] the College is empowered to provide professional qualifications for teachers in the UK and overseas." The school is now called the British College of Teachers.               

Finally, I hold a D.Ed. from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria. Lindgren's dissertation committee consisted of a three (3) member panel from UNISA - led by Prof. van Zyl and the University of Mississippi, and two (2) external scholars.



Organizations
Board of Advisors:

Georgian National Section of Euroscience*

Delegate/Assessor:

Federation of Genealogical Societies (IAPHS Delegate)
CARA (IAPHS Delegate)
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) -- Assessor, 2005 N.P.A. Executive Board Election

Academician:

World Academy of Art and Science*
?Studium?- Accademia di Casale e del Monferrato per l'Arte, la Letteratura, le Scienze e le Varie Umanità fondata nel 1476 - Casale Monferrato ? Italia*
Academia Belgo-Espanola de Historia - Spain
International Academy for the Promotion of Historical Studies*
Academia Portuguesa de Ex Libris (Hon.)

Hon. Fellow/Member:

Dominica Academy of Arts & Sciences*
Istoriko-Rodoslovnoye Obshchestvo v Moskve (Historical and Genealogical Society in Moscow*
Serbian Genealogy Society   
Macedonian Genealogical Society (Honorary Member)

Fellow:

La Société Napoléonienne Internationale*
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland*
International Commission on Nobility and Royalty
Central Institute London* (Life Fellow)

Pursuivant Extraordinary:

Heraldische Gemeinschaft Westfalen () - commonly known as the Westphalian Heraldry Society. Established in 1997 and registered with the lower court in the State of Westphalia, Germany. The society is the legal successor of the Archiv fur Familien und Wappenforschung in Westfalen-Lippe that was founded in 1921.*

Member:

Fellowship of Catholic Scholars*
Society of Catholic Social Scientists*   
Medieval Academy of America (Life)
Royal Historical Society (University of London)*
Société Internationale Renardienne (Hull University)
International Centre on Conflict and Negotiation (R. Georgia)   
Napoleonic Society of the Republic of Georgia*
dell'Istituto Araldico Genealogico Italian ? Milano
Associazione Insigniti Onorificenze Cavalleresche
Apocalypse Historical Research Society (Cyprus)
Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages (University of San Francisco)
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (Robert A. Taft Fellow)

Associate Member:

India International Photographic Council (since 1992) (Hon. Associate)

Affiliate:

Australian Society of Musicology and Composition (Music in Medieval Europe)*
Asiatic Society (Calcutta - 1784) - Academician affiliate and library privileges

* denotes membership entry by invitation only

Publications
I have written over 100 published articles and several books.

Education/Credentials
I possess 5 university graduate degrees.

Awards and Honors
Knight (2003), Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
Decorations, knighthoods and awards from the governments and royal/imperial families of Portugal, Hungary, Ethiopia, Brazil, Congo, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Egypt, San Tome and India;
Roman Catholic decoration - Chevalier de Commende du Venerable Ordre Patriarcal de S. Ignace d' Antioche - founded by His Beatitude Ignace Antoine II Hayek with the consent of the Holy Synod and the President of Syria in recognition of the civil jurisdiction first accorded the Roman Catholic Syrian Patriarchs by Sultan Abdel Magid through the Bara'at of 8th May 1845 (29 Rabi II 1261 of the Egira). The Order is bestowed by the Archbishop Procura of the Patriarchate to the Holy See;
Cerimoniere d'Onore of Veneranda e Nobile Arciconfraternita dei Santi Apostoli (1460);
A.R.N. Anniversary Medal, awarded by The Most Illustrious Prince Andrei Sergeevich Obolensky, Marshal of the Assembly of Russian Nobility;
National Population Essay Medal and Award (Madras) presented for his work and research in Indian gender predetermination, sex selection and birth habits in India. The award was used to start the Lindgren Scholarship for Educational Excellence in Northern India;
Medal of Merit " Heraldist " ("Guerboved");
Order of Pour le Merites pour les Compatriortes of Russia;
Numerous photographic awards and ribbons from India, USA, Canada and Europe;
Various honorary appointments and commissions by the governors of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, etc.;
Honorary Bailiff of Galveston, Texas;
Real Associacao de Leiria (Member); and
I received a Papal "Apostolic" Benediction (Papal Blessing) from the Holy See as a member of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (ICOC - 9.1.2002).