Rod Adair is originally from Hagerman, New Mexico, graduating from high school there in 1971.  He retired from the US Army in February 1996, after 20 years of service, the last twelve of which were as a Foreign Area Officer for Latin America.  His last assignment as a Regular Army officer was as an ROTC instructor at New Mexico Military Institute.

His undergraduate degree is in Political Science and he holds a Master’s Degree in Government.  Areas of concentration during his Master’s studies included American Politics as well as Iberian and Latin American studies.

Commissioned as an infantry officer, he is a graduate of the Infantry Officers’ Basic and Advanced Courses,  Airborne School, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School (where he was an honor graduate of the Foreign Area Officer’s Course in 1984) and the Defense Language Institute where he studied Spanish in 1985-86.  He also earned language proficiency ratings in both Italian and Portuguese.

Rod is now a demographer, having started his own business, New Mexico Demographic Research, in 1996.  He and his wife Dana (originally of Alamogordo) have been married for 28 years.  Dana is a teacher of special education at Military Heights Elementary School in Roswell.  They have two children, Lauren, 15, a sophomore at Valley Christian Academy and Ian, 13, who is in the sixth grade at Military Heights Elementary School.  They are members of Gateway Church International in Roswell.

Elected to the state senate in 1996, Rod represents more than 60% of Roswell, including almost all of north Roswell as well as most of the western parts of the city.  He also represents almost all of Lincoln County, including Alto, Ancho, Angus, Bonito, Capitan, Carrizozo, Corona, Encinoso, Fort Stanton, Hollywood, Nogal, Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Villa and White Oaks.  He is serving in his second four-year term, which expires in 2004.

Organizations and Memberships

Population Association of America (Demographers’ Professional Organization)

Board Member, Roswell Symphony Orchestra

Retired Officers Association

National Rifle Association

American Mensa, Ltd.

Rotary International

Republican National Hispanic Assembly

Member, Republican State Central Committee

National Committees

Redistricting Task Force of the National Conference of State Legislatures

Senate Standing Committees

Rules

Public Affairs

Legislative Interim Committees

Health and Human Services

Information Technology

Indian Affairs

Land Grant

Senate Rules

Education

1985      M. S. Government, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina

1975      B. S. Political Science, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico

1971      Graduate, Hagerman High School, Hagerman, New Mexico