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 fourth four-year term, which expires in 2012. |
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 | |