Vernon D. Asbill (born April 11, 1945) is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the

New Mexico Senate The New Mexico Senate ( es, Senado de Nuevo México) is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state ...

for the 34th district from 2005 to 2013.

Early life and education

Asbill was born in

San Angelo, Texas San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

, and raised in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from

McMurry College McMurry University is a private Methodist university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1923 and named after William Fletcher McMurry. The university offers forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural scien ...

and a

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with an emphasis in education administration from

Western New Mexico University Western New Mexico University is a public university in Silver City, New Mexico. It was founded in 1893. History Founded in the Territory of New Mexico on February 11, 1893 as the New Mexico Normal School, the school began to offer classes on S ...

Career

Asbill worked as a teacher at Artesia High School from 1970 to 1979 and assistant principal of the school from 1979 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988, he was principal of Zia Intermediate School. He was superintendent of the

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from 1984 to 1992 and superintendent of the

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from 1992 to 2003. Asbill was elected to the

in 2004 and assumed office in 2005. He served until 2013. During his final term in the Senate, he served as ranking member of the Senate Education Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asbill, Vernon 1945 births Living people People from Sterling County, Texas Republican Party New Mexico state senators Educators from New Mexico McMurry University alumni Western New Mexico University alumni People from San Angelo, Texas People from Artesia, New Mexico People from Eddy County, New Mexico People from Carlsbad, New Mexico