John E. Kleber is professor emeritus of history at Morehead State University. He has served as director of the Academic Honors Program (1973-1988) and interim dean of the Caudill College of Humanities (1993-1995). Kleber received both the Outstanding Teacher (1982) and Distinguished Researcher (1993) Awards from Morehead State. He was given the Outstanding Service Medal by the United States Army (1971), the Governor's Outstanding Kentuckian Award (1992), and the Catholic Alumni Award by the Archdiocese of Louisville (2002). He is the editor of six books, including The Kentucky Encyclopedia, A Home for Children: A History of Brooklawn, and Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth.