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==Background==
==Background==
Aston was born in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, to Ernest Roy Aston (1900-1939) and the former Mural M. Tidwell (1905–1979). His father died when B. W. was only two years of age; so he was reared by his mother.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 4, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He graduated from Technical High School in Fort Worth and enrolled briefly at Arlington Junior College in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], Texas, now part of Tarrant County College. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1955 to 1958. He entered [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], from which he received the Bachelor of Science (1962) in education and the [[Master of Arts]] (1964) and [[Ph.D.]] (1972) in the field of history.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/mar/27/bw-aston/?partner=RSS|title=Dr. B.W. Aston|publisher=''Abilene Reporter News''|date=March 27, 2010|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>
Aston was born in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, to Ernest Roy Aston (1900-1939) and the former Mural M. Tidwell (1905–1979). His father died when B. W. was only two years of age; so he was reared by his mother.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 4, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He graduated from Technical High School in Fort Worth and enrolled briefly at Arlington Junior College in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], Texas, now part of Tarrant County College. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1955 to 1958. He entered [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], from which he received the Bachelor of Science (1962) in education and the [[Master of Arts]] (1964) and [[Ph.D.]] (1972) in the field of history.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/mar/27/bw-aston/?partner=RSS|title=Dr. B.W. Aston|publisher=''Abilene Reporter News''|date=March 27, 2010; no longer on-line|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
Aston was the chairman of the Hardin-Simmons History Department from 1972-92, dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 2000 to 2001, director of the evening college (1972–78), supervisor of the Abilene Photographic Collection (1980–2001), and head of the Rupert Richardson Research Center from 1981 to 2001. A vice president and then president of the faculty, he was named "Faculty Member of the Year" in 1989. He took three periods of sabbatical leave, having conducted research in the [[Dominican Republic]] (1984) and [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] (2000). In 1993, he taught at Massey University in [[New Zealand]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=hsu/>
Aston was the chairman of the Hardin-Simmons History Department from 1972-92, dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 2000 to 2001, director of the evening college (1972–78), supervisor of the Abilene Photographic Collection (1980–2001), and head of the Rupert Richardson Research Center from 1981 to 2001. A vice president and then president of the faculty, he was named "Faculty Member of the Year" in 1989. He took three periods of sabbatical leave, having conducted research in the [[Dominican Republic]] (1984) and [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] (2000). In 1993, he taught at Massey University in [[New Zealand]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=hsu/>