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Of [[Croatia]]n descent, Mladenka (pronounced MAH DEEN KA, was born to Joe Mladenka, Jr., and the former Della Valiguva (a [[Latvia]]n name) in  Lavaca County, Texas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Kenneth+Ray&gsln=Mladenka&mswpn__ftp=College+Station%2c+Texas&msbdy=1943&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=3839453&db=TXbirthindex&indiv=1&ml_rpos=4|title=Kenneth Ray Mladenka|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and reared in Sugar Land in Fort Bend County in suburban [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. In 1958- to 1959, he was the Texas state oratory champion n  high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uil100.org/archives/academics/am-event-gender.php?event=Declamation|title=UIL Declamation|publisher=uil100.org|accessdate=October 20, 2010}}</ref> Mladenka is a veteran of the [[Vietnam War]], having served as a [[Captain]] in the [[United States Army]] in the 4th Infantry Division and the 716th Military Police Battalion from 1967-1968. He was stationed in the former [[Saigon]] during the [[Tet Offensive]] and was awarded the [[Bronze Star]] Medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cushing.library.tamu.edu/temp/collections/oral-history-collection/agricultural-history/military-history|title=Military History|publisher=cushing.library.tamu.edu|accessdate=October 21, 2010}}</ref>  

Of [[Croatia]]n descent, Mladenka (pronounced MAH DEEN KA, was born to Joe Mladenka, Jr., and the former Della Valiguva (a [[Latvia]]n name) in  Lavaca County, Texas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Kenneth+Ray&gsln=Mladenka&mswpn__ftp=College+Station%2c+Texas&msbdy=1943&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=3839453&db=TXbirthindex&indiv=1&ml_rpos=4|title=Kenneth Ray Mladenka|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and reared in Sugar Land in Fort Bend County in suburban [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. In 1958- to 1959, he was the Texas state oratory champion n  high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uil100.org/archives/academics/am-event-gender.php?event=Declamation|title=UIL Declamation|publisher=uil100.org|accessdate=October 20, 2010}}</ref> Mladenka is a veteran of the [[Vietnam War]], having served as a [[Captain]] in the [[United States Army]] in the 4th Infantry Division and the 716th Military Police Battalion from 1967-1968. He was stationed in the former [[Saigon]] during the [[Tet Offensive]] and was awarded the [[Bronze Star]] Medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cushing.library.tamu.edu/temp/collections/oral-history-collection/agricultural-history/military-history|title=Military History|publisher=cushing.library.tamu.edu|accessdate=October 21, 2010}}</ref>  

Mladenka received his master's degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas,<ref>Statement of Mladenka colleague Kim Quaile Hill.</ref> and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1975 from [[Rice University]] in Houston. His dissertation, available full length on-line, is entitled ''The Distribution of Urban Public Services.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/8299/browse?value=MLADENKA%2C+KENNETH+R.&type=author|title=Kenneth R. Mladenka, Theses and Dissertations|publisher=scholarship.rice.edu|accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref> After completing his graduate studies, Mladenka was appointed in 1975 as assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at the [[University of Virginia]] in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. He also spent a year at [[Northwestern University]] in Evanston, [[Illinois]]. In 1979, he joined the TAMU faculty.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=418959|title=Faculty appointments|publisher= | volume=11|pages=296–300}}</ref>

Mladenka received his master's degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas,<ref>Statement of Mladenka colleague Kim Quaile Hill.</ref> and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1975 from [[Rice University]] in Houston. His dissertation, available full length on-line, is entitled ''The Distribution of Urban Public Services.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/8299/browse?value=MLADENKA%2C+KENNETH+R.&type=author|title=Kenneth R. Mladenka, Theses and Dissertations|publisher=scholarship.rice.edu|accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref> After completing his graduate studies, Mladenka was appointed in 1975 as assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at the [[University of Virginia]] in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. He also spent a year at [[Northwestern University]] in Evanston, [[Illinois]]. In 1979, he joined the TAMU faculty.<ref>Jstor, Faculty appointments, Vol 11, pp. 296–300.</ref>

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