Howard Brett Melendy

Howard Brett Melendy (May 30, 1924 – April 19, 2008) was a prominent American historian, writer, researcher, publisher, autobiographer, dean, history professor, and filipinologist. Melendy was a professor and administrator at the San José State University in California and the University of Hawaiʻi. In 1952, H. Brett Melendy married Marian Ethel Robinson with whom he had three children: Brenda Dale Melendy, who lives in Kingsville, Texas, Darcie Brett Melendy Hoff who lives in Walnut Creek, California, and Lisa Marie Melendy who lives in East Hampton, Massachusetts.

The materials and records Melendy collected while acting as the university archivist of San José State University from 1983 to 1987 are composed of academic journals, newspaper clippings, photographs, and handwritten and typewritten papers. The materials and records, with the majority encompassing the years 1955 to 1985, have been preserved and named as The San José State University Faculty Papers of H. Brett Melendy, 1928-1985.