Dave Booz worked for thirty years as an educator in the public schools of Carroll County, Maryland.  During that time he taught social studies for grades seven, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve.  He taught the survey courses in United States history, Issues in American Society, Sociology, The American Revolution, and The American Civil War.  He developed, or helped to develop, units and entire curriculums for all of these courses during his time as a middle and high school teacher. After eight and a half years in the classroom Dave was asked to apply for an administrative position and became an assistant principal in the high school in which he taught. During that time he was considered an instructional leader of the school and was responsible for the professional growth of all non-tenured teachers in the school.  Due to the illness of the supervisor, he also served one semester as the Acting Supervisor of Social Studies for the county.

In 1986 Dave Booz became a high school principal and served for the next sixteen and a half years as the principal of three different high schools and one Career and Technology School.  Each school was very different and each presented its own set of opportunities. Student success through quality instruction was always the expectation for students and staff.  All three of his schools earned awards for successes in academics, community service and character education. A large number of reforms and changes in structure were instituted in these schools and student success increased significantly. During all of these years as an administrator Dave also served as an adjunct instructor at Western Maryland College and Carroll Community College teaching methods courses.

In 2002, after thirty years, Dave Booz retired form the public school system and became an Associate Professor at Carroll Community College.  There he taught the United States History survey courses, Methods of Teaching, Educational Psychology, Introduction To Education, and developed a program for career changers to get their certification through the state of Maryland.  He was also instrumental in starting small learning communities at this college. In 2005 Dave became the Executive Director of the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg which was a non-profit organization dedicated to helping preserve the Gettysburg National Parks.  In 2006 he accepted a position at Gettysburg College as an adjunct instructor in the Civil War Studies Department. There he has taught Introduction To The Civil War Era, Gender in the Civil War, Gettysburg In History and Memory, and The American Civil War In The West, which he wrote and developed.

In 2006 Dave was fortunate to meet Dr. Kevin Brady. Dave served as the tour guide for one of the A.I.H.E. tours at Gettysburg and after the tour he was invited to speak at one of the colloquiums.  From that point he has been a tour guides for A.I.H.E. trips to Gettysburg and other Civil War battlefields, a presenter at many in-services, and a site manager for A.I.H.E.  He looks forward to a long association with A.I.H.E. because he feels that by improving the content and instructional skills of teachers this company can make a real difference in American education.

Dave has had the good fortune to be married to his wife, Barbara, for 37 years. They have two grown sons and several grandchildren. They live just west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where history can come alive every day.