Howard Rusk Long
Howard Rusk Long | |
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| Born | July 30, 1906 |
| Died | August 30, 1988 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
Howard Rusk Long (July 30, 1906 – August 30, 1988) was born in
Early life
Howard Rusk Long was born in 1906 in Columbia, Missouri.[1] His parents were C. M. Long and Carrie B. Long, and he was one of three children.[2] Long's father was a well-known farmer in Rochester, Indiana.[3] In 1925, the Long family moved to Lafayette, Indiana.[2] Long graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1930 from the University of Missouri.[4][5] He married Margaret Carney in 1931.[6] He graduated with his master's in 1941.[5] Long later earned a doctorate from the University of Missouri in rural sociology.[7]
Career
After graduating with his bachelor's degree, Long worked with newspapers in West Virginia and Arkansas.[5] Long worked as the manager of the Nicholas Republican in Richwood, West Virginia. He also worked as a manager for Milkmen's Service Inc. in Lafayette.[6] In 1934, Long went to Fort Smith, Arkansas to work for the Southwest Times Record.[8] That same year, his father-in-law, George D. Carney, bought the Crane Chronicle in Missouri. Long was the manager of the Chronicle for six years,[3] until he sold it in 1940. In 1937, he was the president of Ozark Press Association.[6]
In 1940, Long joined the faculty at the University of Missouri and also began working at the Missouri Press Association.[6] He was the manager of the Missouri Press Association for nine years, until 1949.[5] He taught journalism at the University of Missouri until 1950 when he left to work on his 1200-acre farm in Rochester, Indiana.[4] During this time, however, Long was given an assignment from the British Ministry of Information. He was one of the first Americans invited to London after V.E. Day.[3]
Long ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for Joint State Representative for Fulton and Pulaski counties in 1952.[1] He was appointed director of the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale from 1953 to 1972.[9] He designed a building for the School of Journalism that was finished in 1971.[10] Long stepped down as director of the SIU School of Journalism in 1972, but continued working at the university for two more years.[3]
During his time teaching at SIU, a former student, J. T. Shieh, arranged for Long to travel to Taipei through a Smith-Mundt Grant that was given to him in 1956.[3] He taught at the National Chengchi University in Taipei.[7] Long also conducted a study of the Mushan people there. His observations later resulted in his book The people of Mushan: life in a Taiwanese village. Long remained in the country from 1956 to 1957. He also helped edit local English newspapers.[11] While there, he interviewed Chiang Kai-shek and other Nationalist leaders.[12] Upon leaving Taipei, Long traveled to various locations around the world including Hong Kong, Thailand, India, and Paris.[13]
During his life, Long organized conferences for the International Society of Newspaper Editors.
Long was also a member of Kiwanis, the Masonic lodge, and the Protestant Church.[1] Long died in 1988.
Publications
- The Supreme Court and Libel (1981) foreword
- Main Street Militants: an Anthology from Grassroots Editor (1977)
- Frank Luther Mott: Scholar, Teacher, Human Being (1968)
- The First Freedom: New Horizons in Journalism (1968) foreword
- The People of Mushan: life in a Taiwanese Village (1960) with H. R. Pratt Boorman
- Forty Years of Community Service (1955) with L. M. Young
- Recalling the Battle of Britain: a photographic essay based upon the records of the Kent messenger and other contemporary sources of World War II (1940) written with Henry Roy Pratt Boorman
References
- ^ L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ a b "Dr. Long Named Chairman of SIU Journalism Dep't". The Daily Register. 21 Sep 1953. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9780826217967.
- ^ L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ a b c "SIU Journalism Head is Advisor to Magazine". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. 25 Jul 1964. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
- ^ "Howard R. Long". ISWNE. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Howard R. Long Scholarship". ISWNE. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
External links
- Howard Rusk Long correspondence, MSS 1690 at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
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