John Andrew Rea
John Andrew Rea | |
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AB, Cornell University, 1869 | |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and politician |
John Andrew Rea (June 18, 1848 – February 10, 1941) was an American journalist and politician. A native of
Nez Perce to Montana and their final battle with the US Army. While living in North Dakota, he covered the Battle of the Little Bighorn and drafted the constitution adopted by North Dakota when it became a state in 1889. From 1889 until his death, Rea lived in Washington state where he was the editor-in-chief of The Olympian and later president of the University of Washington Board of Regents and the first executive director of the Port of Tacoma
.
Biography
John Andrew Rea was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to John Rea and Sarah Ann Robb on June 18, 1848.Irving Literary Society and the Cornell chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, as well as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[2]
Following his graduation from Cornell in 1869, he worked as a journalist for the constitutional convention, serving as its secretary and helping to draft the state's constitution.[7]
In late 1889, Rea moved to
John Rea died at his home in Tacoma on February 10, 1941. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving alumnus of Cornell University and the last surviving member of Cornell's first graduating class.[2]
Notes and references
- ^ a b New York Times (21 February 1941)
- ^ a b c d Cornell Alumni News (27 February 1941) p. 262
- ^ Nebraska State Historical Society (January–March 1921); Nebraska State Historical Society, Archives Record RG32: Nebraska Constitutional Conventions[usurped].
- ^ Examples of Rea's reporting of the battle can be found in Lounsberry (1919) p. 324
- ^ The Register-Guard (15 March 1936) p. 3
- ^ Copp (1886) p. 115
- ^ a b Tacoma Public Library Image Archives
- ^ a b Magden (3 November 2008) p. 6
Sources
- Copp, Henry Norris, The American settler's guide: a popular exposition of the public land system of the United States of America, 1886 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Cornell Alumni News, "Oldest Alumnus Dies", Vol. 43 No. 19, 27 February 1941, p. 262 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Lounsberry, Clement A., Early history of North Dakota, Liberty Press, 1919 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Magden, Ronald "Port Leadership – Past to Present – Envision Tacoma's Future", Journal of Commerce, 3 November 2008, p. 6 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Nebraska State Historical Society, Nebraska History and Record of Pionner Days, Vol. IV, No. 1, January–March 1921 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- New York Times, "John Rea, Ex-Editor, Cornell Alumnus", 21 February 1941
- The Register-Guard, "Covering Indian Wars Was No Joke, Old Time Reporter Recalls", 15 March 1936, p. 3 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Prosser, William Farrand, A history of the Puget Sound country, its resources, its commerce and its people, Lewis Publishing Co, 1903, p. 463 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- Tacoma Public Library Image Archives, John A. Rea, Image 3381 (accessed 16 May 2010)