Loren Reid

Loren D. Reid (26 August 1905 - 25 December 2014) was a communication professor and an author. Additionally he served as the executive secretary and the forty third president of the National Communication Association. He lived to 109 years of age making him a centenarian [This entire section is PARAPHRASED].

Personal Life

Born in 1905, Loren Reid grew up in the small town of Gilman City in the state of Missouri. Growing up with his father being a newspaper editor, the Reid's home was valued around reading and words.[PARAPHRASED] Reid has enjoyed hobbies such as reading, writing and traveling ever since he was a child [PARAPHRASED]. Before college he worked alongside his brother and father for a local newspaper called the Gilman City Guide, and there he developed his love for writing. [PARAPHRASED] ref>http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/3946.pdf</ref>. Reid worked his way through college as a linotype, which is a machine used in printing newspapers, he graduated from Grinell in 1927. [Paraphrased] He met his wife, Augusta "Gus" Towne at Grinell. [PARAPHRASED] Having similar friends and being involved in similar activities led to their marriage that lasted almost 80 years, even though Gus was two years younger.[PARAPHRASED] The couple lived an active lifestyle, they waterskied and played tennis together into their 80's. In 1967, the couple took a trip around the world, visiting 27 destinations. Together, they had four children, Ellen, John, Stephen, and Don A. (Tony). Mrs. Towner passed away in 2009, at age 102. Reid died, leaving behind four children (three sons and one daughter), fifteen grandchildren, and twenty-five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. [PARAPHRASED]

Reid was an active member of multiple organizations at different points in his life. At two different points in his life, he was a member of the Vestry of Calvary Episcopal Church, and he was also an active member of a charitable organization called United Way. [PARAPHRASED]

Education

Reid graduated from Osceola High school after his family moved to Osceola, Iowa in 1922. [PARAPHRASED] He then studied at a private liberal arts school in Grinnell, Iowa. Reid graduated from Grinnell College majoring in English and history [1] in 1927, and then pursued a PhD at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. In 1932 Reid graduated with one of the first doctoral degrees in the field of speech. Reid taught at the University of Missouri for 3 years. [PARAPHRASED]

Career

Upon the reception of his Ph.D., Reid taught at Westport High School for two years. He founded and became the first editor of the Missouri Association of Teachers of Speech journal in 1939 [PARAPHRASED]. In 1939 he became assistant, later associate professor, in the School of Speech at Syracuse University, returning to Missouri in 1944 to join the newly created Department of Speech and Dramatic Art. Reid served as this divisions Department Chair from 1947-1952 and once more from 1966-1967 [PARAPHRASED]. Reid retired from the University of Missouri after serving as a member of the faculty for thirty-one years in 1975.[PARAPHRASED] While at the University of Missouri, Reid taught more than 9,000 students. He also founded the New York State Speech Communication Association. (https://www.natcom.org/News.aspx?id=5730) [5] [PARAPHRASED]

Not only was Reid an active member of the University of Missouri faculty, but he took advantage of opportunities including those to be a visiting professor at many other schools such as the University of California, Summer 1947; the University of Maryland, Overseas Division, 1952/1953; Louisiana State University, 1954; San Diego State College, 1954; the University of Hawaii, 1957; and the University of Iowa, 1958. [PARAPHRASED] These attempts gave Reid and at times, his family, the chance to encounter different areas of the country and world. As an educator and consultant for years of students at Missouri and those from different colleges and universites across the country, Reid represented the theoretical "speech teacher." [PARAPHRASED] Former National Communication Association President Steven Beebe noted of his former teacher and mentor, “He was an inspiration to me and countless others during his legendary career as an educator, scholar, and academic leader…Thank you, Professor Reid, for illuminating my life and the light of so many others.” Reid was the author of several speech textbooks: Speaking Well, Teaching Speech, and Fundamentals of Public Speaking, the last co-authored with Bower Aly and Wilbur Gilman. He also wrote two books that started out as autobiographical works but expanded into studies of small town life and work: Hurry Home Wednesday, 1978, and Finally It’s Friday, 1981.

He taught at the University of Missouri, Reid became the 43rd president of the National Communication which is a huge accomplishment.[PARAPHRASED]. Association. He held the position until 1958 when Elise Hahn took over for him. He also served as the Executive Secretary of the National Communication Association (NCA), as well as Executive Secretary of the Central States Communication Association (CSCA). In 2002 he was given the Mentor Award by the NCA and in 2005 Reid was enlisted into the CSCA Hall of Fame.[PARAPHRASED] He also founded the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri.

As Reid continued to work at the University of Missouri he won a few different awards. In 1970, Reid was awarded the University's Alumni Achievement Award and received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1971 [PARAPHRASED]. While in college Reid was involved in several campus organizations. [PARAPHRASED] Not only was he involved on campus, but he was also a brother of Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity and an honorary member of Tau Kappa Alpha [PARAPHRASED]. After winning all of these awards, Reid was finally elected Sesquicentennial President of the University of Missouri near the date of the University's Columbia Day Tribune. [Paraphrased]

On Reids 90th birthday, the MU Department of Communications established the Loren Reid Library in Switzler Hall, also known as the departments home. [PARAPHRASED] Dr. Reid has many awards given in his honor, these awards are: The Loren Reid Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching award and the Loren Reid Outstanding Senior Award for Department Service and Leadership [Paraphrased].

The University of Missouri Press distributed two autobiographies written by Reid.[Paraphrased] One of his works, "Hurry Home Wednesday," won literary awards; while another, "Finallly It's Friday," was used for education purposes in Japan. [PARAPHRASED] Reid's papers were donated to the University of Missouri on November 1992 (Accession No. 5232), and on April 1989, Reid had donated his notes, photographs, correspondence, research material, and manuscript of "Hurry Home Wednesday" to the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHS Accession No. 2738) which was transferred to the University of Missouri when these papers were processed.

"Speaking Well", "Teaching Speech", "A Course Book In Public Speaking" (1939) and "The Fundamentals of Speaking" (1951) were among Reid's speech textbooks he wrote other than his two autobiographies. [Paraphrased] "The Fundamentals of Speaking" was co-authored by Wilbur Gilman and Bower Aly according to the collection at The State Historical Society of Missouri. From 1945 to 1951 Reid was the executive secretary of the National Association of Teachers of Speech and was the president of the Speech Communications Association. Read went on to retire in 1975 although he still continued to write, occasionally teach, and also travel. http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/3946.pdf, for the research he completed. This honor is rare among scholars in the communication field.

Reid was the 43rd president of the Speech Communications Association; and from 1945 to 1951, he served as the executive secretary of the National Association of Teachers of Speech. After his retirement in 1975, Reid continued to write, teach, and travel. [PARAPHRASED]

The NCA Distinguished Service Award was awarded to Reid in 1981[PARAPHRASED]. To honor Reid the Missouri Department of Communication opened The Loren Reid Library, located in Switzler Hall, in 1995 [PARAPHRASED]. In 2005, MU established The Loren Reid Lecture Series in honor of his 100th birthday. There are now numerous undergraduate and graduate student awards named in his honor.

Reid took home many awards. Among his other accolades, Reid most notable ones were the James A. Winans-Herbert Memorial Award which he awarded because of his studies in rhetoric and public address, and the Golden Anniversary Book award. ( PARAPHRASED)

Reid also was director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic at the University of Missouri. He studied and researched various speech disorders, such as stuttering. (PARAPHRASED). In his work, "A Journal of Speech Disorders", Reid attempts to bridge the gap between complex academic articles and simple treatments by stating generally accepted observations, including the idea that approximately 1% of people speak with a stutter. [PARAPHRASED]

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