The 1960s: Fellowship program launches
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Forming Fellowships
Mid-career journalists come to Stanford.
Featured Milestones
Highlights from the Stanford Daily Archive
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Teaching
Faculty who taught in the 1960s:
- William B. Blankenburg, 1966-1967, Advertising
- Bruce Bliven, 1957-1960
- Henry S. Breitrose, 1963-1965, 1966-2015, Experiment in Broadcasting and Film; History of Film; Seminar in Broadcasting and Film
- James Everett Brinton, 1953-1965, Advertising and Media Research; Media and Opinion Management; Legal Aspects of Journalism
- Herbert Brucker, 1966-1969
- Richard F. Carter, 1958-1965, 1985-1986, Content Analysis; Attitude Measurement
- Godwin C. Chu, 1966-1968, Survey of Communication Research Methods; International Communication; Processes and Effects of Communication
- David G. Clark, 1966-1967, Editorial Techniques; Legal Aspects of Journalism; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Don H. Coombs, 1968-1973
- Paul John Deutschmann, 1954-1955, 1959-1960, Reporting of Public Affairs; Media of Mass Communication; Theory of Communication
- Stanley T. Donner, 1963-1966, Communication and Society; History of Broadcasting, Broadcasting and Film Criticism; Behavioral Science in Broadcasting and Film
- Jules Dundes, 1968-1992, The Broadcast Editorial; Broadcast Communication; Seminar in Government, Industry, and Consumer Relations in Broadcasting
- Julius C. Duscha, 1967-1968
- Alex Edelstein, 1959-1960, History of Anglo-American Journalism; International Communication
- Richard Rees Fagen, 1962-1965, Legal Aspects of Journalism; International Communication
- Grant Fairbanks, 1963-1965, Seminar in Speech Communication
- Daniel E. Garvey, Jr, 1966-1967
- David L. Grey, 1968-1973, Economics of Mass Media; Analysis of Documentary Evidence; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Aimee D. Leifer, 1968-1971, Developmental Communication
- John David Lewis, 1963-1965, Theory of Broadcasting and Film; Practice in Broadcasting and Film; Experiment in Broadcasting and Film
- Nathan Maccoby, 1960-1965, 1966-1992, Theory of Communication; Behavioral Science in Broadcasting and Film; Intro to Survey Research
- Lyle M. Nelson, 1963-1985, 1986-1998, Problems of the Mass Media; Issues in Public Broadcasting
- William J. Paisley, 1966-1985, Social Effects of Computer Communication; Advanced Data Analysis; Communication in Science and Technology
- Edwin B. Parker, 1963-1969, 1970-1980, 1981-1990, Introduction to Information Science; Telecommunications Systems and Public Policy; Communication Research Methods
- Templeton Peck, 1963-1975
- Harry N. Press, 1968-1989, Editorial Techniques
- William L. Rivers, 1963-1968, 1969-1996, Humor as Communication; Magazine Editorial Techniques; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Merrill Ernest Samuelson, 1959-1963, Editorial Techniques; Mechanics of Publishing; Introduction to Media Research
- Wilbur Schramm, 1955-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1988, Communication and Persuasion; Theory of Communication; International Communication
- Kenneth N. Stewart, 1932-1934, 1968-1969, 1974-1978, News Writing; Copy Reading; American Journalism
- George C. Stoney, 1966-1967
- Janet K. Voelker, 1966-1970, Writing for Broadcasting and Film; Broadcast Communication
- Eugene J. Webb, 1968-1994
In Memoriam:
Course offerings in the 1960s:
Research
Books by faculty in the 1960s:
PhD Research:
| Class Year | PhD Graduate | Dissertation Topic |
| 1960 | Jonathan Page Lane | Smokers’ reactions to a television program about lung cancer: a study of dissonance |
| 1960 | Edwin Burke Parker | The functions of television for children |
| 1960 | Robert Mandell Pockrass | Effects on learning of continuous and interrupted exhibition of educational television programs |
| 1960 | Merrill Ernest Samuelson | Some news-seeking behavior in a newspaper strike |
| 1961 | Lauren Edgar Crane | A comparison of the immunization effects of implicit and explicit presentation of counter-arguments |
| 1961 | John Luther Hayman, Jr. | A comparison of three presentation methods in educational television instruction |
| 1961 | David Lawrence Sanders | the intensity of newspaper content preferences |
| 1963 | Godwin C. Chu | Culture, personality, and persuasibility |
| 1964 | Ernest Daniel Rose | Attitude as a function of discrepancy resolution in multiple channel communication |
| 1964 | Ray L. Sweigert | Information seeking as a function of cognitive imbalance in a decision situation |
| 1965 | Henry S. Breitrose | The effect of distraction in attenuating counterargument |
| 1965 | Steven H. Chaffee | Two sources of value change: salience and pertinence |
| 1965 | Alan Elsas Mayers | The effects of student location and teacher role on learning from instructional television |
| 1965 | William J. Paisley | Extent of information-seeking as a function of subjective certainty and the utility of the information |
| 1965 | W. Lee Ruggles | The effects of order and structure when two competing persuasive messages are presented together |
| 1965 | Phillip J. Tichenor | Communication and knowledge of science in the adult population in the US |
| 1966 | Maxwell E. McCombs | Role of television in the acquisition of language |
| 1966 | Eugene F. Shaw | An intra-India analysis of selected communication-development variables |
| 1966 | Serena Eble Wade | An exploration into the media behavior of the creative adolescent |
| 1967 | George A. Comstock | Gaining compliance for educational change from teachers in a developing country |
| 1967 | Thomas D. Cook | Attitude change as a function of the interaction of reception and source competence |
| 1967 | G. Ray Funkhouser | Effects of differential encoding on recall |
| 1968 | William Burl Blankenburg | Community press councils |
| 1968 | Cedric Coles Clark | Dispute settlement in Tanzania: a model of system support through the communication of legitimacy |
| 1968 | Don Henry Coombs | Individual cognitive structuring and information assimilation |
| 1968 | Roger Lee Garrett | Developmental changes in the effects of communicator position on attitude change |
| 1968 | Donald Frank Roberts | A developmental study of opinion change: source-orientation versus content-orientation at three age levels |
| 1968 | Peter Nathaniel Sherrill | Information acquisition in scientific specialties differing in age, size and theoretical status |
| 1969 | David Alfred Lingwood | Interpersonal communication, research productivity, and invisible colleges |
| 1969 | Richard Harald Orth | The acquisition of attitudes as an instrumental conditioned response with consideration of the developmental aspects of the effects of delayed reinforcement |
| 1969 | James W. Tankard | The connotative meaning of the eye contact cue to a perceiver |
Embedded Journalists
Professional Journalism Fellows
1967
- Paul Beers
Columnist, editorial writer, Patriot-News, Pennsylvania - Donald Bishoff
General assignment reporter, Eugene (OR) Register-Guard - William Brown
South Suncoast bureau chief, St. Petersburg (FL) Times - Charlotte Buchen
General assignment reporter, Arizona Republic - Jerry Carroll
Education writer, general assignment reporter, Evening Outlook, Santa Monica, CA - James Cattey
Copy editor, telegraph desk, The Milwaukee Journal - Christopher Dafoe
Editorial writer, drama critic, Winnipeg Free Press, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Robert DeWall
Newsman, AM/TV, Duhamel Broadcasting, Rapid City, SD - Paul Emerson
Arts editor, Palo Alto (CA) Times - Myron Feinsilber
Newsfeature writer, United Press International, New York - Gene Gisley
Editorial page writer, Ventura County (CA) Star-Free Press - Soma Golden
Assistant economics editor, Business Week, New York - Ronald Haggart
Columnist, Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, Canada
- Lisa Hobbs
Special assignments writer, San Francisco Examiner - Thomas Hodson
Writer, reporter, producer, ABC News (WBKB), Chicago - Dwight Jensen
Assistant news director, KBOI AM-FM-TV, Boise, ID - Laurence Jolidon
General assignment reporter, Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle - Noel Lieberman
General assignment reporter, The Oakland Tribune - Richard Lyneis
Business and financial editor, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, WI - Wayne MacDonald
Reporter/assistant city editor, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Robert Marshall
County news editor, Riverside (CA) Press & Enterprise - Arthur McAloon
Day news editor, UPI Radio, New York - Ted Natt
News editor, editor of the editorial page, Longview Daily News, Oregon - Frank Real
Business, industry, & federal offices reporter, Springfield (MA) Daily News - William Robbins
Editorial page editor, Wisconsin State Journal
- Andy Rocchia
Art editor, Oregon Journal - Ray Rogers
Reporter, Los Angeles Times - Hy Rosen
Editorial cartoonist, Albany (NY) Times-Union - Arnold Rosenfeld
Book editor, editorial writer, The Houston Post - Frank Santiago
City Hall reporter, The Hutchinson (KS) News - Austin Scott
Reporter specializing in civil rights, Associated Press, New York - Judith Stone
Editor, Daily Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle - Thomas Teepen
Editorial writer, The Dayton (OH) Daily News - Thomas Wilkinson
Legislative correspondent, Albany (NY) Times-Union - Raymond Wong
News editor, The Independent, Pasadena, CA - Don Woodward
Business editor, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - John Yago
Education editor, The Charleston (WV) Gazette
1968
- Donald Angel
Reporter, Orange County bureau, Los Angeles Times - Bernice Buresh
Reporter, The Milwaukee Sentinel - Malcolm Cross
Reporter, editor, announcer, KGW-TV, Portland, OR - Nolan Davis
Staff correspondent, Newsweek, Los Angeles - Ron Dorfman
Reporter, Chicago’s American - Moira Farrow
Reporter, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Keith Felcyn
Chicago bureau manager,Business Week - Wade Greene
Associate editor, Newsweek, New York - Leonard Greenwood
General assignment reporter, Los Angeles Times
- Allan Hale
Columnist, St. Louis Globe-Democrat - Nancy Harris
Federal reporter, The Wichita (KS) Eagle - Norman Kempster
Assistant Sacramento (CA) bureau manager, United Press International - Robert King
Assistant managing editor, The Minneapolis Star - Bill Kovach
Capitol Hill reporter, The Nashville Tennessean - Theron Liddle
Managing editor, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - Ron Martin
Managing editor, Today Newspaper, Florida - Nina McCain
Education reporter, Boston Globe
- James McDaniel
Assistant managing editor, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN - Jeff Morgan
Staff writer, Oakland Tribune - Samuel Newlund
Staff writer, Minneapolis Tribune - Craig Palmer
Staff writer, Dayton (OH) Daily News - Douglas Parker
Political writer, The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune - Peter Shaw
Reporter, foreign desk, United Press International, London, England - Douglas Turner
City editor, special projects, Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express - Christopher Wren
Senior editor, Look Magazine, New York
1969
- Joseph Adcock
Writer, Sunday Magazine, Philadelphia Bulletin - Alan Anderson
Columnist, The Toronto Daily Star - Stan Atkinson
Newscaster and reporter, KTVU, Channel 2, Oakland - Gerald Bier
Reporter, Fresno (CA) Bee - Zika Bogdanovic
Editor, NIN, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Donald Breed
Copy editor, substitute makeup editor, The Providence (RI) Journal - Van Cavett
Assistant city editor, The Louisville (KY) Times - Wayne Cowan
Editor, Christianity and Crisis, New York - Richard Coyle
Reporter, rewriteman, New York Daily News - Robert Danzig
Administrative assistant to executive editor, Capital Newspapers, Albany, NY - Patricia Doyle
Education editor, The Kansas City Star
- Denby Fawcett
General assignment reporter, Honolulu Advertiser - José Ferrer
José Ferrer - Richard Handt
Assistant city editor, Van Nuys (CA) News & Valley Green Sheet - Joseph Harper
News editor, Suffolk Sun, Long Island, NY - Paul Hertelendy
Music critic, Oakland Tribune - Ed Higgins
Editorial writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch - W. Grier Horner
City Hall reporter, The Berkshire (MA) Eagle - Don Hudson
Columnist, feature writer, Today Newspaper, Florida - Peter Kilborn
Staff correspondent, McGraw-Hill World News, Paris Bureau - David Meissner
Copy editor, The Milwaukee Journal - Thomas Morris
Rewrite, Newsday, Garden City, NY
- Peggy Polk
Rewrite, NY National Desk, United Press International, Rome - George Ringwald
Reporter, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise - Sharon Rosenhause
Rewrite, general assignment reporter, The Record, Hackensack, NJ - Thomas Sanford
City editor, Arizona Republic - Bill Sluis
City Hall reporter, Santa Barbara (CA) News-Press - William Smart
Executive editor, assistant general manager, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - Wendell Trogdon
City editor, The Indianapolis News - Brenton Welling
Transportation editor, Business Week, New York - Anna Lena Wik-Thorsell
Education writer, Svenska Dagbladet, Bromma, Sweden - William Workman
Staff reporter, Boston Globe