Reviews the life and accomplishments of Ralph Bunche, winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the first Arab-Israeli war. The focus is on Bunche's higher education, from undergraduate work at the University of California, Los Angeles, through his graduate work at Harvard. (SLD)

Profiles the life of Willard Kimball, who, although neither a performer nor teacher, founded a successful conservatory, the University School of Music, in Lincoln in 1894 that was affiliated with the University of Nebraska, recruited an outstanding faculty, and contributed to Lincoln's cultural life by bringing in famous musicians. (SV)

Describes the life of "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias from her start as a basketball player and Olympian through her career as a professional golfer. Addresses the difficulties faced by women who are successful in the male arena of athletics. Discusses her struggles against cancer and to be seen by the public as a normal female. (DK)

Presents a wide-ranging personal and intellectual conversation with Peter Elbow regarding the development of his widely accepted ideas that have shaped the field of modern composition practice, and the on-going development of his philosophy as a teacher. (NH)

Most tributes to the late Barbara Jordan focused on her life in public service, but this appreciation recalls her brilliance as a teacher. The values behind her noted voice lent her speech, as political figure and teacher, its authority. (SLD)

This document contains a biographical sketch of Ernie Pyle, the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist from Indiana who gained fame during World War II as a nationally syndicated correspondent for the Associated Press. The story of Pyle's life is traced from his birth in Dana, Indiana, through his college years and his early years as a roving reporter…

Concludes that American newspaper editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries came from elite social backgrounds, which is contrary to the rags-to-riches image fostered by previous historians. (RB)

A tribute to William A. Brownell is given along with a brief sketch of his academic career and professional activities and selected references illustrating his philosophy of education and research. (MN)

This brief biography of Marion Talbot (born in 1858) touches on her interest in educating the consumer, her belief in equality between the sexes, her work as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago, and her research. Talbot was concerned about the changes urbanization, industrialization and technology were making. (Author/JEL)

Examines the relationship between oral history and biography. Looks specifically at three studies of individual American Indians. Investigates the literary forms authors invented, reshaped, or adopted to bring oral narrative into biographic form. (RKM)

The contributions that Professor Erwin Stein has made to German education are discussed. For example, he played a crucial role in the founding of the School for International Pedagogical Research. (RM)

Describes a freshman composition assignment in which students create fictional figures and approach a final biography about the figure through a series of shorter essays. (HTH)

This article follows the activities of Nicholas Murray Butler's involvement in the peace movement at the turn of the century. Butler, a college administrator, statesman, Republican politician, and friend of big business, belonged to the peace-through-internationalism approach and believed in working within the domestic system. (JMK)

This paper presents a biographical sketch of the prolific African-American writer and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois, designed as an instructional unit in an introduction to mass communication course which can help make students aware of the roles played by ethnic minorities in shaping American and world media. The paper provides numerous details of…

Award-winning science author and Harvard professor Stephen Jay Gould shares some views on education and contemporary American culture. Gould's most enthusiastic school memory is singing in an all-city chorus. Harvard students are bright and motivated but have no shared culture, historical perspective, or foreign language proficiency. Gould favors…