Background
Stead, Arnold Arthur was born on October 15, 1946 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Vernon Arthur and Olive Bernice (Arnold) Stead.
Stead, Arnold Arthur was born on October 15, 1946 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Vernon Arthur and Olive Bernice (Arnold) Stead.
Bachelor, Bemidji State University, 1986; Master of Arts, Iowa State University, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Missouri, 1993.
Staff writer, Twin Cities Jazz Magazine, Minneapolis, 1981-1984; instructor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1986-1988; instructor, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1988-1989; instructor, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1989.
Active Students for a Democratic Society, Kansas City, Missoury, 1969-1970, Young Socialists Alliance, Kansas City, 1969.
Married Dayle Jean Sandusky, May 16, 1969 (divorced 1970). Married Delores Kay Johnson, April 30, 1981. Children: Ezra Vernon-Carl, Lucas Christopher.