Dal Martin Herring

Background

Herring, Dal Martin was born on August 4, 1940 in McCamey, Texas, United States. Son of O.B. and Babe (Gray) Herring.

Education

Bachelor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1963. Master of Arts, Sul Ross State University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, TEx.

Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1975.

Career

Teacher, Centennial Junior High School, Alpine, Texas, 1963; teacher, Alpine High School, 1963-1964; teaching fellow, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, 1964-1965; instructor, Howard College, Big Spring, Texas, 1965-1974; professor, Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, 1974-1990; exchange professor, Beijing 2d Foreign Language Institute, 1989; professor, chairman, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, since 1990. Sabbatical professor Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington,1983.

Achievements

• Dal Martin Herring has been listed as a noteworthy Journalism educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Oil patch tales,

Membership

Member Society Professional Journalists (Freedom of Information award 1987), Arizona First Amendment Coalition (president 1987).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, freelance writing, woodworking.

Connections

Married Donna Rose Everett, August 2, 1964. 1 child, Marla Herring.

Father:

O.B. Herring

Mother:

Babe (Gray) Herring

Spouse:

Donna Rose Everett

child:

Marla Herring