Background
Marsh, Harry Dean was born on February 28, 1928 in Marfa, Texas, United States. Son of Samuel Ferguson and Susanna Flora (Martie) Marsh.
Marsh, Harry Dean was born on February 28, 1928 in Marfa, Texas, United States. Son of Samuel Ferguson and Susanna Flora (Martie) Marsh.
Bachelor, Baylor University, 1949. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1974.
Reporter, news editor, Hillsboro (Texas) Evening Mirror, 1949-1951; reporter, news editor, Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 1954-1960; Mississippi correspondent, Birmingham (Alabama) News, 1960-1961; assistant to editorial page editor, New York Herald Tribune, New York City, 1961-1966; telegraph desk staff, New York News, New York City, 1966-1967; assistant to associate professor journalism, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1967-1975; department chairman journalism, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1975-1980; head department journalism and mass communication, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1980-1986; professor journalism, Kansas State University, Manhattan, since 1986.
President Southwest Journalism Congress, Waco, 1973-1974. Served with United States Army, 1951-1953. Member Society Professional Journalists, Association Education in Journalsim and Mass Communication, Kappa Tau Alpha.
Married Ellie Elizabeth Bruton, September 3, 1967. Children: William Lawrence, Marti Christian.