Joe Hinton Stroud

Background

Stroud, Joe Hinton was born on June 18, 1936 in McGehee, Arkansas, United States. Son of Joseph Hilliard and Marion Rebecca (McKinney) Stroud.

Education

Bachelor, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1957. Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1959. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Eastern Michigan University, 1977.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Kalamazoo College, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Adrian College, 1985. Doctor Communicating Arts (honorary), Center Michigan University, 1986.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Michigan State University, 1987. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Olivet College, 1995.

Career

Reporter, then editor editorial page Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Commercial, 1959-1960. Editorial writer Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, 1960-1964. Editorial writer then editor editorial page Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal-Sentinel, 1964-1968.

Associate editor Detroit Free Press, 1968-1973, editor, 1973-1998, senior vice president, 1978-1998, columnist, 1998-1999, retired, from 99.

Achievements

• Joe Hinton Stroud has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member general board publications United Methodist Church, 1975-1976. Advisory board Michigan Christian Advocate, 1975-1979. Board governors Cranbrook Institute of Science, since 1978.

Trustee Cranbrook Educational Community, since 1989. Board directors Southeast Michigan chapter American Red Cross, 1972-1988, Detroit Symphony, 1978-1983. Chairman advisory committee Service to Military Families, 1974-1977, chairman program evaluation committee 1978-1980.

Board associates Adrian College, since 1985. Trustee Starr Commonwealth Schools, since 1989. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, National Conference Editorial Writers (program chairman 1978, vice president 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), Detroit Economic Club, Detroit Committee Foreign Relations, Sigma Delta Chi.

Clubs: Detroit, Renaissance, National Press.

Connections

Married Janis Mizell, August 21, 1957. Children: Rebecca McKinney, Joseph Scott, Alexandra Jane. Married Kathleen M. Fojtik, November 1, 1981.

Children: Jonathan Rudolph, Anna Marion.

Father:

Joseph Hilliard Stroud

Mother:

Marion Rebecca (McKinney) Stroud

Spouse:

Kathleen M. Fojtik

Spouse:

Janis Mizell

child:

Alexandra Jane Stroud

child:

Jonathan Rudolph Stroud

child:

Rebecca McKinney Stroud

child:

Anna Marion Stroud

child:

Joseph Scott Stroud