Background
Sim, John Cameron was born on February 7, 1911 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of John Cameron and Katherine Gertrude (Mason) Sim.
Sim, John Cameron was born on February 7, 1911 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of John Cameron and Katherine Gertrude (Mason) Sim.
Bachelor, University North Dakota, 1932. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1940.
Managing editor, East Grand Forks Record, 1931-1939;
editor, co-public, East Grand Forks Record, 1946-1956;
instructor journalism, U. North Dakota, 1934-1940;
instructor journalism, U. Alabama, 1940-1941;
university editor, U. N.H., 1941-1942;
member of faculty, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, from 1956;
professor journalism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, from 1967;
assistant director, School Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis, from 1970. Editor Association College Press Business Review, 1960-1966, conference manager, 1960-1966. President Red River Valley Editorial Association, 1949-1950.
Director Minnesota High School Press Association, from 1964. National conference manager National School Press Association, 1959-1961. Consultant on scholastic press, also mass media teaching United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1975.
With Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Association of University Professors, Society Professional Journalists, Minnesota Press Association (honorary), Minnesota Press Club, Campus Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Tau Alpha.
Married Mary L. Hanson, September 10, 1946. Children: Erin Terese, John Cameron III.