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Joseph Albert Hearst was born on April 16, 1917, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Joseph Hearst and Lou Hearst. He later moved with his wife, Priscilla Hearst, to Pocatello, Idaho, where they raised four children and became active in community life. Hearst died of lung cancer in 1984.
Hearst completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Washington in 1940 and a Master of Arts degree there in 1948. He pursued doctoral study at Columbia University, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in 1959. His dissertation, The Evolution of Allied Military Government Policy in Italy, examined the development of Allied military administration in Italy during and after the Second World War.
Hearst began his academic career at the University of Washington, serving as a graduate assistant in the Department of History in 1946. He subsequently worked as a research fellow with the Bureau of Governmental Research and Services, as a university fellow in the Department of Political Science, and as a special research associate with the Institute of Public Affairs. In 1948 he became a tutor at Columbia University, a position he held until 1950. He then taught political science at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, from 1950 to 1953 and served as a lecturer in government at Barnard College from 1952 to 1956. Hearst joined Idaho State University as a professor of government in 1956 and taught there into the 1960s. He served as assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1965 to 1974 and later became dean. At Idaho State, he developed a close professional relationship with Senator Frank Church and encouraged the creation of the Frank Church Symposium, which began in 1971. His academic work also included research on Allied military government in Italy, the subject of his Columbia doctoral dissertation.
Hearst was associated with the Political Science Association, the Western Political Science Association, the American Society of International Law, the American Arbitration Association, Pi Sigma Alpha, and Phi Kappa Phi. He served on the executive board of the Western Political Science Association.
Hearst was described by his daughter Jonena as intensely interested in broadening Idaho State University students' horizons and helping them understand the complexity of the wider world.
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His daughter Jonena Hearst described him as intensely interested in expanding Idaho State University students' horizons so that they would recognize how insular perceptions could obscure understanding of a complex world.
Hearst was married to Priscilla Hearst, a community activist, social worker, and 4-H leader, with whom he raised four children. At Idaho State University, his discussions with Senator Frank Church led him to propose an annual public symposium for students and the surrounding community. The Frank Church Symposium was inaugurated in 1971 and continued after Hearst's death. His daughter Jonena described his interest in expanding Idaho State University students' horizons so that they would recognize how insular perceptions could obscure understanding of a complex world.
Community activist, social worker, and 4-H leader who raised four children with Hearst.
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