Background
Griffin, Leland Milburn was born on April 9, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Herbert Lester and Cliffe (Connell) Griffin.
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Leland Milburn Griffin
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1941; Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1950.
Career
Assistant professor speech, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950-1954; associate professor, department chairman speech, Boston University, 1954-1956; associate professor speech, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1956-1964; professor speech, Northwestern University, 1964-1989; Van Zelst research professor in communication, Northwestern University, 1982-1983; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, since 1989; professor speech, Garrett Theological Seminary, 1958-1968.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Rhetoric Society of America, 1972-1974. Served to lt (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American, Central States speech associations, American Association of University Professors, Rhetoric Society of America, International Society History Rhetoric, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Dorothy M. Schlotzhauer, July 4, 1943. Children: Dorothy Lee, Charles James Grant, Andrew Dion Crispin.
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1941
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1942
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1950
Career
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1950 - 1954
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1954 - 1956
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1954 - 1956
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1956 - 1964
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1958 - 1968