Background
Radock, Michael was born on July 17, 1917 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicholas M. and Pauline (Radich) Radock.
Radock, Michael was born on July 17, 1917 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicholas M. and Pauline (Radich) Radock.
AB magna cum laude, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1942. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1965. Master of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, 1946.
Postgraduate, Case Western Reserve University, 1952.
Reporter, Fayette City (Pennsylvania) Journal, 1937-1939;
correspondent for Pennsylvania newspapers, 1937-1939;
reporter, sports editor, Charleroi (Pennsylvania) Daily Mail, 1942;
director news bureau, assistant professor journalism, Westminster College, 1942-1945;
director public relations, professor journalism, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1945-1953;
with corporation public relations, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1953-1961;
established Institute for Public Rels., Kent (Ohio) State University, 1947;
vice president university relations, professor journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961-1981;
senior vice president development and university relations, professor journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1981-1982;
vice president resource development, Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, New York City, 1982-1983;
advisor to president, Christian Science Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, 1983-1990;
consultant, Christian Science Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, since 1990. Member of faculty Harvard University Institute in Ednl. Management, 1972, 73, Williamsburg Development Institute, 1979-1981.
Visiting professor journalism U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1952, U. Kent, Canterbury, England, 1989. Trustee Westminster College, 1972-1982. Member of advisory board Public Rels.
News; consultant National Science Foundation, 1972-1973. Member of advisory board Chronicle of Non-Profit Enterprise, since 1990.
Member Fulbright Board Foreign Scholarships, Washington, 1972-1974. Member executive board University Michigan, 1979-1981, member board in control of intracollegiate athletics, 1961-1981. Trustee Glacier Hills Retirement Center, Ann Arbor, 1988-1993, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, 1989-1992, Michigan History Center Foundation, since 1990.
Chairman White House Science and Technology Advisory Committee on Black Colleges, Washington, 1986-1988. Fellow Public Relations Society of America (accredited). Member Institute for Public Relations Research and Education (board trustees 1980-1984), Society of Professional Journalists, National Society Fund Raising Executives, Higher Education Roundtable.
Married Helen Adelaide Hower, September 2, 1944. Children: Robert Hower, William Michael.