Background
Kirkendall, Richard Stewart was born on April 11, 1928 in Spokane. Son of Roland P. and Marjorie (Monfort) Kirkendall.
(Founder of Wallaces' Farmer, adviser to Theodore Roosevel...)
Founder of Wallaces' Farmer, adviser to Theodore Roosevelt, and consultant to Iowa State College, Uncle Henry Wallace - perhaps more than any writer since Jefferson - spoke of rural society in terms of its significant role in the success of the American democratic vision. This book fills a gap in the history of Midwestern agriculture and the influence of the farm press.
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Kirkendall, Richard Stewart was born on April 11, 1928 in Spokane. Son of Roland P. and Marjorie (Monfort) Kirkendall.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Gonzaga University, 1950. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1958.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Gonzaga University, 1989.
Research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1952-1955; instructor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1955-1958; assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1958-1961; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1961-1967; professor of history, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1967-1973; department chairman, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1968-1971; professor of history, director oral history research project, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1973-1981; Henry A. Wallace professor of history, Iowa State University, Ames, 1981-1988; Bullitt professor American history, U. Washington, Seattle, 1988-1998.
(Founder of Wallaces' Farmer, adviser to Theodore Roosevel...)
( This interpretation of Missouri's history from the end ...)
Board directors Truman Library. Institute, since 1986, executive committee, since 1990, book award committee, since 1990, nominating committee, since 1996, research committee, since 1996. With United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1952.
Member Organization American Historians (nominating committee 1968-1970, Turner award committee 1968-1972, editorial board 1970-1973, executive secretary 1973-1981, development committee 1996, honorary life member since 1991), American History Association (vice president professional division 1983-1986), Agricultural History Society (executive committee 1963-1966, vice president 1972-1973, president 1973-1974, fellow 1995), Alpha Sigma Nu.
Married Joan Carol Nelson, August 19, 1950 (divorced July 1981). Children: Thomas Reed, Andrew John, Theodore Nelson. Married Glenda Riley, May 23, 1982 (divorced November 1984).
Married Kathleen Lyall, June 20, 1989.