Background
Thiede, Richard Wesley was born on March 30, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Harold Victor and Blanche May (Gross) Thiede.
Thiede, Richard Wesley was born on March 30, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Harold Victor and Blanche May (Gross) Thiede.
Bachelor of Science, Eastern Michigan University, 1961. Master of Arts, University Illinois, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1977.
Teaching assistant University Illinois, Urbana, 1961-1962. Teacher Central High School, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1962-1963, Shafer High School, Southgate, 1963-1964, Chadsey High School, Detroit, 1964-1968, Stevenson High School, Livonia, 1968-1971. Teaching/technical assistant University Missouri, Columbia, 1971-1974.
Instructor Ottumwa Hts. College, Iowa, 1975-1976, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1976-1977. Professor communications arts Defiance (Ohio) College, 1978-1997, professor emeritus, since 1997, adjunct instructor, 1999, 2003—2006.
Substitute teacher Wayne Trace High School, Haviland, Ohio, 2002—2004. Teacher summer school Southwestern High School, Detroit, 1966, Cody High School, Detroit, 1967-1968. Teacher evening school Chadsey High School, 1965-1967, Stevenson High School, 1969-1970.
Adjunct instructor Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan, 1969-1971, Northwest State Community College, Archbold, Ohio, fall 1997, 2007-2010, Heidelberg College, Maumee, Ohio, 2003, Rhodes State College, Lima, Ohio, 2006-2008.
Member AARP, Eagles, Alpha Psi Omega, Kappa Delta Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon (honorary).