Robert Lewis Donohew Sr.

Background

Sr., Robert Lewis Donohew was born on May 9, 1929 in Owingsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Butler Ford and Ethel (Couchman) D.

Education

Associate of Arts, Cumberland College, 1949; AB, U. Kentucky, 1951; Master of Arts, U. Kentucky, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Iowa, 1965.

Career

Editor, Pikeville (Kentucky) Daily News, 1951-1952; city editor, Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger & Inquirer, 1954-1957; public information officer, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1957-1961; from instructor to professor journalism, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1962-1970; professor committee, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1970; director School Comm., associate dean College Arts and Sciences, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1971-1973. John F. Murray visiting professor U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1979-1980. President Bloomsbury Consulting and Research, Lexington, since 1988, Media Research Associations, Inc., Lexington, 1991-1995.

Achievements

• Robert Lewis Donohew Senior has been listed as a noteworthy Communications educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Member International Comm. Association.

Interests

• Avocations: writing, traveling, farming.

Connections

Married Ethel Cox, September 6, 1950 (divorced October 1974). Children: Robert L. Junior, Susan Kerry Donohew Schneider, John Patrick.

Father:

Butler Ford D.

Mother:

Ethel (Couchman) D.

Spouse:

Ethel Cox

child:

Robert L. Junior Sr.

child:

John Patrick Sr.

child:

Susan Kerry Donohew Schneider Sr.