Background
Desmond, Robert William was born on July 31, 1900 in Milwaukee. Son of William John and Lillian Amy (Wilce) Desmond.
Desmond, Robert William was born on July 31, 1900 in Milwaukee. Son of William John and Lillian Amy (Wilce) Desmond.
With, Milwaukee Journal, 1922-1925;
with, Miami (Florida) Herald, 1925-1926;
with, New York Herald (Paris edit), 1926-1927;
with, Christian Science Monitor, 1933-1938;
with, Christian Science Monitor, London, 1936;
member of faculty journalism, University of Michigan, 1927-1928;
member of faculty journalism, University of Minnesota, 1928-1932;
member of faculty journalism, Medill School Journalism, Northwestern University, 1938-1939;
professor journalism, University of California, Berkeley, 1939-1968;
professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1985;
department chairman, University of California, Berkeley, 1939-1954, 62-63, 67. Visiting professor Stanford University, spring 1938. Academic director Foreign Assignment tour, Europe, 1952.
Fulbright lecturer U. Amsterdam, 1955-1956, U. Baghdad, Iraq, 1965-1966, U. Tejeran, Iran, 1968-1969. Lecturer International Center Advanced Instruction in Journalism, U. Strasbourg (France), 1956, 58, 60. On foreign news desk New York Times, summer 1941.
News commentator radios station KFSO, San Francisco, 1941-1942. On staff San Francisco examiner, 1951, Louisville Courier -Journal, summer 1955, NANA, Europe, 1956, San Francisco Chronicle, 1968, San Diego Union, 1969-1974. Columnist Copley News Service, 1971-1974.
Consultant Encyclopedia Americana, 1959-1960, International Press Institute, Zurich, 1960-1962, Hartford (Connecticut) Times, summer 1964.
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MEm. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Commision on Technology Needs of Mass MEdia, Paris, 1947, 49. With United States Army, 1918. To major Army of the United States, European Theatre of Operations, 1943-1944, Office of War Information and United Nations InformationOffice, 1944-1945.
Member American association Schools and Depts. Journalism (president 1947), Association Education Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi (Key Club).
Married Dorothy Christian, 1927 (divorced). 1 son, Richard; married Emily V. Wall, 1949. Children: Christopher, Carolyn.