Background
Yates, Ronald Eugene was born on February 19, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Guy Raymond and Willadene (Peterson) Yates.
educator journalist newspaper editor author
Yates, Ronald Eugene was born on February 19, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Guy Raymond and Willadene (Peterson) Yates.
Bachelor of Science (Gannett Newspapers scholar 1968-1969, Angelo C. Scott Memorial scholar 1969), University Kansas, 1969.
Reporter Kansas City (Kansas) Star, 1968. Editor University Daily Kansan, 1969. Reporter, assistant city editor, foreign correspondent Chicago Tribune, Chicago and Tokyo, 1969-1976, Asia and Latin American correspondent, 1976-1982, metropolitan editor, since 1983, national editor, since 1984, chief Asia correspondent, since 1985, senior writer, since 1992.
Professor, chairman department journalism University Illinois, Champaign, since 1997, dean College Communications, since 2003.
Served with United States Army Intelligence, 1962-1966. Member Foreign Corrs. Club of Japan (vice president since 1989), Los Angeles Press, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Ingeborg Zoelss, May 7, 1966. Children: Jennifer Christina, Nicole Brigitte.