Background
Becker, Samuel Leo was born on January 5, 1923 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathan and Rose (Dicker) Becker.
Becker, Samuel Leo was born on January 5, 1923 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathan and Rose (Dicker) Becker.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1947. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1953.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1959.
Instructor, U. Wyoming, 1949-1950; from instructor to professor, U. Iowa, 1950-1994; department chairman committee and theater arts, U. Iowa, 1968-1982; U. Iowa Foundation disting professor committee studies, U. Iowa, 1981-1994; director School Art and Art History, U. Iowa, 1993-1994; interim provost, U. Iowa, since 1995; professor emeritus, since 1994. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1956. Fulbright professor of University Nottingham, England, 1963-1964.
Past board directors Goodwill Industries, Southeast Iowa. With infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Association of University Professors, American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Communications Association (1st vice president 1973, president 1974, member executive committee, administrative commission Distinguished Service award 1989, Distinguished Scholar award 1992, Gerald M. Phillips Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship award), Association Communications Administration (member executive committee), National Association Education Broadcasters (past board directors), Center State Communications Association (Distinguished Communicator award 1984), International Communications Association (executive committee Distinguished Mentor award 1993).
Married Ruth Henrietta Salzmann, June 14, 1953. Children: Judith Ann, Harold Craig, Anne Louise.