Thomas O. Sloane

Background

Sloane, Thomas O. was born on July 12, 1929 in West Frankfort, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Orville and Blanche (Morris) Sloane.

Education

Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, 1951. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1960.

Career

Instructor English,, Washington and Lee University, 1958-1960; assistant professor speech, University of Illinois, 1960-1965; associate professor, University of Illinois, 1965-1970; associate head Department, University Illinois, 1967-1968; assistant dean liberal arts and science, University of Illinois, 1966-1967; professor rhetoric, chairman rhetoric department, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1992; president's chair, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1990. Director National Endowment Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1979.

Achievements

• Thomas O. Sloane has been listed as a noteworthy Speech educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • On the Contrary: The Protocol of Traditional Rhetoric

    ("Pursues a strikingly original and particularlytimely the...)

  • Donne, Milton, and the End of Humanist Rhetoric

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955.

Connections

Married Barbara Lee Lewis, November 1, 1952. Children– Elizabeth Alison, David Lewis, Emily.

Father:

Thomas Orville Sloane

Mother:

Blanche (Morris) Sloane

Spouse:

Barbara Lee Lewis

child:

David Lewis Sloane

child:

Emily Sloane

child:

Elizabeth Alison Sloane