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The first course in journalism at UNC-CH was taught in the Department of English by Edward Kidder Graham in 1909-10. J.F. Royster taught the course after Professor Graham. Professor Richard H. Thornton, guided by the program in journalism at the University of Wisconsin, subsequently broadened the course offerings at Chapel Hill during his teaching career before and after World War I. Louis Graves became professor of journalism in the Department of English and director of the News Bureau in 1921, resigning his position in 1923 to establish the The Chapel Hill Weekly.
The Department of Journalism was founded in 1924 with Gerald W. Johnson as professor of journalism. In 1926, he was succeeded by O. J. Coffin, known as "Skipper" by hundreds of journalism students.
The Department of Journalism became a separate School in 1950, and
Professor Coffin served as Dean until he retired from administrative
duties in 1953. He continued teaching until June 1956. Norval Neil
Luxon bacame Dean on December 1, 1953, and served through June 30, 1964.
Wayne A. Danielson became Dean on July 1, 1964. He was succeeded by John
B. Adams on July 1, 1969. Richard R. Cole succeeded Adams on July 1,
1979.
Under Cole's leadership the School expanded its curriculum and increased its faculty. By 1990 the School enhanced its name to reflect this growth and development. The name was changed to the UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
This information was taken from:
Record of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: School
of Journalism. (Dec. 1986), p.7, and JAFA News, (Summer
1990), p.6.
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