Curtis D. MacDougal | |
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Born | Curtis Daniel MacDougal February 11, 1903 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA |
Died | November 10, 1985 82) Evanston, Illinois, USA | (aged
Occupation | Journalist, writer, professor |
Nationality | American |
Education | Ripon College, Northwestern University |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
Period | 1935-1983 |
Subject | Sociology |
Literary movement | Democratic Party (United States), Progressive Party (United States, 1948) |
Notable works | Interpretative Reporting (1938, 1968), Gideon's Army (1965) |
Spouse | Genevieve MacDougal |
Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903 - 1985) was an American journalist, teacher and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Curtis Daniel MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He obtained a BA in English from Ripon College in 1923 and a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1926). In 1933, he received his PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. [3]
MacDougall joined the Northwestern faculty in 1935.[ citation needed ]
MacDougall worked for the St. Louis Star-Times and United Press. He also edited the Evanston Daily News and the Chicago Sun . [3]
In 1936, MacDougall published an editorial that criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He published a reply from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI proceeded to surveil MacDougal for 35 years. [3]
From 1939 to 1942, MacDougall worked for the Federal Writers' Project [1] and edited writers included Saul Bellow and Studs Terkel. [3] [4]
In 1942, MacDougall began teaching at Northwestern University for thirty years through 1971. [1] His works appear below.
In 1944, MacDougall ran for the Illinois 10th District in the US Congress, was arrested for illegally distributing political literature, and lost the election. In 1948, he ran for US Senate (presumably on the ticket of the Progressive Party, given his 1965 history of the Wallace campaign, Gideon's Army), and lost. In 1970, he ran in the 13th District primary for US Congress on the Democratic ticket and lost. [3] [4]
MacDougal married Genevieve; they had five children, [1] of whom three survived him. [4]
Students of Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University called him "Doctor Mac." [4]
MacDougal was working on the ninth edition of Interpreting Reporting when he died. [3]
Curtis Daniel MacDougall died age 82 on November 10, 1985, [1] following surgery. [4]
The Newberry independent research library in Chicago houses the Curtis MacDougall Papers. [5]
Eastern Illinois University offers a Curtis D. MacDougall Scholarship. [6] Roosevelt University offers a "Curtis D. MacDougall Tuition Scholarship." [7]
MacDougall was the author of the influential book Interpretative Reporting (1938), which has been widely cited. William David Sloan has commented that "his many books, articles, and speeches helped set the tone and added to the debate surrounding journalism education for a half century." [2]
He authored two skeptical works Hoaxes (1958) and Superstition and the Press (1983), the latter which his family considered his chief work. [4] His book on hoaxes has been described as a classic on the subject. MacDougall defined a hoax as "a deliberately concocted untruth made to masquerade as truth." [8]
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