University professor of journalism; writer.  Education:  Principia College (Elsah, Ill.), B.A.; Ph. D., University of Alabama.  Professor of journalism, Samford University.

Publications;

Wings of Opportunity:  The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910.  NewSouth Books, 2010.

A Rare Titanic Family:  The Caldwells’ Story of Survival.

The Significance of the Printed Word in Early America:  Colonists’ Thoughts on the Role of the Press. Praeger, 1999.