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Wallace Biggs: he liked the work In spite of the fact we haven ' t found a place to hve yet, I think I ' m going to like the work here at Wyoming, wrote Wallace R. Biggs to a colleague in October, 1946. He had been at the univer- si ty a month, teaching journalism in the English department. Ap- parently, Wallace Biggs did like the work, for, by 1948, he had launched the department of journalism. For two decades. Biggs, department head, directed the expanding role of journalism edu- cation at the university and in Wyoming high schools. The de- partment recently began oflering a master ' s degree as well as a four-year professional degree. The Wyoming High School Press Association and its Journalism Weekend were started by Biggs more than 15 years ago. This annual convention of the student press enabled the department to define journalism for high school students by bringing them together with working journalists and providing help with yearbooks and newspapers. Biggs, a natural- ized citizen of the Rocky Mountain West, was born in Missouri, where he earned his A.B. from Drury College in Springfield, his M.S. in English from Washington University in St. Louis, and later, an M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University. When he came to Wyoming with his wife Jan and two children, he had practical experience as a college teacher, as a journalist in the rhc Bear tli ' livfis a thought-wave lecture fr oni nis ( )tfice. working press, and as an industrial public-relations director. Biggs controlled his department with an iron fist in a xelvet glove ( a term from his own textbook). Students found him a relentless pragmatist in the classroom, but an understanding adviser in time of trouble. Vhile he was adviser for student publications, a long record of national and regional awards was earned b - the BRANDING IRON and the VYO. To spur the professional growth of journalism students. Biggs and Joseph Milner estab- lished chapters of Pi Delta Epsilon, national journalism honorary, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism society, on the cam- pus. Wally Biggs, as he is known in newspaper circles, kept his department in step with the needs and problems of the working press through his role as secretary-manager of the ' yoming Press Association. Biggs continues to teach and work with the press, but he recently passed administrative responsibilities to Milner, his colleague and fellow journalist. These were but some of the accomplishments of ' allace Biggs at Wyoming. His students would agree that the energy to make such a mark could only have come from deep devotion to journalism education, or more simpR- said — he liked the work. Wyoniiiig Press Association executive secretary Biggs, in still another capacity, addresses WPA members. ADMINISTRATION 17
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