Background and family histories; Journalism studies in high school and at Stanford University; University of California at Berkeley and military service; New York Giants; Newspaper work and technology; Graduate study at the University of Minnesota; J. Edward Gerald and Ralph Casey; Graduate study at the University of California at Los Angeles; Newspaper work in California; UW School of Journalism in the 1960s; Radicalization on campus and the effects of Watergate; Relations with the Department of Communication Arts; Harold ?Bud? Nelson; Evidence of program?s decline; Tenure as director; Changes in tenure requirements; Research and travel; Stanford; California-Berkeley; Minnesota; New York Giants; journalism; mass communications; African media; freedom of press.