Dates

• Existence: 1902 - 1988

Biography

Charles Curtis Clayton (1902-1988) was a journalist and a professor of Journalism and Editing.

Charles Curtis Clayton was born on June 3, 1902, in Cambridge, Nebraska to Curtis Stanton Clayton and Clara Clyde Richardson. He attended the University of Nebraska in 1922. In 1925, Charles graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Missouri and married Mary Elizabeth Elliot. Together, Mary and Charles had two children. Charles went on to be a prominent reporter, editor, and journalism professor. He reported for the Lincoln Star until 1923. He relocated to St. Louis to work for a new newspaper. After that he went on to teach Journalism at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. After, he helped found the Hong Kong Chinese University in 1965-1966. Charles died on April 29, 1988, in Carbondale, Illinois. Little can be found about his family or about his parents.

Citation:

Nebraskaauthors.org, Via WWW; December 15, 2022 (Charles C. Clayton; “Clayton worked as a reporter for the Lincoln Star until 1923, when he relocated to work for a newspaper in St. Louis. He later had a distinguished career as a journalism and editor professor. He served as Fulbright Professor at National Chengchi University in Taiwan and went on to help found the journalism school at the Hong Kong Chinese University in 1965-66.")

prabook.com, via WWW; October 27, 2023 (parents: Curtis Stanton Clayton and Clara Clyde Richardson; attended the University of Nebraska in 1922; 1925: Charles graduated with a Bachelor in Jounralism from the University of Missouri)

Ancestry.com; October 27, 2023 (d: April 29, 1988 in Carbondale, Illinois; m: 1925, Mary Elizabeth Elliot; two children)

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